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Her pious love excelled to all she bore; New objects only multiplied it more; And as the chosen found the pearly grain As much as every vessel could contain: As in the blissful vision, each shall share, As much of glory as his soul can bear, So did she love, and so dispense her care.
Her pious love excelled to all she bore; New objects only multiplied it more; And as the chosen found the pearly grain As much as every vessel could contain: As in the blissful vision, each shall share, As much of glory as his soul can bear, So did she love, and so dispense her care.
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 402 · printed citation: Dryden · subject: MOTHER
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