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To tremble, (as the creatures of an hour Ought,) at the view of an Almighty power Before His presence, at whose awful throne All tremble in all worlds except our own; To supplicate His mercy, love His ways, And prize them above pleasure, wealth, or praise; Though common sense, allowed a casting voice, And free from bias, must approve the choice; Convicts a man fanatic in the extreme, And wild as madness in the world’s esteem.
To tremble, (as the creatures of an hour Ought,) at the view of an Almighty power Before His presence, at whose awful throne All tremble in all worlds except our own; To supplicate His mercy, love His ways, And prize them above pleasure, wealth, or praise; Though common sense, allowed a casting voice, And free from bias, must approve the choice; Convicts a man fanatic in the extreme, And wild as madness in the world’s esteem.
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 688 · printed citation: Cowper · subject: WORLD
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