The Poetical Works of the REV. Samuel Bishop, A.M.; To Which Are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author Volume 1 by Samuel Bishop
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1796 edition. Excerpt: ...tithe-pig the Parson's table grace; Nor grudge the tribute due, ye rustic race! Tho' thousand tithe-pigs every day' procures, The priest's good luck, is but the tenth of yours. " Lo! DoLLY's now the rich rump steak affords! " Yes, every street, and every house can boast " Some private manchet, or some public host! " Some public host, or private manchet fee, " For every hungry mortal-but for me!" So rhym'd the Bard, with many a sigh between; When lo! a Publisher came cross the Green! They meet-they strike the bargain-and 'they bind-The Pamphlet-monger paid, the Poet din'd; Sold, as to Satan Witches were of yore, To vilify the arts he lov'd before; With harpy screamings merit to pursue; And damn by wholesale in the next Review. WHAT thoughts, what words, what utterance should display Devotion's feelings, when she names this Day; I well conceive;-'but know, alas! too well, To praise imperfectly, is to profane: Forgive me then, if, conscious, I forbear Sublimer views; and touch but what I dare: Thine is the Sabbath, Universal Sire! My trembling feet 'from holy ground retire. Yet what I may, I will.-Tho' the bold eye Of rash Conceit be dazzled, Zeal may try At At humble distance a less venturous view; And thoughts with meekness form'd, with innocence pursue. While then the fong of Praise, and cry of Prayer, Wing'd by glad Seraphs thro' the void of air, i From lands remote, and sea-girt isles ascends, And earth's whole race in lowly worship bends, Think we what joy in Heaven prevails?-How prone To mix our gratulations with their own, l Th' Angelic Bands, that circle God's high throneii Think we how sweet to natures so sublime The general incense, which-from many a-clime, Here Faith, here Hope, here Zeal, and here...
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