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THE LORD'S PRAYER PARAPHRASED.
1 FATHER of all! whose seat of rest
2 In highest heaven is rear'd,
3 Thy name by every tongue be blest,
4 By every heart rever'd.
5 Let earth to thy Messiah's throne
6 Its just subjection yield:
7 Here, as in heaven, thy will be known;
8 Here, as in heaven, fulfill'd.
9 With bread sufficient to the day
10 Our mortal frame supply;
11 And feed the soul that moves our clay
12 With manna from on high.
13 While, conscious of the debt we owe,
14 We bow the humble knee,
15 That mercy we to others shew
16 Descend on us from Thee.
17 Do Thou our erring feet secure;
18 O lead us far from ill!
19 And keep us upright, just, and pure,
20 In act, in word, and will.
21 Hear, Lord! for power supreme is thine,
22 Thine, glory, worship, praise:
23 Nor Nature's bounds thy reign confine,
24 Nor numbers Time thy days.
About this text
Author: James Merrick
Themes:
God; religion
Genres:
prayer
References:
DMI 32287
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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. 152-153. 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.
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