PoemsBy Allan Ramsay . The Hiftorical Print of the wonderfulPrefermtion of Mr. DAVID BRUCE,| and others his School-fellows ; St. Andrews i^Stagfft, 1710. ?n IX Times the Day with Light and Hope arcfe3fcf As oft the Night her Terrors did oppofe,While tofsd on roaring Waves, the tender Crew-Had nought but Death and Horror in their View ;Pale Famine, Seas, bleak Cold at equal Strife,Confpiring all againft their Bloom of Life:Whilft like the Lamps la ft Flame, their trembling SoulsAre on the Wing to leave their mortal Goals 5And Death before them Hands with frightful Stare,Their Sp

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PoemsBy Allan Ramsay . The Hiftorical Print of the wonderfulPrefermtion of Mr. DAVID BRUCE,| and others his School-fellows ; St. Andrews i^Stagfft, 1710. ?n IX Times the Day with Light and Hope arcfe3fcf As oft the Night her Terrors did oppofe,While tofsd on roaring Waves, the tender Crew-Had nought but Death and Horror in their View ;Pale Famine, Seas, bleak Cold at equal Strife,Confpiring all againft their Bloom of Life:Whilft like the Lamps la ft Flame, their trembling SoulsAre on the Wing to leave their mortal Goals 5And Death before them Hands with frightful Stare,Their Spirits fpent, and funk down to Defpair* Behold., f C 24 3 Behold, th indulgent providential Eye,With watchful Rays defending from .on come poking down the divine Beam,To fave the Helplefs in their laft Extreme :.Unfeen the heivnly Guard about them flock ;Some rule the Winds, fome lead them up the Rock,.-While other two attend the dying Pair,To waft their young white Souls thro Fields of Air*. C *5 } fa ^5 &*a ctf ejaoi pfskn

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