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See Judah’s promised king bereft of all: Driven out an exile from the face of Saul. To distant caves the lonely wanderer flies, To seek that peace a tyrant’s frown denies. Hear the sweet accents of his tuneful voice; Hear him, o’erwhelmed with sorrows, yet rejoice; No womanish or wailing grief has part, No, not a moment, in his royal heart; ’Tis manly music, such as martyrs make, Suffering with gladness for a Saviour’s sake; His soul exults; hope animates his lays; The sense of mercy kindles into praise; And wilds, familiar with the lion’s roar, Ring with ecstatic sounds unheard before.
See Judah’s promised king bereft of all: Driven out an exile from the face of Saul. To distant caves the lonely wanderer flies, To seek that peace a tyrant’s frown denies. Hear the sweet accents of his tuneful voice; Hear him, o’erwhelmed with sorrows, yet rejoice; No womanish or wailing grief has part, No, not a moment, in his royal heart; ’Tis manly music, such as martyrs make, Suffering with gladness for a Saviour’s sake; His soul exults; hope animates his lays; The sense of mercy kindles into praise; And wilds, familiar with the lion’s roar, Ring with ecstatic sounds unheard before.
Approximate author period: c. 1765 AD · early modern
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- William Cowper
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- Approximate author period: c. 1765 AD · early modern
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 163 · printed citation: Cowper · subject: DAVID
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