Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 3Jones & Company, 1829 |
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... rest ; Ye who have sons can only know my fondness ; Ye who have lost them , or who fear to lose , Can only know my pangs ! none else can guess them A mother's sorrows cannot be conceiv'd But by a mother - Would I were not one . MIRIAM ...
... rest ; Ye who have sons can only know my fondness ; Ye who have lost them , or who fear to lose , Can only know my pangs ! none else can guess them A mother's sorrows cannot be conceiv'd But by a mother - Would I were not one . MIRIAM ...
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... rest , To taste the pleasant coolness of the breeze ; Perhaps to bathe in this translucent stream . Did not our hoiy law enjoin the ablution Frequent and regular , it still were needful To mitigate the fervours of our clime . Melita ...
... rest , To taste the pleasant coolness of the breeze ; Perhaps to bathe in this translucent stream . Did not our hoiy law enjoin the ablution Frequent and regular , it still were needful To mitigate the fervours of our clime . Melita ...
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... rest thee from the toils Imposed by haughty Pharaoh , what a tale Have I to tell thee ! Yes , thy darling son Was lost , and is restored ; was dead , and lives ! MIRIAM . How joyful shall we spend the live - long night In praises to ...
... rest thee from the toils Imposed by haughty Pharaoh , what a tale Have I to tell thee ! Yes , thy darling son Was lost , and is restored ; was dead , and lives ! MIRIAM . How joyful shall we spend the live - long night In praises to ...
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... rest , And may thy will be done ! [ He lays down his Harp , and rises . DAVID . Methinks this shepherd's life were dull and taste- less , Without the charm of soothing song or harp : With it , not undelightful is the haunt Of wood , or ...
... rest , And may thy will be done ! [ He lays down his Harp , and rises . DAVID . Methinks this shepherd's life were dull and taste- less , Without the charm of soothing song or harp : With it , not undelightful is the haunt Of wood , or ...
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... rest is hid in clouds : And Heaven's own shadows rest upon the view . ARASPES . Go on , blest sage ; I could for ever hear , Untired , thy admonition . Tell me how I shall obtain the favour of that God I but begin to know , but fain ...
... rest is hid in clouds : And Heaven's own shadows rest upon the view . ARASPES . Go on , blest sage ; I could for ever hear , Untired , thy admonition . Tell me how I shall obtain the favour of that God I but begin to know , but fain ...
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