Poems Consisting Of Essays, Lyric, Elegiac, &c. By Thomas Dermody. Written between the 13th and 16th Year of his Age |
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TO THE GOD OF GOODNESS. |
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TO THE GOD OF GOODNESS.
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Content with whatever thy bounty allows,I sigh for no jewel to beam on my brows,
What You give, I receive, at no trifle distrest,
And my prison, my cave, or my cottage is blest.
II
Let the great in their mansions of worship sublime,Bend prostrate and pour their oblations around;
I but offer, my God, the pure incense of rhime,
Thy forest my chapel—my altar thy ground!
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III
Thine eye of beneficence smiles on my zeal,I feel a true ardor—'tis heav'n that I feel,
No full choir of music I claim, but instead,
Thy warblers of innocence hymn o'er my head.
IV
Methinks a bright vision of Hope gilds the air,Thy influence benign, breathes a lustre thro' all,
Far hence, fly Repining, Remorse and Despair,
I die, while I live, but I live, when I fall!
V
Then shed thy calm gladness, fair Mercy, if just,Or rather with sorrows my spirits refine,
Then the sun-beam of safety extract from my dust,
And mark my dim grave with a radiance divine.
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