Barton's rural seat With sweet Contentment fix your calm retreat ; In the late Pastor's honour'd steps you tread, And lead the Flock which once my Father led : While we, forsakers of our native plain, One aged Parent's feeble steps sustain ; Content,... Poems - Page 98by Jeffery Ekins - 1810 - 134 pagesFull view - About this book
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...on the Family of his Predecessor, removing from Barton. " Your happier friends, on Barton's peaceful seat, With sweet contentment, fix your calm retreat;...And lead the flock, which once my father led; While vie, forsaken of our native plain, One aged parent's feeble steps sustain. Content, tho' sad, if yet,... | |
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