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He bore his great commission in his look, But sweetly tempered awe, and softened all he spoke. He preached the joys of Heaven, and pains of hell, And warned the sinner with becoming zeal, But on eternal mercy loved to dwell.
He bore his great commission in his look, But sweetly tempered awe, and softened all he spoke. He preached the joys of Heaven, and pains of hell, And warned the sinner with becoming zeal, But on eternal mercy loved to dwell.
Approximate author period: c. 1666 AD · renaissance
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- John Dryden
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- Approximate author period: c. 1666 AD · renaissance
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 460 · printed citation: Dryden · subject: PREACHING
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