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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PREDESTINATION; OR THE RESOLUTION, by ELIZABETH THOMAS First Line: Ah! Strive no more to know what fate / is pre-ordained for thee Last Line: Of thy presumptuous curiosity! | |||
Ah! strive no more to know what fate Is pre-ordain'd for thee: 'Tis vain in this my mortal state, For Heaven's inscrutable decree Will only be reveal'd in vast Eternity. Then, O my soul! Remember thy celestial birth, And live to Heaven while here on earth: Thy God is infinitely true -- All Justice, yet all Mercy, too: To him, then, through thy Saviour pray For grace, to guide thee on thy way, And give thee Will to do. But humbly, for the rest, my soul! Let Hope, and Faith, the limits be Of thy presumptuous curiosity! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPISTLE TO CLEMENA. OCCASIONED BY AN ARGUMENT AGAINST THE AUTHOR by ELIZABETH THOMAS MIDNIGHT THOUGHT (ON THE DEATH OF MRS. E.H. & HER DAUGHTER) by ELIZABETH THOMAS ON SIR J- S- SAYING IN A SARCASTIC MANNER, MY BOOKS WOULD MAKE ME MAD by ELIZABETH THOMAS THE DREAM. AN EPISTLE TO MR. DRYDEN by ELIZABETH THOMAS THE EXECRATION by ELIZABETH THOMAS THE FORSAKEN WIFE by ELIZABETH THOMAS THE TRIPLE LEAGUE TO MRS. SUSAN DOVE by ELIZABETH THOMAS THE TRIUMVIRATE by ELIZABETH THOMAS THE TRUE EFFIGIES OF A CERTAIN SQUIRE: INSCRIBED TO CLEMENA by ELIZABETH THOMAS TO ALMYSTREA [MARY ASTELL], ON HER DIVINE WORKS by ELIZABETH THOMAS |
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