Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, INSCRIPTIONS: 8, by MARK AKENSIDE



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First Line: Ye powers unseen, to whom the bards of greece
Last Line: His reason, fancy, and his heart unite.
Subject(s): Travel; Journeys; Trips


ME though in life's sequester'd vale
The Almighty Sire ordain'd to dwell,
Remote from glory's toilsome ways,
And the great scenes of public praise;
Yet let me still with grateful pride
Remember how my infant frame
He temper'd with prophetic flame,
And early music to my tongue supplied.

'Twas then my future fate he weigh'd;
And, This be thy concern, he said,
At once with Passion's keen alarms,
And Beauty's pleasurable charms,
And sacred Truth's eternal light,
To move the various mind of Man;
Till, under one unblemish'd plan,
His Reason, Fancy, and his Heart unite.





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