Devotional Verses Founded on and Illustrative of select Texts of Scripture [by Bernard Barton] |
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INSCRIPTIVE SONNET,To the MemoryOF SAMUEL ALEXANDER. |
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INSCRIPTIVE SONNET,To the MemoryOF SAMUEL ALEXANDER.
Dear friend, and christian father! unto thee,Few months gone by, my grateful thoughts were bent
These unelaborate verses to present,
For long, unwearied kindness shown to me:
But it hath pleased Him, who doth not see
As mortals do what most with good is blent,
Such fondly-purpos'd offering to prevent;
Let this, then, gratitude's memorial be!
No praise of man should mar the opening page
Of him whose volume treats of themes divine,
Nor needs thy cherish'd memory praise of mine;
Yet may thy bright example prayers engage
For faith, love, meekness, greenness in old age,
And every gift of grace so richly thine.
B. B.
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