The Fall of Jerusalem: A Poem

Transcribed from the 1823 R. O. Weston edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
A Poem.
IN THREE PARTS.
By J. CHURCH, Jun .
“My God will cast them away because they did not hearken unto him, and they shall be wanderers among the nations.”— Hosea , c ix. v. 17.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR BY R. O. WESTON, CROSBY-ROW, SOUTHWARK.
1823
Price Three Shillings .
Dear Madam,
The particular kindness and regard with which you have ever honored our family, the liberality with which you have received my father’s works, and a knowledge of your native goodness, embolden me to sue for your patronage and attention to this my first (and probably the last) essay, which, though it has no claim to merit, may afford you a few moments amusement in your solitude; where, being surrounded by Nature, and free from the noise and bustle of the town, you have leisure to survey the wonders of Creation, and admire the incomprehensible power of the Creator;
“To look thro’ nature up to nature’s God;”