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Bersaba

Or, The Love of David. A Poem. Written by Samuel Cobb
Cobb, Samuel (1675-1713)
 
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THE Love of David, &c

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But now her teeming Womb to swell began,
And God's bright Image lengthens into Man.
When Judah's Monarch fears impartial Fame,
For tho' he loves the Crime, he hates the Name.
Remark'd Adult'ry seems an odious thing,
And Whoredom's more apparent in a King.
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