Of true benevolence, its charms divine, With other motives … - Carlos Wilcox

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Of true benevolence, its charms divine,
With other motives to call forth its power,
And its grand triumphs, multiplied beyond
All former bounds, in this its golden age,
Humbly I sing, awed by the holy theme;
A theme exalted, though as yet unsung,
In beauty rich, of inspiration full,
And worthy of a nobler harp than that
From which heroic strains sublimely sound.

Carlos Wilcox

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Carlos Wilcox (22 October 1794 – 29 May 1827) was a minor American poet. He wrote a poem, "The Age of Benevolence", which was left unfinished, and which was clearly influenced by the work of William Cowper.

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Be thy best thoughts to work divine addressed;
Do something — do it soon — will all thy might;
An angel's wing would droop if long at rest,
And God Himself inactive were no longer blessed.

Rouse to some work of high and holy love,
And thou an angel's happiness shall know.

Time well employed is Satan's deadliest foe:
It leaves no opening for the lurking fiend.

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