The Works of Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe: Letters moral & entertaining, pt. 3. Devout exercises of the heart. Poems & translations by Mr. Thomas RoweJ. & A. Arch, 1796 |
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... land thee on the Gallic shores . But thou art chang'd ! that ardour is expir'd , Which once thy wishes with impatience fir'd , When Savoy's blooming Duchess strove in vain From me the conquest of thy heart to gain : Invited by great ...
... land thee on the Gallic shores . But thou art chang'd ! that ardour is expir'd , Which once thy wishes with impatience fir'd , When Savoy's blooming Duchess strove in vain From me the conquest of thy heart to gain : Invited by great ...
Page 84
... land and seas Are present to my thoughts , and banish ease : While you , alas ! perhaps with pleasure rove , And faithless nourish a forbidden love ; Take some deluding harlot to your breast , And in her arms , with lawless transports ...
... land and seas Are present to my thoughts , and banish ease : While you , alas ! perhaps with pleasure rove , And faithless nourish a forbidden love ; Take some deluding harlot to your breast , And in her arms , with lawless transports ...
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... land to the Antipodes ; not a mile but seemed ten that carried me from London , the centre of all my joys . The country is my aversion ; I hate trees and hedges , steep hills , and silent vallies : the satirist may laugh , but to me ...
... land to the Antipodes ; not a mile but seemed ten that carried me from London , the centre of all my joys . The country is my aversion ; I hate trees and hedges , steep hills , and silent vallies : the satirist may laugh , but to me ...
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... land of fa- tigue and folly : what is this life but a sorry tire- some round , a circle of repeated vanities ? happi- ness has been never seen in it since sin and folly entered all is empty appearance , or vain labour , or painful ...
... land of fa- tigue and folly : what is this life but a sorry tire- some round , a circle of repeated vanities ? happi- ness has been never seen in it since sin and folly entered all is empty appearance , or vain labour , or painful ...
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... land , and every day brings me nearer the posses- sion of my heavenly inheritance . Then shall I see God and live , and face to face behold my trium- phant Redeemer , And in his favour find immortal light . Ye hours and days , cut short ...
... land , and every day brings me nearer the posses- sion of my heavenly inheritance . Then shall I see God and live , and face to face behold my trium- phant Redeemer , And in his favour find immortal light . Ye hours and days , cut short ...
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abandon'd adore bard beauty bleffings bleft blessed breaſt inſpire bright cauſe celestial Charm ev'ry curft daring defires delight divine dreadful e'er earth ELIZABETH ROWE eternal ev'n eyes fair fate fave fhades fhall fhould fing finks fire fix'd fkies flain flame flaves foar foes foft fongs fons foon foul ftand fung fway fyren gentle Gideon fell glories glorious grace happy hear heart Heav'n heav'nly Heedlefs hell hope horror illuftrious immortal inchanting Jephtha joys laſt lays lefs lift'ning light loft looſe Lord lyre mighty mortal mufe muſt nobleft numbers o'er oppreft paffion Pindar pity pleaſe pleaſures praife praiſe pray'rs purſue rage raiſe rapture realms reign rifing ruin ſhall ſhe ſkies ſmile soul tender Thebes thee theme themſelves thine thoſe thou art thou hast thouſand thro thy love thy pow'r thy throne tranſports trembling triumph tyrant vaft verfe verſe Virtue's waſtes Whene'er whofe wild wretched Ye ministers
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Page 157 - This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Page 157 - Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ, my God ; All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to His blood.
Page 77 - One shall say, I am the Lord's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Page 157 - Come and hear, all ye that fear the Lord, and I will tell you what He has done for my soul ?
Page 157 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 117 - There, said they, is mount Zion, the heavenly Jerusalem, the innumerable company of Angels, and the Spirits of just men made perfect.
Page 153 - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Page 77 - My God ! my chief delight ? Why are my thoughts no more, by day, — With thee, no more by night \ 2 Why should my foolish passions rove ? Where can such sweetness be, As I have tasted in thy love, — . As I have found in thee...
Page 77 - He is the Rock, his work is perfect: For all his ways are judgment: A God of truth and without iniquity, Just and right is he.
Page 89 - I WAITED patiently for the Lord ; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.