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Excerpt: ...I had no share in Natures patrimony, Blasted were all my morning hopes of Youth, Dark DISAPPOINTMENT followd on my ways, CARE was my bosom inmate, and keen WANT Gnawd at my heart. ETERNAL ONE thou knowst How that poor heart even in the bitter hour Of lewdest revelry has inly yearnd For peace My FATHER I will call on thee, Pour to thy mercy seat my earnest prayer, And wait thy peace in bowedness of soul. Oh thoughts of comfort how the afflicted heart, Tired with the tempest of its passions, rests On you with holy hope the hollow howl Of yonder harmless tenant of the woods Bursts not with terror on the soberd sense. If I have sinnd against mankind, on them Be that past sin; they made me what I was. In these extremest climes can Want no more Urge to the deeds of darkness, and at length Here shall I rest. What tho my hut be poor- The rains descend not thro its humble roof: Would I were there again the night is cold; And what if in my wanderings I should rouse The savage from his thicket Hark the gun And lo-the fire of safety I shall reach My little hut again again by toil Force from the stubborn earth my sustenance, And quick-eard guilt will never start alarmd Amid the well-earnd meal. This felons garb- Will it not shield me from the winds of Heaven? And what could purple more? Oh strengthen me Eternal One in this serener state Cleanse thou mine heart, so PENITENCE and FAITH Shall heal my soul and my last days be peace. Sonnets SONNET I. Go Valentine and tell that lovely maid Whom Fancy still will pourtray to my sight, How her Bard lingers in this sullen shade, This dreary gloom of dull monastic night. Say that from every joy of life remote At evenings closing hour he quits the throng, Listening alone the ring-doves plaintive note Who pours like him her solitary song. Say that her absence calls the sorrowing sigh, Say that...
| ISBN-13 | 9781153677981 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1153677989 |
| Weight | 0.27 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.18 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 74 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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