The beauties of the poets: a collection of moral and sacred poetry, compiled by T. JanesThomas Janes 1810 |
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... lost , Such favour I unworthy am vouchsaf'd , By me the promis'd Seed shall all restore . " So spake our mother Eve , and Adam heard Well pleas'd , but answer'd not ; for now too nigh Th ' Arch - Angel stood , and from the other hill To ...
... lost , Such favour I unworthy am vouchsaf'd , By me the promis'd Seed shall all restore . " So spake our mother Eve , and Adam heard Well pleas'd , but answer'd not ; for now too nigh Th ' Arch - Angel stood , and from the other hill To ...
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... lost ; How inconsistent greater goods with these ; How sometimes life is risk'd , and always ease : Think , and if still these things thy envy call , Say , wouldst thou be the man to whom they fall ? To sigh for ribbands if thou art so ...
... lost ; How inconsistent greater goods with these ; How sometimes life is risk'd , and always ease : Think , and if still these things thy envy call , Say , wouldst thou be the man to whom they fall ? To sigh for ribbands if thou art so ...
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... lost in certainty , and one in joy : Whilst thou , more happy pow'r , fair Charity , Triumphant sister , greatest of the three , Thy office and thy nature still the same , Lasting thy lamp , and unconsum'd thy flame , Shalt still ...
... lost in certainty , and one in joy : Whilst thou , more happy pow'r , fair Charity , Triumphant sister , greatest of the three , Thy office and thy nature still the same , Lasting thy lamp , and unconsum'd thy flame , Shalt still ...
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... Lost from the moment that they first ascend , Would miss their object , tho ' attain'd its end . In love receiv'd , who view'd their bold design , The praise might take , yet just preserve the line . Officious worlds their sacred ...
... Lost from the moment that they first ascend , Would miss their object , tho ' attain'd its end . In love receiv'd , who view'd their bold design , The praise might take , yet just preserve the line . Officious worlds their sacred ...
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... Lost in its depth , and blinded by its light , Hail ! thou in whom the wide extremes are seen , Of GOD Jehovah - and of man with men . All hail ! in whom concentre all in one : Hail all thou art ! and all that thou hast done ! Unrivall ...
... Lost in its depth , and blinded by its light , Hail ! thou in whom the wide extremes are seen , Of GOD Jehovah - and of man with men . All hail ! in whom concentre all in one : Hail all thou art ! and all that thou hast done ! Unrivall ...
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Page 81 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble...
Page 93 - Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault.
Page 94 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
Page 92 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm...
Page 91 - Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
Page 203 - Twas so for me that Edwin did, And so for him will I.
Page 19 - While day arises, that sweet hour of prime. Thou sun, of this great world both eye and soul, Acknowledge Him thy greater, sound His praise In thy eternal course, both when thou climb'st, And when high noon hast gain'd, and w hen thou fall'st.
Page 176 - The impetuous song, and say from whom you rage. His praise, ye brooks, attune, ye trembling rills ; And let me catch it as I muse along. Ye headlong torrents, rapid and profound ; Ye softer floods, that lead the humid maze Along the vale ; and thou, majestic main, A secret world of wonders in thyself, Sound his stupendous praise whose greater voice Or bids you roar, or bids your roarings fall. Soft roll your incense, herbs, and fruits, and flowers, In mingled clouds to Him whose Sun exalts, Whose...
Page 20 - Join voices, all ye living Souls : Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep ; Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill, or valley, fountain, or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise. Hail, universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good ; and if the night Have gather'd aught of evil, or conceal'd, Disperse it, as now light...
Page 78 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The Moon takes up the wondrous tale; And nightly, to the listening Earth, Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.