Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 3Jones & Company, 1829 |
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... sure the God of Mercies who inspired , Will bless the secret purpose of my soul , To save his precious life . MIRIAM . Hop'st thou that Pharaon- JOCHEBED . I have no hope in Pharaoh , much in God ; Much in the ROCK OF AGES . MIRIAM ...
... sure the God of Mercies who inspired , Will bless the secret purpose of my soul , To save his precious life . MIRIAM . Hop'st thou that Pharaon- JOCHEBED . I have no hope in Pharaoh , much in God ; Much in the ROCK OF AGES . MIRIAM ...
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... sure one little look may be indulged , And I may feast my fondness with his smiles , And snatch one last , last kiss . - No more , my heart ; That rapture would be fatal . - I should keep him . I could not doom to death the babe I clasp ...
... sure one little look may be indulged , And I may feast my fondness with his smiles , And snatch one last , last kiss . - No more , my heart ; That rapture would be fatal . - I should keep him . I could not doom to death the babe I clasp ...
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... sure he will , if bred in Pharaoh's courtj The gross idolatries which Egypt owns , Her graven images , her brutish gods , Then shall I wish he had not been preserv'd To shame his fathers and deny his faith . MIRIAM . Then , to dispel ...
... sure he will , if bred in Pharaoh's courtj The gross idolatries which Egypt owns , Her graven images , her brutish gods , Then shall I wish he had not been preserv'd To shame his fathers and deny his faith . MIRIAM . Then , to dispel ...
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... sure protection blest , Submissive will I ever 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 ...
... sure protection blest , Submissive will I ever 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 ...
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... sure pledge Of highest dignity , yet here thou dwell'st Content with toil , and careless of repose ; And ( harder still for an ingenious mind ) Content to be obscure ; content to watch , With careful eye , thine humble father's flock ...
... sure pledge Of highest dignity , yet here thou dwell'st Content with toil , and careless of repose ; And ( harder still for an ingenious mind ) Content to be obscure ; content to watch , With careful eye , thine humble father's flock ...
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arms Bavius beauty behold BELSHAZZAR bless bless'd bliss breast breath bright charms Columbo court cried crown'd Cupid DARIUS dear death delight Derry divine dread Dunciad e'en e'er earth ELIAB epigram eternal eyes fair fame fancy fate fear fire flame fond fool give glory goddess grace grief hand happy hast hear heart Heaven heavenly hero honour hope Iliad JOCHEBED king live Lord lyre maid mighty mind mortal mourn muse nature ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er pain passion PHARNACES Pindaric pleasure poem poet praise pride queen rage reign rise round sacred Sappho satire scene shade shine sigh sing skies smile soft song SORANUS soul spirit Spleen sweet taste tears tell thee thine things thou thought throne tongue trembling truth Twas verse vex'd Virgil virtue wings youth