The Brighter Age: A Poem. ...Crocker & Brewster, 1830 - 91 pages |
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... darkness , darker by their light . There is no spot in Earth , or air , or sea , Barred from th ' approach of light - winged fantasy . E'en Heaven she scales , e'en Hell she must explore ; The Universe her home , her boundary , NO MORE ...
... darkness , darker by their light . There is no spot in Earth , or air , or sea , Barred from th ' approach of light - winged fantasy . E'en Heaven she scales , e'en Hell she must explore ; The Universe her home , her boundary , NO MORE ...
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... dark as gloomy night , And sweep the welkin , thundering in their flight ; But He who rides upon the awful storm , Wrapping its terrors round His viewless form , Shall guide the tempest ; the fierce bolts shall wield ; And catch them ...
... dark as gloomy night , And sweep the welkin , thundering in their flight ; But He who rides upon the awful storm , Wrapping its terrors round His viewless form , Shall guide the tempest ; the fierce bolts shall wield ; And catch them ...
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... darkness deepening spreads a gloom o'er all ; As if " enwrapped in one great funeral pall ! ” While fiery bolts in startling fury crash ; And forked flames , unceasing play and flash ! There is in human hearts a strange desire To feel ...
... darkness deepening spreads a gloom o'er all ; As if " enwrapped in one great funeral pall ! ” While fiery bolts in startling fury crash ; And forked flames , unceasing play and flash ! There is in human hearts a strange desire To feel ...
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... ; There his fleet rein - deers swept the glassy plain . There his warm cabin with its cheerful blaze , Has made him reckless of the long , dark days 3 THE BRIGHTER AGE . 25 Shall snows that fall and freeze on Zembla's plains, ...
... ; There his fleet rein - deers swept the glassy plain . There his warm cabin with its cheerful blaze , Has made him reckless of the long , dark days 3 THE BRIGHTER AGE . 25 Shall snows that fall and freeze on Zembla's plains, ...
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... dark days . There clad in ample furs , with javelin rude , He's braved the storm , the northern bear pursued . These are his pleasures - this his native land ; He asks no happier at his Maker's hand . Give him that grace that o'er his ...
... dark days . There clad in ample furs , with javelin rude , He's braved the storm , the northern bear pursued . These are his pleasures - this his native land ; He asks no happier at his Maker's hand . Give him that grace that o'er his ...
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Page 5 - There is no change above. Those orbs are still As pure as when, obedient to His will, They rose from chaos, and arrayed in light, Blazed out at noon, or twinkled on the night. Tempests may rave, clouds blacken in the air ; But all is calm — and bright — and changeless there.
Page 20 - mong the deep toned waves ; Hark ! from amid the gloom and stunning roar, Sounds the sweet hymn of pious mariner. That awful ocean then no frowns shall wear ; Nor life devour, when God 's the Guardian there.
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