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REFLECTION on MEDITATION.

1 TO earth it bows the knees, but lifts the soul
2 So high above all sublunary things,
3 That this low world shews like a fleeting dream
4 Already past away.

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Title (in Source Edition): REFLECTION on MEDITATION.
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Hands, Elizabeth, 1746-1815. The death of Amnon. A poem. With an appendix: containing pastorals, and other poetical pieces. By Elizabeth Hands. [Coventry]: Printed for the author, by N. Rollason, Coventry, M,DCCLXXXIX., 1789, p. 113. [40],127,[1]p.; 8⁰. (ESTC T141063) (Page images digitized from a copy in the Bodleian Library [Dunston B 961 (1)].)

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