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Methinks I see a distant vessel ride, A lonely object on the shoreless tide, Within whose ark the innocent have found Safety, when stayed destruction ravens round; Thus, in the hour of vengeance, God, who knows His servants, spares them, while He smites His foes.
Methinks I see a distant vessel ride, A lonely object on the shoreless tide, Within whose ark the innocent have found Safety, when stayed destruction ravens round; Thus, in the hour of vengeance, God, who knows His servants, spares them, while He smites His foes.
Approximate author period: c. 1812 AD · industrial
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- James Montgomery
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- Approximate author period: c. 1812 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 225 · printed citation: James Montgomery · subject: FLOOD
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