PoemsC. and E.B. Gill, 1830 - 192 pages |
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... pride ; To flesh the lion's rav'nous jaws , or feel The sportive fury of the fencer's steel ; Or pant , deep plunged beneath the sultry mine , For the light gales of balmy Palestine . Ah , fruitful now no more , -an empty coast , She ...
... pride ; To flesh the lion's rav'nous jaws , or feel The sportive fury of the fencer's steel ; Or pant , deep plunged beneath the sultry mine , For the light gales of balmy Palestine . Ah , fruitful now no more , -an empty coast , She ...
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... pride the warrior damsels wield The ponderous falchion , and the sunlike shield , And start to see their armor's iron gleam Dance with blue lustre in Tabaria's stream . The blood - red banner floating o'er their van , All madly blithe ...
... pride the warrior damsels wield The ponderous falchion , and the sunlike shield , And start to see their armor's iron gleam Dance with blue lustre in Tabaria's stream . The blood - red banner floating o'er their van , All madly blithe ...
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... pride resume , And burst the marble slumbers of the tomb . Your sons behold , in arm , in heart the same , Still press the footsteps of parental fame , To Salem still their generous aid supply , And pluck the palm of Syrian chivalry ...
... pride resume , And burst the marble slumbers of the tomb . Your sons behold , in arm , in heart the same , Still press the footsteps of parental fame , To Salem still their generous aid supply , And pluck the palm of Syrian chivalry ...
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... pride would yet disdain The cumbrous sceptre of a single reign ; That conscious right would tenfold strength af- ford , And heaven assist the patriot's holy sword , And look in mercy through th ' auspicious sky , To bless the saviour ...
... pride would yet disdain The cumbrous sceptre of a single reign ; That conscious right would tenfold strength af- ford , And heaven assist the patriot's holy sword , And look in mercy through th ' auspicious sky , To bless the saviour ...
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Reginald Heber. And millions weep a tyrant's single pride ? Thus sadly musing , far my footsteps strayed , Rapt in the visions of the Aonian maid . It was not she , whose lonely voice I hear Fall in soft whispers on my love - lorn ear ...
Reginald Heber. And millions weep a tyrant's single pride ? Thus sadly musing , far my footsteps strayed , Rapt in the visions of the Aonian maid . It was not she , whose lonely voice I hear Fall in soft whispers on my love - lorn ear ...
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Adrastus Alpheus ancient beam beneath blessed blest blood bounteous bower brave breast bright bright promise brow chariot cherub coral strand coursers Cronian crown dare dark dead death Didst dread dwell E'en earth Edom falchion fame fear feeble fiery flame flood flower Freedom's glorious glory gods grave Greece harp hast hath heart hill holy hope Hosanna hour Israel Jesus Jove joy in heaven king Laius Latian light Lord lyre mercy mortal mourn muse nature's night numbers o'er ocean pale Pisa's pomp praise prayer pride proud Psaumis race reign rill saints Saviour Scythian shade shore Sicily song sons sorrow soul spear spirit spread SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY sway sweet swell sword Syracusa tears Thebes thee Theron's thine throne thunder toil tomb tower train tyrant's victory warrior waves weeping wild wing world is grown wreath yonder youth zeal
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Page 89 - They climbed the steep ascent of heaven Through peril, toil, and pain : O God, to us may grace be given To follow in their train.
Page 88 - T^'HE Son of God goes forth to war, A kingly crown to gain ; His blood-red banner streams afar : Who follows in his train?
Page 139 - FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 143 - BENEATH our feet and o'er our head Is equal warning given ; Beneath us lie the countless dead, Above us is the heaven. 2 Their names are graven on the stone, Their bones are in the clay ; And ere another day is done, Ourselves may be as they.
Page 126 - Lo, the lilies of the field, How their leaves instruction yield ! Hark to Nature's lesson, given By the blessed birds of heaven ! Every bush and tufted tree Warbles sweet philosophy : — " Mortal, fly from doubt and sorrow : God provideth for the morrow...
Page 112 - Though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see, Only thou art holy, there is none beside thee, Perfect in power, in love, and...
Page 74 - GOD, that madest earth and heaven, Darkness and light, Who the day for toil hast given, For rest the night. May Thine angel guards defend us, Slumber sweet Thy mercy send us, Holy dreams and hopes attend us, This live-long night.
Page 95 - BY cool Siloam's shady rill How sweet the lily grows, How sweet the breath beneath the hill Of Sharon's dewy rose. Lo, such the child whose early feet The paths of peace have trod ; Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, Is upward drawn to God.
Page 142 - BREAD of the world, in mercy broken, Wine of the soul, in mercy shed, By Whom th.e words of life were spoken, And in Whose death our sins are dead ; 2 Look on the heart by sorrow broken, Look on the tears by sinners shed ; And be Thy feast to us the token That by Thy grace our souls are fed.
Page 82 - So, in the last and dreadful day, When earth and heaven shall melt away, Thy flock, redeemed from sinful stain, Shall swell the sound of praise again : Hosanna ! Lord ! Hosanna in the highest ! SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT.