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Beset with snares on every hand, In life’s uncertain path I stand; Saviour divine! diffuse Thy light To guide my doubtful footsteps right.

Beset with snares on every hand, In life’s uncertain path I stand; Saviour divine! diffuse Thy light To guide my doubtful footsteps right.

Approximate author period: c. 1726 AD · early modern

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Philip Doddridge
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Approximate author period: c. 1726 AD · early modern
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A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)

Page 554 · printed citation: Doddridge · subject: SNARE

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