Citation - New Hampshire Gazette-Portsmouth: 1770.10.19

NHG-P.770.047
19 Oct 1770:32 (731)
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE REV. MR. WHITEFIELD.
As when the rising sun dispels the shades,
And shoots the sparkling beams around,
The vast expanse of gloomy darkness fades,
And vanishes beneath the ground.
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Seraphick strains, from his angelic voice,
Flow'd forth, in captivating lays,
And thousands, feebler pious saints rejoice,
Enlightened by his rap'trous ways.
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