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... heard his voice ; him all his train Follow'd in bright procession to behold Creation , and the wonders of his might . Then stay'd the fervid wheels , and in his hand He took the golden compasses prepar'd In God's eternal store , to ...
... heard his voice ; him all his train Follow'd in bright procession to behold Creation , and the wonders of his might . Then stay'd the fervid wheels , and in his hand He took the golden compasses prepar'd In God's eternal store , to ...
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... heard a mighty voice , And stopped at once amidst their maddest plunge : Motionless torrents , silent cataracts ! Who made you glorious as the gate of heaven Beneath the keen full moon ? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows ? Who ...
... heard a mighty voice , And stopped at once amidst their maddest plunge : Motionless torrents , silent cataracts ! Who made you glorious as the gate of heaven Beneath the keen full moon ? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows ? Who ...
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... heard ; Bless bless , O man , the kind design ; Whose nobler counterpart is thine ! Thy powers a gloomier winter froze , Till thy Messiah's cheering ray , Prolific of fair truth , arose , And shed the blaze of mental day , CHORUS . All ...
... heard ; Bless bless , O man , the kind design ; Whose nobler counterpart is thine ! Thy powers a gloomier winter froze , Till thy Messiah's cheering ray , Prolific of fair truth , arose , And shed the blaze of mental day , CHORUS . All ...
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... heard the soft fall of the zephyr's tread , Who came to give her an airing . She rose in haste , not dressed in blue , But clad in her wintry mourning ; - Just stuck in her bosom a snow drop or two . Her brow a faint smile adorning ...
... heard the soft fall of the zephyr's tread , Who came to give her an airing . She rose in haste , not dressed in blue , But clad in her wintry mourning ; - Just stuck in her bosom a snow drop or two . Her brow a faint smile adorning ...
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... heard in the winds , or the ocean's wild roar ; But so calm are the waves over all the great deep , That their murmurs might lull a young infant to sleep . The streamlets are gliding all lovely and calm- And the zephyrs come laden with ...
... heard in the winds , or the ocean's wild roar ; But so calm are the waves over all the great deep , That their murmurs might lull a young infant to sleep . The streamlets are gliding all lovely and calm- And the zephyrs come laden with ...
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Page 232 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Page 90 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean, roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin, his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain. He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan. Without a grave, unknelled, uncoffined, and unknown.
Page 83 - Hues which have words, and speak to ye of heaven, Floats o'er this vast and wondrous monument, And shadows forth its glory.
Page 182 - Lord, thy guests away. 2 Long have we roamed in want and pain, Long have we sought thy rest in vain ; Wildered in doubt, in darkness lost, Long have our souls been tempest-tost ; Low at thy feet our sins we lay ; Turn not, O Lord ! thy guests away.
Page 118 - Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the playplace of our early days ; The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.
Page 216 - Twas pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Their end, though ne'er so brave: And after they have shown their pride Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave.
Page 19 - LET us with a gladsome mind Praise the Lord, for he is kind ; For his mercies aye endure, Ever faithful, ever sure.
Page 164 - Thrice holy Fount, thrice holy Fire, Our hearts with heavenly love inspire; Come, and Thy sacred unction bring To sanctify us while we sing. Plenteous...
Page 228 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war Might never reach me more ! My ear is pained, My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled.
Page 176 - Come, Lord, when grace hath made me meet Thy blessed face to see ; For if thy work on earth be sweet, What will thy glory be...