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Afflictions | all his

He wounds them

he will not | break;

children | feel, 1|77|
for his mercy's | sake, ||
He wounds to heal!91991

Humbled be- | neath his | mighty | hand, ||
Prostrate his | Providence a- | dore: |

'Tis done!a- rise!

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To realms of ever- | lasting | light |
Through time's | dark | wilderness

Pur-sue thy flight.

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There is a calm for those who weep, for weary | pilgrims | found: ["

A rest

|| And | while the | mouldering | ashes | sleep | Low in the ground; |

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(of origin | di- vine | God's glorious image,) || freed from | clay

In heaven's

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e-ternal sphere shall shine
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A star of | day! |

The sun is but a | spark of | fire, 1|17| A transient meteor in the | sky, 1111 The soul im- | mortal | as its | sire

Shall never die. 191 |

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THE POPLAR FIELD.

Cowper.

The poplars are | fell'd, || farewell to the shade, 1

And the whispering | sound of the cool | colonade;

The winds | play no longer and sing in the leaves, |

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on his bosom their | image

receives. 1991

Twelve years

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have e- | lapsed, since I last

took a view |

Of my favorite | field, and the bank where they grew; 11

And now in the | grass | be- | hold they are |

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Where the hazels | af- ford him a | screen from

the heat,

And the

scene where his | melody charm'd me

be- |fore,

Re-sounds with his sweet | flowing | ditty

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and a stone at

With a turf on my breast, and a

my head,

Ere an- nother such grove shall a- | rise in its | stead. ។ | ។។ | ។។

'Tis a sight to en- | gage me

if any thing I can |

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To muse on the | perishing | nature of man;

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Though his life | be a | dream,

ments, I see,

his en- | joy

។ Have a | being | less ។ | durable | ។ ។ | even | ។ thanhe.91991

THE ROSE.

Cowper.

The rose had been | wash'd, just wash'd in

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it had | left with re- |

And it seem'd to a | fanciful | view |

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On the flourishing | bush where it | grew. 191

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I | hastily | seized it | un- | fit as it was

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For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd 11
And swinging it | rudely, | too | rudely a- | las!
I snapp'd it it fell to the ground.

And such I ex- claim'd is the pitiless

part,

Some act by the

Re-gardless
heart |

delicate | mind; |

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of wringing and | breaking a

Al- ready to sorrow re- | sign'd. |191771

This elegant | Rose, had I | shaken it | less, | Might have bloom'd with its | owner a while; | And the tear that is wiped

dress,

with a little ad

May be ❘ follow'd | per- | haps by a smile.

។ ។ ។ ។
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PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON.

Luke xv.

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And | Jesus | said, | A | certain | man | two sons: And the younger of them | said to his father, || Father, | give me the portion of goods that | falleth to me. And he divided unto them his | living. 1111111

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And not many | days | after, the younger son gathered | all together,

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journey into a far country, and there

his substance with | riotous | living.

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to | feed | swine. |11|17| And

of

and

he sent him | into

with the | husks

but no I

man |

he would | fain have | filled himself

that the | swine did | eat:

gave unto him.11111 And when he came he | said, || How many | hired | servants of my father's | have | bread e- | nough || and to

to | himself,

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him, Father, I have | sinned against | heaven, |

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his father saw him |

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and | had com- | passion, |

and fell on his | neck, and | kissed And the son | said unto him, |

Father, I have sinned against | heaven, 1

and in thy sight, and am | no more worthy to be called thy son. 11111| But the | father | said to his servants, | Bring forth

robe, and put it | on him; |

a ring on his hand,

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