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First Line: Not the songs that nobly tell
Last Line: As jove by great jehovah is excell'd.
Subject(s): Bible; Prayer; Religion; Theology


I.
NOT the Songs that nobly tell,
How Troy was sackt, and Rome began,
Not the Numbers that reveal
The Wars of Heav'n to falling Man;

II.
Can boast that true celestial Fire,
That equal Strength and Ease,
Or with such various Charms conspire,
To move, to teach, to please.

III.
Those Complaints how sadly sweet,
Which weeping Seraphim repeat;
Those Prayers how happily preferr'd,
Which God himself inspir'd and heard.

IV.
Ye partial Wits no longer boast
Of Pindar's Fire in David's lost!
Who to the Hebrew Harp must yield,
As Jove by great Jehovah is excell'd.





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