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Excerpt from Providence, Vol. 1: A Poem, in Four Cantos, With Miscellaneous Pieces My object in this poem is to impress the idea of a God and Providence on the mind of the reader, and to te hearse the convictions of my own experience, as well as to enforce those important moral sentiments which ought ever to influence our best feelings, and which, therefore, appear to me to become the didactive muse. I am aware of imperfections in the Author as well as the Printer, but must state, in excuse of such as you will at once see to be typographical, which in some instances have extended to the line, that owing to distance, and the con sequent delay that would be occasioned, I could only cor rect the press, and that imperfectly, but once. Extensive engagements with the periodical press and in general litera ture, with other avocations, have prevented my giving that careful revision which so large a volume of poetry requires. But I feel assured that you, as well as others, will be lenient towards any occasional marks of carelessness, and will feel disposed to favor one whose object is not to indulge in wild flights of fancy, which often only serve to weaken the mind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




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