quote · Legacy record
Thou Power supreme! whose mighty scheme, These woes of mine fulfil, Here firm I rest; they must be best, Because they are Thy will! Then all I want, (O do Thou grant This one request of mine!) Since to enjoy Thou didst deny, Assist me to resign.
Thou Power supreme! whose mighty scheme, These woes of mine fulfil, Here firm I rest; they must be best, Because they are Thy will! Then all I want, (O do Thou grant This one request of mine!) Since to enjoy Thou didst deny, Assist me to resign.
Approximate author period: c. 1777 AD · early modern
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- Author or tradition
- Robert Burns
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- Approximate author period: c. 1777 AD · early modern
author lifetime midpoint (1759–1796)
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 493 · printed citation: Burns · subject: RESIGNATION
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