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Page 15 - tis the ruler of the hosts on high : Some trivial exercise of power divine, For purposes — to him best known — but wise, For wisdom is the daughter of Divinity.
Page 34 - O'ER fields of green the flocks are spread, The oak extends its sylvan shade, The root puts forth its tender blade And says 'tis May.
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Page 112 - JEHOVAH reigns, let Heav'n rejoice, Let Earth her anthems bring ; To him, in one continued voicej, Let all the nations sing.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Miscellaneous Poems: On Moral and Religious Subjects |
| Author | Benjamin Allen |
| Publisher | Wm. E. Norman, 1811 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 6 Oct 2006 |
| Length | 180 pages |
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