The Brighter Age: A Poem. ...Crocker & Brewster, 1830 - 91 pages |
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... guilty , Lord , would wish to flee ? Who but the guilty dread the thought of Thee ? If in Thy mercy I may share a part ; If Thou but speak forgiveness to this heart ; No terrors shall Thy glorious presence raise ; But calm THE BRIGHTER ...
... guilty , Lord , would wish to flee ? Who but the guilty dread the thought of Thee ? If in Thy mercy I may share a part ; If Thou but speak forgiveness to this heart ; No terrors shall Thy glorious presence raise ; But calm THE BRIGHTER ...
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... so weak ! ) One , in whose heart no guilty dread should speak ; Whose hope reposes on that very arm , That shakes the vaulted heavens with alarm ; Feels , as the muttering thunders distant roll , Instinctive THE BRIGHTER AGE . 15.
... so weak ! ) One , in whose heart no guilty dread should speak ; Whose hope reposes on that very arm , That shakes the vaulted heavens with alarm ; Feels , as the muttering thunders distant roll , Instinctive THE BRIGHTER AGE . 15.
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... guilty deeds commence . Oh ! fatal Fruit , clustering in beauty rare , That lured the hand of sinless Eve , to dare Touch thee , forbidden ! Oh ! the fatal hour , When man was left to fall , by hellish power ! But why should one , who ...
... guilty deeds commence . Oh ! fatal Fruit , clustering in beauty rare , That lured the hand of sinless Eve , to dare Touch thee , forbidden ! Oh ! the fatal hour , When man was left to fall , by hellish power ! But why should one , who ...
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... guilt Cancelled by blood , on Calvary's summit spilt ; Each vengeful passion gone , each heart at rest ; The earth one family , that family all blest . Then shall Oppression , on his iron throne , His THE BRIGHTER AGE . 39.
... guilt Cancelled by blood , on Calvary's summit spilt ; Each vengeful passion gone , each heart at rest ; The earth one family , that family all blest . Then shall Oppression , on his iron throne , His THE BRIGHTER AGE . 39.
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... guilty brain ? Falls not upon thine ear the piercing moan Of thousands , into hopeless slavery thrown ? Canst thou enjoy the luxuries , that come From bleeding men , torn from their native home , When all thy glitter , all thy gorgeous ...
... guilty brain ? Falls not upon thine ear the piercing moan Of thousands , into hopeless slavery thrown ? Canst thou enjoy the luxuries , that come From bleeding men , torn from their native home , When all thy glitter , all thy gorgeous ...
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