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The words of prophecy, those truths divine, Which make that Heaven, if thou desire it, thine— (Awful alternative! believed, beloved, Thy glory—and thy shame if unimproved,) Are never long vouchsafed, if pushed aside With cold disgust, or philosophic pride.
The words of prophecy, those truths divine, Which make that Heaven, if thou desire it, thine— (Awful alternative! believed, beloved, Thy glory—and thy shame if unimproved,) Are never long vouchsafed, if pushed aside With cold disgust, or philosophic pride.
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 468 · printed citation: Cowper · subject: PROPHECY—PROPHETS
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