Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 3Jones & Company, 1829 |
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... tears , a mother's prayers , A mother's fond precautions can prevail , He shall not die . I have a thought , my Miriam , And sure the God of Mercies who inspired , Will bless the secret purpose of my soul , To save his precious life ...
... tears , a mother's prayers , A mother's fond precautions can prevail , He shall not die . I have a thought , my Miriam , And sure the God of Mercies who inspired , Will bless the secret purpose of my soul , To save his precious life ...
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... tears ? DAVID . Thrice mournful truth ! Yet when our country's sacred rights are menaced ; Her firm foundations shaken to their base ; When all we love , and all that we revere , Our hearths and altars , children , parents , wives , Our ...
... tears ? DAVID . Thrice mournful truth ! Yet when our country's sacred rights are menaced ; Her firm foundations shaken to their base ; When all we love , and all that we revere , Our hearths and altars , children , parents , wives , Our ...
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... tears of joy . For I no more Must view the cedars which adorn the brow Of Syrian Lebanon ; no more shall see Thy pleasant stream , O Jordan ; nor the flocks Which whiten all the mountains of Judea ; No more these eyes delighted shall ...
... tears of joy . For I no more Must view the cedars which adorn the brow Of Syrian Lebanon ; no more shall see Thy pleasant stream , O Jordan ; nor the flocks Which whiten all the mountains of Judea ; No more these eyes delighted shall ...
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... Tears of strange pity . Look not on me thus With mild benignity ! Oh ! I could bear The voice of keen reproach , or the strong flash Of fierce resentment ; but I cannot stand That touching silence , nor that patient eye Of meek respect ...
... Tears of strange pity . Look not on me thus With mild benignity ! Oh ! I could bear The voice of keen reproach , or the strong flash Of fierce resentment ; but I cannot stand That touching silence , nor that patient eye Of meek respect ...
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... tears , And all the meanness of high - crested pride , When adverse fortune frowns , they beg for life . Araspes will not hear . " You heard not me , " He cries , " When I for Daniel's life implored ; His God protected him ! see now if ...
... tears , And all the meanness of high - crested pride , When adverse fortune frowns , they beg for life . Araspes will not hear . " You heard not me , " He cries , " When I for Daniel's life implored ; His God protected him ! see now if ...
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