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Mid pleasure, plenty, and success, Freely we take from Him who lends; We boast the blessings we possess, Yet scarcely thank the one who sends. But let affliction pour its smart, How soon we quail beneath the rod! With shattered pride, and prostrate heart, We seek the long-forgotten God.
Mid pleasure, plenty, and success, Freely we take from Him who lends; We boast the blessings we possess, Yet scarcely thank the one who sends. But let affliction pour its smart, How soon we quail beneath the rod! With shattered pride, and prostrate heart, We seek the long-forgotten God.
Approximate author period: c. 1817 AD · industrial
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- Eliza Cook
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- Approximate author period: c. 1817 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 20 · printed citation: Eliza Cook · subject: AFFLICTION
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