Lord Cowper

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    If only we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate our fill of bread...
    Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 16:3.

    The Israelites.

    Here may we prove the pow’r of pray’r,
    To strengthen faith, and sweeten care;
    To teach our faint desires to rise,
    And bring all heav’n before our eyes.
    —William Cowper (1731–1800)