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226 THE POEMS OF ANNE �And wou'd not with them here, the spoyles devide ; Nor look'd I att the end of Glorious men, Nor thought how lost they were, nor how abandon'd then. �A while, the Servant of Elisha, soe �Altho' his Master's pow'r with Heav'n he knew, �His faith forgoes,, surrounded with the foe, �Till by the Prophett's pray'r, the Vaile withdrew And show'd the doubted aid of Providence in view. 80 �THE 10TH PART OF THE 119 PSALM PARAPHRASED �In the manner of a Prayer from the 1st to y e 6th Verse �Thy workmanship, O Lord, I am, �Thy hands have moulded, and designed, �And for thy Glory, rais'd this frame, Which is to thee, again resigned. �O thou ! who did'st create the whole, �Cheifly regard the nobler part, With understanding cloath my Soul, �And plant thy doctrine in my heart. �Then shall the Pious and the Just, Beholding me, their hopes improve, �Then shall my full rewarded trust, Assure their faith, and fix their love. �'Tis of thy mercy, Lord I know �That I afflictions have sustain' d ; Afflictions, from thy mercy flow, �By which we are from sin restrain' d. �O ! Lett that mercy, still to me (According to thy gracious word) �A just proportion'd Cordial be, �When thou these tryals doest affoard. ��� �