The Brighter Age: A Poem. ...Crocker & Brewster, 1830 - 91 pages |
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... sing , the angels glow ; From the sweet fields where crystal rivers flow ; With restless pinion , will the spirit dare To gage that fearful prison of despair ; Where fiery floods flash on the hideous night , Making hell's darkness ...
... sing , the angels glow ; From the sweet fields where crystal rivers flow ; With restless pinion , will the spirit dare To gage that fearful prison of despair ; Where fiery floods flash on the hideous night , Making hell's darkness ...
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... of the wave , Or in the sea - trough , yawning like a grave , His sportive bark , now high , now low , appears ; Calmly he sings , nor death nor danger fears . Yes ; while the ocean - storm in thunder raves THE BRIGHTER AGE . 19.
... of the wave , Or in the sea - trough , yawning like a grave , His sportive bark , now high , now low , appears ; Calmly he sings , nor death nor danger fears . Yes ; while the ocean - storm in thunder raves THE BRIGHTER AGE . 19.
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... sing , ( predicting brighter days ) No change in nature ; man must change his ways . The autumn winds and frosts shall still succeed To summer breezes , whitening all the mead ; And winter , with his cold , relentless grasp , Lock ...
... sing , ( predicting brighter days ) No change in nature ; man must change his ways . The autumn winds and frosts shall still succeed To summer breezes , whitening all the mead ; And winter , with his cold , relentless grasp , Lock ...
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... heart its power to feel ; and decked the spring ; That eye might see , and heart His praises sing . Perpetual spring shall grace , as some will say , 3 * THE BRIGHTER AGE . 29 Lovely, as stealing close upon the rear ...
... heart its power to feel ; and decked the spring ; That eye might see , and heart His praises sing . Perpetual spring shall grace , as some will say , 3 * THE BRIGHTER AGE . 29 Lovely, as stealing close upon the rear ...
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... mind . His is the pleasure that religion brings ; Or poor , or rich , of mercy still he sings . If lowly cabin be his mean abode ; His heart as lowly , asks no more of God . If coarse his fare , and labouring hard , he THE BRIGHTER AGE .
... mind . His is the pleasure that religion brings ; Or poor , or rich , of mercy still he sings . If lowly cabin be his mean abode ; His heart as lowly , asks no more of God . If coarse his fare , and labouring hard , he THE BRIGHTER AGE .
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