The Poetical Works of James Montgomery, Volume 4Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841 |
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... face of the reef is still preserved . These are the cir- cumstances which render coral reefs so dangerous in navigation ; for , in the first place , they are seldom seen above the water ; and , in the next PREFACE . 5.
... face of the reef is still preserved . These are the cir- cumstances which render coral reefs so dangerous in navigation ; for , in the first place , they are seldom seen above the water ; and , in the next PREFACE . 5.
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... face of nature : Above was wakefulness , silence around , Beneath , repose , - repose that reach'd even me . Power , will , sensation , memory , fail'd in turn ; My very essence seem'd to pass away , Like a thin cloud that melts across ...
... face of nature : Above was wakefulness , silence around , Beneath , repose , - repose that reach'd even me . Power , will , sensation , memory , fail'd in turn ; My very essence seem'd to pass away , Like a thin cloud that melts across ...
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... face immutable as Heaven's . Here is no progress to sublimer life ; Nature stands still , -stands at the very point , Whence from a vantage - ground her bolder steps Might rise resplendent on the scale of being ; Rank over rank ...
... face immutable as Heaven's . Here is no progress to sublimer life ; Nature stands still , -stands at the very point , Whence from a vantage - ground her bolder steps Might rise resplendent on the scale of being ; Rank over rank ...
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... face , Fall dead beneath his thunder - striking paw . Calm amidst scenes of havoc , in his own Huge strength impregnable , the elephant Offended none , but led his quiet life Among his old contemporary trees , Till Nature laid him ...
... face , Fall dead beneath his thunder - striking paw . Calm amidst scenes of havoc , in his own Huge strength impregnable , the elephant Offended none , but led his quiet life Among his old contemporary trees , Till Nature laid him ...
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... face By happy portraiture reveal'd , Of one , adorn'd with every grace , -Her name and date from me conceal'd , But not her story ; —she had been The pride of many a splendid scene . She cast her glory round a court , And frolick'd in ...
... face By happy portraiture reveal'd , Of one , adorn'd with every grace , -Her name and date from me conceal'd , But not her story ; —she had been The pride of many a splendid scene . She cast her glory round a court , And frolick'd in ...
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abyss amidst angels art thou Babylon beauty behold beneath bird birth bless blood bosom breast breath breeze CANTO clouds coral reef cried Cyclades darkness dead death dust earth eternity fear fell fire flowers gaze gloom glory grace grave hand hath hear heart heaven hope humble immortal isle knew land light living look'd LORD LUCID INTERVAL mercy mind moon morn Morna Nature's nest night o'er ocean paradise pass'd peace Pelican Island Pelicans pray'd prayer rapture rest reveal'd Reynolds Richard Reynolds rock round sea of glass secret seem'd shone shore sight silent sing sleep small isle song soul spirit spring stars sweet tears thee thence thine Thou art thought thousand throne tide tomb tree turn'd Twas unseen vanish'd voice waked the dead waves whence wild wilderness wind wing
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Page 269 - Thou canst not toil in vain ; Cold, heat, and moist, and dry, Shall foster and mature the grain, For garners in the sky. Thence, when the glorious end, The day of God is come, The angel-reapers shall descend, And heaven cry —
Page 257 - Here, in the body pent, Absent from Him I roam ; Yet nightly pitch my moving tent A day's march nearer home.
Page 236 - Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
Page 158 - THE bird that soars on highest wing Builds on the ground her lowly nest ; And she that doth most sweetly sing Sings in the shade when all things rest : — In lark and nightingale we see What honor hath humility. 2 When Mary chose the better part, She meekly sat at Jesus...
Page 259 - So when my latest breath Shall rend the veil in twain, By death I shall escape from death, And life eternal gain.
Page 357 - Thus in God's furnace are his people tried ; Thrice happy they who to the end endure : But who the fiery trial may abide ? Who from the crucible come forth so pure ? That He whose eyes of flame look through the whole, May see his image perfect in the soul...
Page 258 - Yet clouds will intervene, And all my prospect flies; Like Noah's dove, I flit between Rough seas and stormy skies. Anon the clouds depart, The winds and waters cease; While sweetly o'er my gladdened heart Expands the bow of peace!
Page 268 - Sow in the morn thy seed ; At eve hold not thy hand ; To doubt and fear give thou no heed; Broad-cast it o'er the land.
Page 231 - A lady applied to him on behalf of an orphan. After he had given liberally, she said, * When he is old enough, I will teach him to name and thank his benefactor.' * Stop (said the good man), thou art mistaken ; we do not thank the clouds for the rain. Teach him to look higher, and thank Him who giveth both the clouds and the rain.
Page 21 - A point at first It peer'd above those waves ; a point so small, I just perceived it, fix'd where all was floating ; And when a bubble eross'd it, the blue film Expanded like a sky above the speck ; That speck became a hand-breadth ; day and night It spread, accumulated, and ere long Presented to my view a dazzling plain, White as the moon amid the sapphire sea...