The Minor Poems of Joseph Beaumont ... Edited from the autograph manuscript with introduction and notes by Eloise Robinson |
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Paulo post Ordinationem
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Paulo post Ordinationem
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Since then Thou pleased art, deer Lord,To afford
To most unworthy ME
This sacred Dignitie;
In endless Thanks to Thee, oh may
That Goodnes force my Heart it self to pay.
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When to thy dreadfull Altar IShall draw nigh
To wait on Thee, & thence
Loves wonders to dispense;
Forgive my Sinns, & teach me how
To raise my thoughts above all things below.
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When I thy Lambs to pasture lead;Let me feed
Their pretious Soules with sweet
And holy wholesome Meat.
But cheifly let my Pattern teach
Them, what my Toung shall else but faintly preach.
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When I that Balm to Soules shall dealWhich to heal
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Leftst with thy Church below;
O guide my Hand with holy Skill,
Least rash in others cures, my self I kill.
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When Life, or Death, when Honors, Pleasures,Times, & Treasures,
Shall tempt me to betray
My Functions duty, may
Thy Grace my Buckler be, & so
No Powers thy feeble Priest shall overthrow.
Febr. 27.
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