The Poems, Odes, Songs, and Other Metrical EffusionsAbraham Asten and Matthias Lopez, 1818 - 288 pages |
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... temple glitter'd with his name . Illusive all ! -the phantom all believe , Though still we know her promises deceive ; Chill penury convinced the wretch , too late , Her words were false , and his a hapless fate . He chose the ...
... temple glitter'd with his name . Illusive all ! -the phantom all believe , Though still we know her promises deceive ; Chill penury convinced the wretch , too late , Her words were false , and his a hapless fate . He chose the ...
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... temples bound . Bright gems of silver glittered from the spray , And deeper tints in every blossom glow'd ; The woodland songsters caught a livelier lay , And melody in richer streamlets flow'd . Selim to Zorayda . TO ZORAYDA . Ah ! why ...
... temples bound . Bright gems of silver glittered from the spray , And deeper tints in every blossom glow'd ; The woodland songsters caught a livelier lay , And melody in richer streamlets flow'd . Selim to Zorayda . TO ZORAYDA . Ah ! why ...
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... temple's effulgence burst full on her sight , And her sons were the rites of her worship attending . Her altar was rear'd , And while Freemen rever'd , The anthem was struck , and this chorus she heard― The Sons of Columbia have sworn ...
... temple's effulgence burst full on her sight , And her sons were the rites of her worship attending . Her altar was rear'd , And while Freemen rever'd , The anthem was struck , and this chorus she heard― The Sons of Columbia have sworn ...
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... temple rise , Whose fabric every foe defies , While joyous seraphs from the skies Bestow their glad attendance ; And shades of martyrs smiling see— Shades of martyrs - shades of martyrs— And shades of martyrs smiling see The joy of ...
... temple rise , Whose fabric every foe defies , While joyous seraphs from the skies Bestow their glad attendance ; And shades of martyrs smiling see— Shades of martyrs - shades of martyrs— And shades of martyrs smiling see The joy of ...
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... temple of light , The dove - eye of mercy to earth was directed , Where mortals were grov'ling , deep - shrouded in night ; For passion was worshipp'd and wisdom rejected : Immersed in each ill Of corrupted free - will , Yet , mercy was ...
... temple of light , The dove - eye of mercy to earth was directed , Where mortals were grov'ling , deep - shrouded in night ; For passion was worshipp'd and wisdom rejected : Immersed in each ill Of corrupted free - will , Yet , mercy was ...
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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.