"Heav'n search my soul, and if thro' all its cells / Lurk the pernicious drop of pois'nous guile; / Full on my fenceless head its phial'd wrath / May fate exhaust"
Love and Honour
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Text from <u>The Works, in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq.</u> 2 vols., 4th  ed. (London: Printed by H. S. Woodfall, for J. Dodsley, 1773). &lt;<a href="http://xtf.lib.virginia.edu/xtf/view?docId=chadwyck_ep/uvaGenText/tei/chep_2.0699.xml;brand=default;">Link to UVA E-Text Center</a>&gt;.<br>
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See also <u>The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq; Most of Which Were Never Before Printed. In Two Volumes, With Decorations.</u> (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1764). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk:80/F/AJNMGVQQBIJX1KUUBJSF4B6A7KJQ31F6CM6A34H9D1YMAE3X27-06077?func=service&doc_library=BLL06&doc_number=006040982&line_number=0001&func_code=WEB-FULL&service_type=MEDIA%22">Link to Vol. 1 in Hathi Trust</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk:80/F/AJNMGVQQBIJX1KUUBJSF4B6A7KJQ31F6CM6A34H9D1YMAE3X27-06078?func=service&doc_library=BLL06&doc_number=006040982&line_number=0002&func_code=WEB-FULL&service_type=MEDIA%22">Vol. 2</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk:80/F/AJNMGVQQBIJX1KUUBJSF4B6A7KJQ31F6CM6A34H9D1YMAE3X27-06079?func=service&doc_library=BLL06&doc_number=006040982&line_number=0003&func_code=WEB-FULL&service_type=MEDIA%22">Vol. 3</a>&gt;