If Gideons fleece, which drenchd with dew he found
While moisture none refreshd the herbs around,
Might fitly represent the church, endowd
With heavenly gifts to heathens not allowd;
In pledge, perhaps, of favours from on high,
Thy locks were wet when others locks were dry:
Heaven grant us half the omenmay we see
Not drought on others, but much dew on thee!
To A Young Friend, On His Arriving At Cambridge Wet, When No Rain Had Fallen There.
William Cowper
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