 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 pages
...them be chaste, be innocent, like thee ; 10 Bid them in duty's sphere, as meekly move ; And, if as fair, from vanity as free, « As firm in friendship,...love, Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die ! Does sympathetic fear their breast alarm 1 Speak, dead Maria ! breathe a strain divine : ('Twas even... | |
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 pages
...charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent like thee ; Bid them in duty's sphere, as meekly move: And if as fair, from vanity as free, As firm in friendship,...Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die, ('Twas e'en to thee) yet the dread path once trod, Heaven lifts its everlasting portals high, And bids the... | |
 | William Mason - 1830 - 166 pages
...: E'en from the grave thou shall have power to charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent, like thee ; Bid them in Duty's sphere as meekly move ; And if...Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die, ('Twas e'en to thee) yet the dread path once trod, Heaven lifts its everlasting portals high, And bids " the... | |
 | John Evans - 1831 - 322 pages
...them in duty's sphere as meekly move ; And if BO fair, — from vanity as free, As firm mfriendship, and as fond in LOVE : Tell them, though 'tis an awful...HEAVEN lifts its everlasting portals high, And bids — thepureinheart, behold their GOD! MAS OK. " Amiable children !" (says ST. PIERRE in his Harmonies... | |
 | John Evans - 1834 - 306 pages
...divine, E'en from the grave thou shall have pow'r to charm. Kid them be chaste, be innocent like thee, Bid them in duty's sphere as meekly move ; And if...as fond in LOVE : Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing-to die, ('Twas even to thee) yet the dread path once trod, HEAVEN lifts its everlasting portals... | |
 | John Barton Derby - 1837 - 192 pages
...Silas! breathe a strain divine ! Even from the grave thou shalt have power to charm. And if as wise, from vanity as free, As firm in friendship and as fond in love. Tell them, though 't is an awful thing to die, As 't was to thee, yet the dread path once trod, Heaven lifts its everlasting... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...3. Bid them be chaste, be innocent like thee ; Bid them in duty's sphere, as meekly move > And if as fair, from vanity as free, As firm in friendship, and as fond in love : 4. Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die, ('Twas e'en to thec) yet the dread path once trod,... | |
 | Maria Baldwin - 1839 - 364 pages
...Ev'n from the grave thou shalt have the pow'r to charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent like thee; Bid them in duty's sphere as meekly move, And if so...firm in friendship, and as fond in love; Tell them, tho' 'tis an awful thing to die, ('Twas even to thee!) yet the dread part once trod, Heav'n lifts its... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1839 - 306 pages
...charm! Bid them be chaste, be innocent, like thee; Bid them in duty's sphere as meekly move, And if as fair, from vanity as free, As firm in friendship, and as fond in love ; Tell them, though 't is an awful thing to die, ('T was even to thee)—yet the dread path once trod, HEAVEN lifts its... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1839 - 304 pages
...charm! Bid them be chaste, be innocent, like thee; Bid them in duty's sphere as meekly move, And if as fair, from vanity as free, As firm in friendship, and as fond in love; Tell them, though 't is an awful thing to die, ('T was even to thee)—yet the dread path once trod, HEAVEN lifts its... | |
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E'en from the grave thou shalt have power to charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent, like thee; Bid them in duty's sphere as meekly move; And if so fair, from vanity as free, As firm in friendship, and as fond in love, — Tell them... 
