It would be difficult to determine whether the age is growi… - Anna Laetitia Barbauld

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It would be difficult to determine whether the age is growing better or worse; for I think our plays are growing like sermons, and our sermons like plays.

Anna Laetitia Barbauld

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Anna Letitia Barbauld (June 20, 1743 – March 9, 1825) was an English poet and miscellaneous writer.

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Alternative Names: Anna Laetitia Aiken • Anna Letitia Barbauld • Anna Lætitia Barbauld • Ann Letitia Barbauld • Anna (Laetitia) Barbauld

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We may think all religions beneficial, and believe of one alone that it is true.

With Thee in shady solitudes I walk,
With Thee in busy, crowded cities talk,
In every creature own Thy forming power,
In each event Thy providence adore.

I read his awful name, emblazon'd high
With golden letters on th' illumin'd sky.

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