A book of English poetry; ed. by T. Shorter

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The ruin'd apendtbrift, now no longer proad,

Claim'd kindred there, and bad h.i.a elatm eJluw'd;

The brokenaoldier, kindly-bade to stay,

Sat by hie fire, &ad t&lk'd the night awa:r;

Wept o'er hie wounda, or

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talea ofaorrow done,

Sboulder'd hie eruteh, ano.ehow 'd bow fielda were won.

Pleued with hia gueat.e, the good man lee.ru'd to glow 1

And quite forgot their vioea in their woe;

Careleaa their merita or their fa.ulta to eean,

Hie pity g&Ve ere chM"ity begu.

Thua to relieve the wretched WM hie pride,

And e'en his failinplea.n'd to virtue's aide;

But In hie duty prompt, &t every ceJl,

He wateh'd and wept, he pray'd and felt, for &1\:

And, u a bird each fond endearment triM,.

To tempt ita new--ftedged of!'spring to the akies,

He tried each art., reproved each dull delay,

AllllJ"ed to brighter worlds, and led the way.

:Buide the bed where parting life w&a l&id(
And aorrow, ~Ut., &nd p&in by turns dismay d,
The reverend champion atoo<l At hie contTOl
Despair and anguish tied the struggling soul;
Comfort e&me down, the trembling w-retch to r&iae,
And hia Jut faltering acoents whisper'd praise.

At ahareh, with meek and una!'ected grace,
Ria look& adorn'd the venerable place;
Truth from b.ia lips prevail'd with doable away,
And foola, who came to aeoft; :remain'd to pray.
The ae"ioe paat\ aronnd the pioua mao,
With steady zea 1 eaeh honeat ruatio ran;
E'en children folh>w'd, with endearing wile,
And plnek'd his gown, to abare the gOod mao's amilP 1
H ta :ready smile a parent'• wannth expreea'd
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Their welfare pleased him, and their e&rea dUitreaa'd;
To them hia heart, hie love, his griefs were ginn,
llut all hia eeriona tho~bta had rest in heaven:
Aa some tall olift', that h(ta ita awful Corm,
Swell• from the vale, and midway leaves the atorm ;
Though round ita breut the rolling clouds are aprea I,
Eterrial aunahine settles on ita heait.
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