ISBN: 1236996941

[EAN: 9781236996947], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub], SAMUEL BISHOP,WORLD, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 34 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may ha… More...

[EAN: 9781236996947], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub], SAMUEL BISHOP,WORLD, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 34 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1796 edition. Excerpt: . . . tithe-pig the Parsons table grace; Nor grudge the tribute due, ye rustic race! Tho thousand tithe-pigs every day procures, The priests good luck, is but the tenth of yours. Lo! DoLLYs now the rich rump steak affords! Yes, every street, and every house can boast Some private manchet, or some public host! Some public host, or private manchet fee, For every hungry mortal-but for me! So rhymd the Bard, with many a sigh between; When lo! a Publisher came cross the Green! They meet-they strike the bargain-and they bind-The Pamphlet-monger paid, the Poet dind; Sold, as to Satan Witches were of yore, To vilify the arts he lovd before; With harpy screamings merit to pursue; And damn by wholesale in the next Review. WHAT thoughts, what words, what utterance should display Devotions feelings, when she names this Day; I well conceive;-but know, alas! too well, To praise imperfectly, is to profane: Forgive me then, if, conscious, I forbear Sublimer views; and touch but what I dare: Thine is the Sabbath, Universal Sire! My trembling feet from holy ground retire. Yet what I may, I will. -Tho the bold eye Of rash Conceit be dazzled, Zeal may try At At humble distance a less venturous view; And thoughts with meekness formd, with innocence pursue. While then the fong of Praise, and cry of Prayer, Wingd by glad Seraphs thro the void of air, i From lands remote, and sea-girt isles ascends, And earths whole race in lowly worship bends, Think we what joy in Heaven prevails-How prone To mix our gratulations with their own, l Th Angelic Bands, that circle Gods high throneii Think we how sweet to natures so sublime The general incense, which-from many a-clime, Here Faith, here Hope, here Zeal, and here. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<

ISBN: 9781236996947

Samuel Bishop, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books History~~General The-Poetical-Works-of-the-Rev-Samuel-Bishop-AM-To-which-are-Prefixed-Memoirs-of-the-Lif… More...

Samuel Bishop, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC Books History~~General The-Poetical-Works-of-the-Rev-Samuel-Bishop-AM-To-which-are-Prefixed-Memoirs-of-the-Life-of-the-Author-Volume-1~~Samuel-Bishop General Books LLC<