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We have the promise of th’ eternal truth, Those who live well, and pious paths pursue, To man and to their Maker true; Let them expire in age or youth, Can never miss Their way to everlasting bliss; But from a world of misery and care, To mansions of eternal ease repair; Where joy in full perfection flows, And in an endless circle moves Through the vast round of beatific love, Which no cessation knows.
We have the promise of th’ eternal truth, Those who live well, and pious paths pursue, To man and to their Maker true; Let them expire in age or youth, Can never miss Their way to everlasting bliss; But from a world of misery and care, To mansions of eternal ease repair; Where joy in full perfection flows, And in an endless circle moves Through the vast round of beatific love, Which no cessation knows.
Approximate author period: c. 1685 AD · renaissance
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- John Pomfret
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- Approximate author period: c. 1685 AD · renaissance
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 77 · printed citation: John Pomfret · subject: BLESSING—BLESSEDNESS—BLESS
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