Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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THE INQUIRY ANSWERED. |
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THE INQUIRY ANSWERED.
I
Musing as I walk'd alone,What to think, or think upon,
This idea struck my mind:
Where and what am I a-doing,
Does it tend to peace or ruin?
To inform me be so kind.
II
“What!” says something like an elf,“Can you not inform yourself?
“Who's oblig'd to answer you?”
Nobody that I can tell;
Yet I could but take it well,
And my gratitude would shew.
III
But at length I hear a voice,That, without complaint or noise,
Answers all I can desire;
Tells me, ruin'd as I am,
And defil'd with ruin's shame,
I shall yet to Heav'n aspire.
IV
Not in wish and hope alone,But shall reach th'eternal throne;
And a seat in glory find,
Where no mem'ry shall remain,
Of my former guilt or pain.
But a pure ethereal mind.
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