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POETRY.
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¥ EESES TO A GLOW-WORM ^ WHICH A GENTLEMAN HAD TAKEX J ? ROM AHB&E ) IK THE JSUB ^ OV "WIG HT , AND GITE 3 * INTO MY OAItE *
Return , pocsr glbw-wbrm ! to thy home 3 If thou thy Home canst imd ^ again ^ —~ And ah ! I chatge thee ne ' er to roata Where stray the steps of cruel mefci . Oa grassy battk , in lonely dell , riang thou unseen thine em * raid lamp ; And never more man ' s wanderings tell ^ Thro' tangled brake , or marshes dampVFor he will rudely seize thy light , And bear , thee { irigrate !) far awayv If chance no other star throVnigJat Should kindly point its leading ray : > And he will * scan , \ vith curious eye 9 The beauties of thy toiturd fdrm ; Thoughtless that e * enthe worm > the fly , Are each with tender instinct wariti . Ah ( get thee to thy home once more , I cannot hold thee thus , unmovM ; For thou hast , sure , some little store Of friends betoying ! friends belovVl !' Thy native realm of greenest grass , Thro 5 w . hich thy greener lustre shot ; Thy kindred stars of earth , alas I Are all too dear to be forgot ! Then thus from my confining hand , 'Then thus from my tear-dropping eye , At mercy ' s soft ^ but firm comnaai * 4 > I bid thee go and homeward hie ! So , oft may I exulting view Thy fairy moon-light magic spell ; And hail , with love and rapture due The shades where thou and freedom dwell J
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The arguments which my friend produces from the Epistles of Paul must be reserved for a future cotamunication , which I trust will close the cotrespondence with which ^ I ha ^ e- so * long trespassed upon the eandotir and patience of yourself ^ Uidyaur readers . . In the mean tiirie ^ I am , > 4 Sir , your ^ s &c ^ ¦ ¦ .... Hackney , Oct . 8 r 1 S 07- T . BELSHAM .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1807, page 551, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2385/page/43/
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