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Sonnet: - III.

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Oh, holy sabbath morn! thrice blessed day     Of solemn rest, true peace, and earnest prayer.     How many hearts that never knelt to pray     Are glad to breathe thy soul-sustaining air.     I sit within the quiet woods, and hear     The village church-bell's soft inviting sound,     And to the confines of the loftiest sphere     Imagination wings its airy round;     A myriad spirits have assembled there,     Whose prayers on earth a sweet acceptance found.     I go to worship in Thy House, O God!     With her, thy young creation bright and fair;     Help us to do Thy will, and not despair,     Though both our hearts should bend beneath Thy chastening rod.

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