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HE HUMBLY CONFESSES THE ERRORS OF HIS PAST LIFE, AND PRAYS FOR DIVINE / GRACE.
Weeping, I still revolve the seasons flown / In vain idolatry of mortal things; / Not soaring heavenward; though my soul had wings / Which might, perchance, a glorious flight have shown.