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VERSES WRITTEN ORIGINALLY IN THE PERSIC LANGUAGE.
1 IF mortal hands thy peace destroy,
2 Or friendship's gifts bestow,
3 Wilt thou to Man ascribe thy joy?
4 To Man impute thy woe?
5 'Tis God, whose thoughts to various ends
6 The human lot dispose,
7 Around thee plant assisting friends,
8 Or heap avenging Foes.
9 Not from the Bow the deaths proceed,
10 But from the Archer's skill;
11 Who lends the thirsty shaft its speed,
12 And gives it strength to kill.
About this text
Author: James Merrick
Themes:
God; fate; fortune; providence
Genres:
imitation; translation; paraphrase
References:
DMI 32286
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Source edition
Pearch, G. A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands. Vol. I. [The second edition]. London: printed for G. Pearch, 1770, pp. 147-148. 4v. ; 8⁰. (ESTC T116245; DMI 1122; OTA K093079.001) (Page images digitized from a copy in the Bodleian Library [(OC) 280 o.788].)
Editorial principles
The text has been typographically modernized, but without any silent modernization of spelling, capitalization, or punctuation. The source of the text is given and all editorial interventions have been recorded in textual notes. Based on the electronic text originally produced by the TCP project, this ECPA text has been edited to conform to the recommendations found in Level 5 of the Best Practices for TEI in Libraries version 4.0.0.
Other works by James Merrick
- The BEARS and BEES. A FABLE. ()
- The BENEDICITE Paraphrased. ()
- The CAMELION: A FABLE after Monsieur DE LA MOTTE. ()
- An EPITAPH. ()
- A FRAGMENT. ()
- A HYMN. ()
- The Hymns of DIONYSIUS: Translated from the Greek. ()
- THE IGNORANCE OF MAN. ()
- THE LORD'S PRAYER PARAPHRASED. ()
- The MONKIES, a TALE. ()
- An ODE to FANCY. ()
- The SONG of SIMEON paraphrased. ()
- A TALE. ()
- THE TRIALS OF VIRTUE. ()
- The WISH. ()