English Poetry. James Thomson. Once in a Saintly Passion. Джеймс Томсон.

James Thomson (Джеймс Томсон)

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ONCE in a saintly passion
  I cried with desperate grief,
"O Lord, my heart is black with guile,
  Of sinners I am chief."
Then stooped my guardian angel
  And whispered from behind,
"Vanity, my little man,
  You're nothing of the kind."

James Thomson’s other poems:

1. In the Room
2. A Song of Sighing
3. Day
4. Proem
5. The Fire That Filled My Heart of Old

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