The Poems, Odes, Songs, and Other Metrical EffusionsAbraham Asten and Matthias Lopez, 1818 - 288 pages |
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... Hope once whisper'd to his ardent breast , " Thy dearest , fondest wish shall be possess'd ; " Unfolded to his view the classic page , And all its treasures promised ripening age ; Show'd Learning's flowery path which led to Fame ...
... Hope once whisper'd to his ardent breast , " Thy dearest , fondest wish shall be possess'd ; " Unfolded to his view the classic page , And all its treasures promised ripening age ; Show'd Learning's flowery path which led to Fame ...
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... Hope for the morrow , The humblest that nods to the zephyr of May . Let others dispute , I'll avoid their dissention , Religious , political , moral , or such ; For the lily of Peace thus escapes their attention , And the sweet bud of ...
... Hope for the morrow , The humblest that nods to the zephyr of May . Let others dispute , I'll avoid their dissention , Religious , political , moral , or such ; For the lily of Peace thus escapes their attention , And the sweet bud of ...
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... Hope flatter'd , then left to despair , broken - hearted , The wretch for whom freedom and joy are no more . The shadows of eve shroud thy land from my view , But ah ! there's another where joys ever smile ! God of mercy , forgive me ...
... Hope flatter'd , then left to despair , broken - hearted , The wretch for whom freedom and joy are no more . The shadows of eve shroud thy land from my view , But ah ! there's another where joys ever smile ! God of mercy , forgive me ...
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... Hope receding now from view ; Secret griefs his sighs betray'd , Mingling with the rat - tat - too . Valour will not yield to Love , Hope to Ella bids adieu ; Sad , desponding , widow'd dove , Listless to the rat - tat - too . The To ...
... Hope receding now from view ; Secret griefs his sighs betray'd , Mingling with the rat - tat - too . Valour will not yield to Love , Hope to Ella bids adieu ; Sad , desponding , widow'd dove , Listless to the rat - tat - too . The To ...
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... hope survive , And gain from spring a brighter glow ? A smile , sweet maid , would bid it thrive , Wilt thou bestow it ? -Yes , or no ? A Kiss defined - Variety . A KISS . Does. 42 WOODWORTH'S . Amatory . To Catharine-Yes or No,
... hope survive , And gain from spring a brighter glow ? A smile , sweet maid , would bid it thrive , Wilt thou bestow it ? -Yes , or no ? A Kiss defined - Variety . A KISS . Does. 42 WOODWORTH'S . Amatory . To Catharine-Yes or No,
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Page 279 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the high God ? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, With calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 270 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 275 - Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto ; whom no man hath seen, nor can see : to whom be honour and power everlasting.
Page 276 - The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 277 - Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his. shoulders, and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.
Page 274 - And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Page 275 - If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also, and from henceforth ye know him and have seen him. . Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
Page 275 - And he said, Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me, and live.
Page 186 - air^drawn dagger " nigh ; And so the prince of Denmark stared, When first his father's ghost appeared. At length our hero silence broke, .And thus in wildest accents spoke : "Cut off my whiskers ! O ye gods ! I'd sooner lose my ears, by odds ; THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH.
Page 204 - He lingered ibr some time; till, at last, he called me, one day, and, gazing on me, while a faint smile played upon his lips he said, ' He believed death was more kind than his creditors.