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| 1752 | Miscellaneous Poems, Chiefly on Divine Subjects. Previously published in the Virginia Gazette, Davies's slight and sentimental verses are chiefly noteworthy for being some of the first poems published in Virginia. |
| 1758 | "The Curse of Cowardice." The Virginia minister uses his pulpit to recruit militiamen from Virginia during the French and Indian War. Usually the Great Awakening sentiment is associated with New England; here Davies's revival skills show that it is far more geographically extensive. |
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"Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state."
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