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Date: 1762
"While Night in solemn Shade invests the Pole, / And calm Reflexion soothes the pensive Soul; / While Reason undisturb'd asserts her Sway, / And Life’s deceitful Colours fade away: / To Thee! all-conscious Presence! I devote / This peaceful Interval of sober Thought."
preview | full record— Carter, Elizabeth (1717-1806)
Date: 1762
"But ah! how oft' my lawless Passions rove, / And break those awful Precepts I approve!"
preview | full record— Carter, Elizabeth (1717-1806)
Date: 1762
"All pow’rful Grace, exert thy gentle Sway, / And teach my rebel Passions to obey: / Lest lurking Folly with insidious Art / Regain my volatile inconstant Heart."
preview | full record— Carter, Elizabeth (1717-1806)
