Original, serious, and religious poetry by the Rev. Richard Cobbold |
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TO THE INFIDEL. |
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TO THE INFIDEL.
Soul without thought, go hasten to thine end,
The world is closing on thy stubborn heart.
Wilt thou for ever cease to make a friend,
Of ought that's good. The gracious must depart,
The libertine must languish and descend,
The infided will suffer from the smart,
Of conscience piercing to the soul within,
When once convicted horrified in sin.
The world is closing on thy stubborn heart.
Wilt thou for ever cease to make a friend,
Of ought that's good. The gracious must depart,
The libertine must languish and descend,
The infided will suffer from the smart,
Of conscience piercing to the soul within,
When once convicted horrified in sin.
The world has been a selfish spot for thee,
Murders and massacres have been thy sport:
False pride and pomp, thy love of liberty,
The evil spirit, thy sad friend and forte.
Money thy God, mankind no more to be,
In other world of spiritual sort,
Ye all must vanish as the beasts of prey,
And perish quickly. Infidel away!—
Murders and massacres have been thy sport:
False pride and pomp, thy love of liberty,
The evil spirit, thy sad friend and forte.
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In other world of spiritual sort,
Ye all must vanish as the beasts of prey,
And perish quickly. Infidel away!—
Away, away! unless converted soon,
Thou find'st the pleasure of a faithful state!
God grant thee Grace, his first his sweetest boon,
One most delightful, come it even late.
O Spirit, Spirit, faithless, in this moon
Change from a fatal to a better state;
Or else for ever will the soul lament,
The loss of Saviour to the sinful sent.
Thou find'st the pleasure of a faithful state!
God grant thee Grace, his first his sweetest boon,
One most delightful, come it even late.
O Spirit, Spirit, faithless, in this moon
Change from a fatal to a better state;
Or else for ever will the soul lament,
The loss of Saviour to the sinful sent.
Original, serious, and religious poetry | ||