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Nor think the muse, whose sober voice ye hear, Contracts, with bigot frown, her sullen brow; Casts round Religion’s orb the mists of fear, Or shades with horrors what with smiles should glow. No; she would warm you with seraphic fire, Heirs as ye are, of Heaven’s eternal day; Would bid you boldly to that Heaven aspire, Nor sink and slumber in your cells of clay.
Nor think the muse, whose sober voice ye hear, Contracts, with bigot frown, her sullen brow; Casts round Religion’s orb the mists of fear, Or shades with horrors what with smiles should glow. No; she would warm you with seraphic fire, Heirs as ye are, of Heaven’s eternal day; Would bid you boldly to that Heaven aspire, Nor sink and slumber in your cells of clay.
Approximate author period: c. 1761 AD · early modern
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- William Mason
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- Approximate author period: c. 1761 AD · early modern
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 471 · printed citation: William Mason · subject: PSALM
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