Written for my Son, in a Bible which was presented to him. Mary Barber 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. T42622 519 p. 45 Barber, Mary, ca. 1690-1757. Poems on Several Occasions [poems only]. London Printed for C. Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard 1734 p. 82. xlviii,283,[7]p.; 8⁰.

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Written for my Son , in a Bible which was presented to him . Welcome , thou sacred , solemn Guest , Who com'st to guide me to the Blest . O Fountain of eternal Truth , Thou gracious Guardian of my Youth ! True Wisdom to my Soul dispense , That I may learn thy Will from hence : Still let me make thy Word my Rule , And still despise the scorning Fool . Inspir'd from thence , my Verse shall soar , Till Time itself shall be no more . Alas , my Soul ! and whar is great , In Glory of a mortal Date ? Henceforth this vain Ambition spare , And be Eternity thy Care .