A
FRAGMENT
.
By
the
Same
.
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When
recent
in
the
womb
I
lay
,
Ere
yet
my
life
began
,
Thy
care
preserv'd
the
sleeping
clay
,
And
form'd
it
into
man
.
Oh
!
may
this
frame
,
that
rising
grew
Beneath
thy
plastic
hands
,
Be
studious
ever
to
pursue
Whate'er
thy
will
commands
.
The
soul
that
moves
this
earthly
load
Thy
semblance
let
it
bear
;
Nor
lose
the
traces
of
the
God
,
Who
stamp'd
his
image
there
.