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BARREAUX's CELEBRATED SONNET.

GRAND Dieu, tes jugemens sont remplis d'equité;
Toujours tu prens plaisir à nous être propice,
Mais j'ai tant fait de mal, que jamais ta bonté
Ne me pardonnera, sans choquer ta justice.
Oui mon Dieu, la grandeur de mon impieté
Ne laisse à ton pouvoir que le choix du suplice;
Ton intereste oppose à ma felicité
Et ta clemence méme attend que je perisse.
Contente ton desir, puis qu'il t'est glorieux;
Offense toy des pleurs qui coulent de mes yeux;
Tonne, frappe, il est tems, rens moi guerre pour guerre;
J adore en perissant la raison qui t'aigrit.
Mais dessus quel endroit tombera ton tonnerre,
Que ne soit tout couvert du sang de JESUS CHRIST.
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BY THE SAME.
1 THO' thy decrees, great God, are wise,
2 Thy dispensations right,
3 Thy darling attribute is love,
4 Compassion thy delight.
5 But should thy goodness condescend
6 To pity my distress,
7 Offended Justice would each thought
8 Of lenity suppress.
9 Yes, righteous God, my daring crimes
10 For pardon leave no room;
11 Thy majesty prevents my bliss,
12 Thy grace demands my doom.
13 O! then denounce thy sovereign will,
14 Avenge thy injur'd name;
15 And let an impious miscreant's tear
16 Thy sacred wrath inflame.
17 Smite me, 'tis time, let thunder fall
18 On my rebellious head;
19 In my destruction I'll adore
20 The hand that strikes me dead.
21 But — through what region shall thy bolts
22 Thy missive vengeance run,
23 Which is not hallowed by the blood
24 Of thy beloved Son?

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Title (in Source Edition): BARREAUX's CELEBRATED SONNET.
Author: Rev. Mr. Robertson (translator)
Themes: God; religion
Genres: imitation; translation; paraphrase
References: DMI 32589

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Pearch, G. A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands. Vol. III. [The second edition]. London: printed for G. Pearch, 1770, p. 206. 4v. ; 8⁰. (ESTC T116245; DMI 1136; OTA K093079.003) (Page images digitized from a copy in the Bodleian Library [(OC) 280 o.790].)

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