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to all emotions was overcome, & he almost | to all emotions was overcome, & he almost | ||
knelt in [[underline]] adoration & love [[/underline]] of his gt Creator. | knelt in [[underline]] adoration & love [[/underline]] of his gt Creator. | ||
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| + | Oh that I were as great as in my greif | ||
| + | Or lesser than my name! or that I could | ||
| + | Forget what I have been! & not remember | ||
| + | What I must be now.-- | ||
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| + | But then he sighs, & with a peice of scripture | ||
| + | tells them, that God bids us do good for Evil: | ||
| + | & thus he clothes his naked villainy with old odd ends | ||
| + | Stolen from holy Writ, & seems a Saint when He | ||
| + | most plays the devil.-- | ||
Revision as of 13:04, 12 April 2022
The Evening was beautiful, the Bell of the Village tolled, & converted the whole Country round into a Temple, & feelings Equally connected with sadness & with happiness glistend in the Eyes of my loved Boy--alas his ductile ^ addition mind /addition impressive as wax, & ^ addition his /addition sensitive heart alive to all emotions was overcome, & he almost knelt in underline adoration & love /underline of his gt Creator.
Oh that I were as great as in my greif Or lesser than my name! or that I could Forget what I have been! & not remember What I must be now.--
But then he sighs, & with a peice of scripture tells them, that God bids us do good for Evil: & thus he clothes his naked villainy with old odd ends Stolen from holy Writ, & seems a Saint when He most plays the devil.--
