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Literary
November 22, 1803
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A devotional poem praising religion as a heavenly force that sweetens pain, alleviates care, assuages fears, guides through life's darkness, and provides aid when reason fails.
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MISCELLANEOUS REPOSITORY.
RELIGION.
Hail Religion, heavenly fair!
Thy kind, thy healing power
Can sweeten pain, alleviate care,
And gild each gloomy hour.
When dismal thoughts and boding fears,
The trembling heart invade;
And all the face of nature wears
An universal shade.
Thy secret dictates can assuage
The tempest of the soul;
And every fear shall lose its rage
At thy divine control.
Thro' life's bewilder'd darksome way,
Thy hand unerring leads;
And o'er the path thy heavenly ray
A cheering lustre sheds.
When feeble Reason tir'd and blind,
Sinks hopeless and afraid;
Thou, blest supporter of the mind,
How powerful is thy aid?
O! let my heart confess thy power,
And find thy sweet relief;
To brighten ev'ry gloomy hour,
And soften every grief.
RELIGION.
Hail Religion, heavenly fair!
Thy kind, thy healing power
Can sweeten pain, alleviate care,
And gild each gloomy hour.
When dismal thoughts and boding fears,
The trembling heart invade;
And all the face of nature wears
An universal shade.
Thy secret dictates can assuage
The tempest of the soul;
And every fear shall lose its rage
At thy divine control.
Thro' life's bewilder'd darksome way,
Thy hand unerring leads;
And o'er the path thy heavenly ray
A cheering lustre sheds.
When feeble Reason tir'd and blind,
Sinks hopeless and afraid;
Thou, blest supporter of the mind,
How powerful is thy aid?
O! let my heart confess thy power,
And find thy sweet relief;
To brighten ev'ry gloomy hour,
And soften every grief.
What sub-type of article is it?
Poem
Hymn Or Psalm
What themes does it cover?
Religious
What keywords are associated?
Religion
Devotional Poem
Faith
Comfort
Guidance
Soul
Grief
Literary Details
Title
Hail Religion, Heavenly Fair!
Subject
Praise Of Religion's Comforting Power
Key Lines
Hail Religion, Heavenly Fair!
Thy Kind, Thy Healing Power
Can Sweeten Pain, Alleviate Care,
And Gild Each Gloomy Hour.
Thou, Blest Supporter Of The Mind,
How Powerful Is Thy Aid?
O! Let My Heart Confess Thy Power,
And Find Thy Sweet Relief;