SONG. Ann Batten Cristall Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T126557 Cristall, Ann Batten. Poetical Sketches by Ann Batten Cristall. London Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard 1795 pp. 113-115. [14],187,[1]p.; 8⁰.

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SONG . " TOSS'D 'midst life's terrific storms , " My soul on Nature's centre clings , " Striving to taste each scatter'd bliss , " And loudly grateful anthems sings . " When flying o'er the billowy deep , " Upborne the sounding waves among , " While winds the boiling ocean sweep , " And lightenings dart their fires along ; " Absorb'd , unmov'd , resolv'd of mind , " I dare the elements assault , " 'Midst roaring oceans plough'd by wind , " While thunders burst thro' heaven's high vault . " On Virtue's base , and buoy'd by Hope , " I see peace beam through every cloud ; " Benumb'd upon the shatter'd rope " Still grateful is my song , and loud . " Grateful , for being rais'd from nought " To scenes where Nature's blessings shine , " Endued with fancy , love , and thought , " And dawnings of a soul divine ! "