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Poems on Malvern and Other Subjects (1829)
Poems on Malvern and Other Subjects - 1829 Author:Elizabeth Smith Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: He makes the clouds His fiery chariots, And o'er the winds His footstep glides. May He not speak in awful thunder, Or point the lightning's pale blue glar... more »e— Then shrink not at His heavenly power, We're still the objects of His care. ' SHOW ME THY WAYS, O LORD, AND TEACH ME THY PATHS." (from The Psalms.) Thou art my Maker, and wilt not despise, For thou alone art infinitely wise. Thou art my God; o'er me thy power extend; Each thought direct, and from each ill defend. Thou art my Father, can'st each want redress, For thou in mercy chasten'st but to bless. Thou art my Friend, be thou my only guide, Live in my heart, and o'er my soul preside. ON MALVERN CHURCH. Yon pile majestic, which so proudly rears Its turrets, formed to tell of ancient years, Where cloistered saints their listless vigils kept, And where unnumbered mortals long have slept; Was mouldering fast into oblivion's state, A splendid rain in the realms of fate ; Here tangling ivy spread its foliage round, And owls and bats a nightly refuge found ; .Destruction's inroads shook the sacred shrine, And Malvern wept to see her Church decline. But pitying Heaven in kindness deigned to hear, Ere yet deserted was the House of Prayer, And bid sweet Mercy seek the rural plain, Where generous Folby holds his rich domain : With anxious haste she sought Stake's lofty towers, Thro' flow'ry meads and ever blooming bowers ; His princely aid he cheerfully extends, And Malvern's cause with generous zeal befriends. What human praise can Graves's worth rehearse ? His generous efforts claim a loftier verse. May he e'en now enjoy that heavenly meed, Which waits each Christian charitable deed. Long as those hills in towering grandeur rise, And point their summits to the cloudless skies, Long as those crystal stre...« less