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When at first from virtue’s path we stray, How shrinks the feeble heart with sad dismay! More bold at length, by powerful habit led, Careless and sered, the dreary wilds we tread; Behold the gaping gulf of sin with scorn, And plunging deep, to endless death are borne.
When at first from virtue’s path we stray, How shrinks the feeble heart with sad dismay! More bold at length, by powerful habit led, Careless and sered, the dreary wilds we tread; Behold the gaping gulf of sin with scorn, And plunging deep, to endless death are borne.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- James Scott (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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Page 543 · printed citation: James Scott · subject: SIN
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