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James Merrick
3 quotes
“Not what we wish, but what we want, Oh, let thy grace supply!”
James Merrick (1720–1769) said by 1769 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hymn, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "Let not that happen which I wish, but that which is right", Menander, Fragment.
“Oft has it been my lot to mark A proud, conceited, talking spark.”
James Merrick (1720–1769) said by 1769 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Chameleon, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Oh let thy fear within me dwell, Thy love my footsteps guide ; That love shall vainer loves expel, That fear all fears beside.”
James Merrick (1720–1769) said by 1769 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Sacred Poets of England and America For Three Centuries" printed 1848.