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OW'R o'er ev'ry pow'r supreme,
Thou the poet's hallow'd theme,
From thy mercy-seat on high,
Hear my numbers, hear my cry. 4
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ODES.
SUPPLICATION for Miss Carteret
in the Small-Pox.
Dublin July 31, 1725.
OW'R o'er ev'ry pow'r supreme, Thou the poet's hallow'd theme,
From thy mercy-seat on high,
Hear my numbers, hear my cry. 4
Breather of all vital breath,
Arbiter of life and death,
Oh, preserve this innocence,
Yet unconscious of offence, 8
Yet in life and virtue growing,
Yet no debt to nature owing.
Arbiter of life and death,
Oh, preserve this innocence,
Yet unconscious of offence, 8
Yet in life and virtue growing,
Yet no debt to nature owing.
Thou, who giv'st angelick grace
To the blooming virgin face, 12
Let the fell disease not blight
What thou mad'st for man's delight:
To the blooming virgin face, 12
Let the fell disease not blight
What thou mad'st for man's delight:
O'er
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