Nugae Modernae Morning thoughts, and midnight musings: consisting of casual reflections, egotisms, &c. In prose and verse. By Thomas Park |
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MARIA-HESTER.
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TO MARIA-HESTER.
WITH A COPY OF BISHOP WILSON'S BIBLE.
When first I gave myself, dear Wife,
I gave thee what has freighted life
With toil, solicitude, and care,
Too oft, alas! too much to bear
For bosom that is apt to thrill
At visions of foreboded ill,
Which, only view'd by fancy's eye,
Can pierce with real misery.
I gave thee what has freighted life
With toil, solicitude, and care,
Too oft, alas! too much to bear
For bosom that is apt to thrill
At visions of foreboded ill,
Which, only view'd by fancy's eye,
Can pierce with real misery.
Oh, take from me this better gift,
That may thy virtuous spirit lift
To hopes, to prospects, far above
Or human care, or human love;
Whence faith a foretaste may impart
Of joys that wait the “pure in heart,”
And lead thee to that ever blest abode
Where dwells thy Sanctifier, Saviour, God!
That may thy virtuous spirit lift
To hopes, to prospects, far above
Or human care, or human love;
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Of joys that wait the “pure in heart,”
And lead thee to that ever blest abode
Where dwells thy Sanctifier, Saviour, God!
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