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THE LATTER PART OF HABBAKUK, CHAPTER III.
1 THO' in Judea's mead the verdant blade
2 Nipt by ungenial frost full sudden fade;
3 Tho' the ripe fig, pride of the garden gay,
4 Touch'd by the sun's too fervid beam decay;
5 Tho' fairer vines the raging whirlwind blast,
6 And olives useless on the heap are cast;
[Page 138]7 Tho' struck by Death the bleating firstlings fall,
8 Vacant the fold, untenanted the stall;
9 Yet still to Thee, Jehovah! Power supreme!
10 My guide, my only hope, and constant theme!
11 I lisp the feeble strain, and bow the knee,
12 And own incessant Strength belongs to Thee!
13 O let thy Love with rapture fill my breast,
14 And lead thro' life's untrodden wilds — to Rest.
About this text
Author: Joseph Cockfield
Themes:
God; religion
Genres:
imitation; translation; paraphrase
References:
DMI 32654
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Source edition
Pearch, G. A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands. Vol. IV. [The second edition]. London: printed for G. Pearch, 1770, pp. 137-138. 4v. ; 8⁰. (ESTC T116245; DMI 1137; OTA K093079.004) (Page images digitized from a copy in the Bodleian Library [(OC) 280 o.791].)
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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- ODE TO CONTENT. ()
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- ODE TO SOLITUDE. ()
- PSALM CXXXVII. ()
- WRITTEN AT THE HERMITAGE AT ALDERSBROOK, MDCCLXI. ()
- WRITTEN ON A CHINESE TEMPLE IN MR. SCOTT'S GARDEN AT AMWELL. ()