Fruits of Retirement Or, Miscellaneous Poems, Moral and Divine. Being Some Contemplations, Letters, &c. Written on a Variety of Subjects and Occasions. By Mary Mollineux ... To which is Prefixed, Some Account of the Author |
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Meditation.
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Meditation.
Alas, Alas! This Day
Seems almost past away;
What shall I say? My Love
Doth hide his Face from me,
Who Sorrows in Perplexity:
Ah, shall not Sighs and Groans prevail to move
Seems almost past away;
What shall I say? My Love
Doth hide his Face from me,
Who Sorrows in Perplexity:
Ah, shall not Sighs and Groans prevail to move
Unto Compassion? Shall
My drooping Spirit call
And cry, but find no Ear,
No Entrance, no Access,
To ease my Heart in great Distress?
Ah, Lord! How long canst thou forbear to hear?
My drooping Spirit call
And cry, but find no Ear,
No Entrance, no Access,
To ease my Heart in great Distress?
Ah, Lord! How long canst thou forbear to hear?
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Great Dreadful Majesty,
Whose Omnipotency
Is Omnipresent! Doth not Love
Always abound with thee?
Yea surely, though it be
Thine holy Pleasure thus sometimes to prove.
Whose Omnipotency
Is Omnipresent! Doth not Love
Always abound with thee?
Yea surely, though it be
Thine holy Pleasure thus sometimes to prove.
Especially when we
Have slighted thee,
Or to thine Enemy inclin'd,
Or have not kept retir'd,
Nor fervently desir'd
Thy Presence with a right composed Mind.
Have slighted thee,
Or to thine Enemy inclin'd,
Or have not kept retir'd,
Nor fervently desir'd
Thy Presence with a right composed Mind.
Yet, O my Chiefest Love!
Thy rowling Bowels move,
And thee to Pity now constrain,
Thy Condescending Ear
Could not forget to hear,
Nor shall Worm Jacob's Seed for Want complain.
Thy rowling Bowels move,
And thee to Pity now constrain,
Thy Condescending Ear
Could not forget to hear,
Nor shall Worm Jacob's Seed for Want complain.
Worthy art thou to be
Sought to in Fervency;
The Careless Ones shall not prevail:
Thou, Gracious Prince indeed,
Favours the Wrestling Seed;
This, in its Expectation, cannot fail.
Sought to in Fervency;
The Careless Ones shall not prevail:
Thou, Gracious Prince indeed,
Favours the Wrestling Seed;
This, in its Expectation, cannot fail.
Thy sweet Encouragement
In season does prevent
All Doubtings and Distrust that can
Arise, if faithfully
Our Hearts depend on thee;
Thou waits to manifest thy Love to Man.
In season does prevent
All Doubtings and Distrust that can
Arise, if faithfully
Our Hearts depend on thee;
Thou waits to manifest thy Love to Man.
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O teach my Soul to wait
At th'Posts of Wisdom's Gate,
In holy Fear! So to be found
Prepar'd to meet with thee
In true Sincerity,
In whose sweet Presence Heav'nly Joys abound.
At th'Posts of Wisdom's Gate,
In holy Fear! So to be found
Prepar'd to meet with thee
In true Sincerity,
In whose sweet Presence Heav'nly Joys abound.
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