Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 3Jones & Company, 1829 |
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Page 12
... bright luxuriance of thy golden hair ; They for their lost Adonis may mistake Thy dainty form . DAVID . Peace , thou unhallow'd railer ! Oh , tell it not in Gath , nor let the sound Reach Askelon , how once your slaughter'd lords By ...
... bright luxuriance of thy golden hair ; They for their lost Adonis may mistake Thy dainty form . DAVID . Peace , thou unhallow'd railer ! Oh , tell it not in Gath , nor let the sound Reach Askelon , how once your slaughter'd lords By ...
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... bright sun , arrested in his course , Stupendously stood still ! Chorus of JEWS . What ail'd thee , that thou stood'st still , O Sun ! nor did thy flaming orb decline ? And thou , O Moon ? in Ajalon's low vale , Why didst thou long ...
... bright sun , arrested in his course , Stupendously stood still ! Chorus of JEWS . What ail'd thee , that thou stood'st still , O Sun ! nor did thy flaming orb decline ? And thou , O Moon ? in Ajalon's low vale , Why didst thou long ...
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... bright altars crown . To - night his deity we here adore , And due libations speak his mighty power . Yet Belus ' self not more we own Than great Belshazzar on Chaldea's throne . Great Belshazzar like a god , Rules the nations with a ...
... bright altars crown . To - night his deity we here adore , And due libations speak his mighty power . Yet Belus ' self not more we own Than great Belshazzar on Chaldea's throne . Great Belshazzar like a god , Rules the nations with a ...
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... bright sun of shining fortune melts The firmest virtue down . Beware , my friends , Be greatly cautious of prosperity ! Defend your sliding hearts ; and , trembling , think How those , who buffeted Affliction's wave With vigorous virtue ...
... bright sun of shining fortune melts The firmest virtue down . Beware , my friends , Be greatly cautious of prosperity ! Defend your sliding hearts ; and , trembling , think How those , who buffeted Affliction's wave With vigorous virtue ...
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... bright star of day Would quench his beams in ocean , and resign His empire to the silver queen of night ; And she again descend the steep of Heaven , If I should tell what wonders Faith achieved By Gideon , Barak , and the holy seer ...
... bright star of day Would quench his beams in ocean , and resign His empire to the silver queen of night ; And she again descend the steep of Heaven , If I should tell what wonders Faith achieved By Gideon , Barak , and the holy seer ...
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