Translations and Poems Written on Several Subjects [by Samuel Boyse] |
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Written in Mr.
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Written in Mr. Watts's Horæ Lyricæ.
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Here let th' attentive Reader learnOn heavenly Wings to rise;
And All-contemplative discern
The Wonders of the Skies!
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Compassion kind and boundless Love,Here seem divinely bright:
And Mercy like the Silver Dove
Allures the ravish'd Sight.
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III
Thy Soul, great Watts! forsakes the Earth,And scorns the glitt'ring Toy;
While conscious of her higher Birth
She seeks immortal Joy.
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Thy melting Numbers touch the Soul,And kind Devotion warm;
Each jarring Thought with Ease controul,
And bless us, while they charm.
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O Happy whose seraphic Mind,Such Heights sublime can rise!
Can leave the lessening World behind,
And mingle with the Skies.
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But happier far shall be thy Fate,When Death shall break the Chain;
And set thee loose to Bliss complete,
To Joys that know no Pain.
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There shalt thou thy immortal Lyre,In Songs of Praise employ!
And feel the sacred Task inspire
Thy Breast with endless Joy.
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