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Poems (Sewell)/Lines on the Providential Escape of my Honoured Mother

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by Mary Young Sewell
Lines on the Providential Escape of my Honoured Mother
4639923Poems — Lines on the Providential Escape of my Honoured MotherMary Young Sewell
For oh! from danger's awful brink,Eliza's form we see;How from that giant foe we shrink,Whene'er he aims at thee!
Oh! blest be Mercy's conq'ring powers!Our heartfelt praise is due—We felt Eliza's danger ours,And feel the rescue too!