Poem by Edward Young

Penitence

Great God!
Greater than greatest! better than the best!
Kinder than kindest! with soft pity's eye
Look down —
On a poor breathing particle of dust!
Or, lower, — an immortal in his crimes.
His crimes forgive, forgive his virtues too!
Those smaller faults, half converts to the right.

1. The Wind from the West
2. To the Right Hon. Mr. Dodington
3. Socrates

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