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ODES.

SUPPLICATION for Miss Carteret
in the Small-Pox.

Dublin July 31, 1725.

POW'R o'er ev'ry pow'r supreme, Thou the poet's hallow'd theme, From thy mercy-seat on high, Hear my numbers, hear my cry. 4
Breather of all vital breath, Arbiter of life and death, Oh, preserve this innocence, Yet unconscious of offence, 8Yet in life and virtue growing, Yet no debt to nature owing.
 Thou, who giv'st angelick grace To the blooming virgin face, 12Let the fell disease not blight What thou mad'st for man's delight:

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