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SPECIMENS

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ENGLISH POETRY.

PROVIDENCE.

A HYMN.

THE Lord my pasture shall prepare,
And feed me with a shepherd's care;
His presence shall my wants supply,
And guard me with a watchful eye:
My noon-day walks he shall attend,
And all my midnight hours defend.

When in the sultry glebe I faint,
Or on the thirsty mountain pant;
To fertile vales and dewy meads
My weary wandering steps he leads,
Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow,
Amid the verdant landscape flow.
Though in the paths of death I tread,
With gloomy horrors overspread,
My steadfast heart shall fear no ill,
For thou, O Lord, art with me still;

Thy friendly crook shall give me aid,
And guide me through the dreadful shade.

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Though in a bare and rugged way,
Through devious lonely wilds I stray,
Thy bounty shall my pains beguile :
The barren wilderness shall smile,
With sudden greens and herbage crown'd,
And streams shall murmur all around.

ADDISON.

GRATITUDE.

WHEN all thy mercies, O my God,
My rising soul surveys ;
Transported with the view, I'm lost
In wonder, love, and praise.

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O how shall words with equal warmth

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The gratitude declare,

That glows within my ravish'd heart!

But Thou canst read it there.

Thy providence my life sustain'd,

And all my wants redrest,

When in the silent womb I lay,

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And hung upon the breast.

To all my weak complaints and cries
Thy mercy lent an ear,

Ere yet my feeble thoughts had learn'd
To form themselves in prayer.

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Unnumber'd comforts to my soul

Thy tender care bestow'd,

Before my infant heart conceived

From whom those comforts flow'd.

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When in the slippery paths of youth
With heedless steps I ran,

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