The Poetical Works of Crabbe, Heber, and Pollok: Complete in One VolumeGrigg & Elliot, 1845 - 518 pages |
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... pride and business , bustle and conceit ; With looks unalter'd by these scenes of wo , With speed that , entering ... pride ; But still that scrap is bought with many a sigh , And pride embitters what it can't deny . Say ye , oppress'd ...
... pride and business , bustle and conceit ; With looks unalter'd by these scenes of wo , With speed that , entering ... pride ; But still that scrap is bought with many a sigh , And pride embitters what it can't deny . Say ye , oppress'd ...
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... pride , Weeping we say there was , -for Manners died : Beloved of Heaven , these humble lines forgive , That sing of Thee , * and thus aspire to live . As the tall oak , whose vigorous branches form An ample shade , and brave the ...
... pride , Weeping we say there was , -for Manners died : Beloved of Heaven , these humble lines forgive , That sing of Thee , * and thus aspire to live . As the tall oak , whose vigorous branches form An ample shade , and brave the ...
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... pride , his pleasure , and his gain ; Screen'd from the winter's wind the sun's last ray Smiles on the window and prolongs the day ; Projecting thatch the woodbine's branches stop , All need requires is in that cot contain'd , And much ...
... pride , his pleasure , and his gain ; Screen'd from the winter's wind the sun's last ray Smiles on the window and prolongs the day ; Projecting thatch the woodbine's branches stop , All need requires is in that cot contain'd , And much ...
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... pride ; He rode to market , as our farmers ride , And ' t was his boast , inspired by spirits there , His favourite Lucy should be rich as fair ; But she must meek and still obedient prove , And not presume , without his leave , to love ...
... pride ; He rode to market , as our farmers ride , And ' t was his boast , inspired by spirits there , His favourite Lucy should be rich as fair ; But she must meek and still obedient prove , And not presume , without his leave , to love ...
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... pride of Lammas Fair ; Who took her lover for his sparkling eyes , Expressions warm , and love - inspiring lies : Compassion first assail'd her gentle heart , For all his suffering , all his bosom's smart : " And then his prayers ! they ...
... pride of Lammas Fair ; Who took her lover for his sparkling eyes , Expressions warm , and love - inspiring lies : Compassion first assail'd her gentle heart , For all his suffering , all his bosom's smart : " And then his prayers ! they ...
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Page 11 - BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us Thine aid ; Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Page 11 - Lo, such the child whose early feet The paths of peace have trod ; Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, Is upward drawn to God.
Page 11 - Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid : Star of the east, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Page 11 - And soon, too soon, the wintry hour Of man's maturer age, Will shake the soul with sorrow's power, And stormy passion's rage.
Page 15 - Holy, holy, holy ! all the saints adore thee, Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea...
Page 8 - I have trodden the winepress alone ; and of the people there was none with me : for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury ; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
Page 20 - BREAD of the world, in mercy broken ; Wine of the soul, in mercy shed ; By whom the words of life were spoken, And in whose death our sins are dead ; Look on the heart by sorrow broken, Look on the tears by sinners shed, And be thy feast to us the token That by thy grace our souls are fed.
Page 20 - From India's coral strand, Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown ; The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone...
Page 17 - Say, with richer crimson glows The kingly mantle than the rose : Say, have kings more wholesome fare Than we poor citizens of air ? Barns nor hoarded grain have we, Yet we carol merrily. Mortal, fly from doubt and sorrow, God provideth for the morrow.
Page 15 - Holy, holy, holy, though the darkness hide thee, Though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see, Only thou art holy, there is none beside thee,. Perfect in power, in love, and purity. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, All thy works shall praise thy name in earth and sky and sea. Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty, God in three persons, blessed Trinity.