Thoughts in Prison, in Five Parts viz. The Imprisonment--The Retrospect--Public Punishment--The Trial--Futurity; By the Rev. William Dodd. To which are added, His Last Prayer, Written in the Night before his Death; The Convict's Address to his Unhappy Brethren; and Other Miscellaneous Pieces: With an account of the author, and a list of his works ... The fourth edition, with additions |
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III. REFLECTIONS.
(UNFINISHED.)
Here, secluse from worldly pleasure,
In this doleful place confin'd,
Come, and let's improve the leisure:
Meditate, my thoughtful mind!
In this doleful place confin'd,
Come, and let's improve the leisure:
Meditate, my thoughtful mind!
Soul alike and body sharing,
How have I the one forgot!
While for t'other only caring,
Lo! my miserable lot!
How have I the one forgot!
While for t'other only caring,
Lo! my miserable lot!
Yet the one I so much cherish,
Doom'd to death when giv'n to life,
Soon, perhaps, must sink and perish,
Dust to dust—must end the strife!
Doom'd to death when giv'n to life,
Soon, perhaps, must sink and perish,
Dust to dust—must end the strife!
From a tedious tour returning,
Into distant foreign land,
How my anxious heart is burning
News of home to understand!
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Into distant foreign land,
How my anxious heart is burning
News of home to understand!
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