The Poetical Works of Crabbe, Heber, and Pollok: Complete in One VolumeGrigg & Elliot, 1845 - 518 pages |
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... things , and their favours as sti - ness of criticising verses : but he remembered the mulants to future exertion ... thing more , unless I when I know to what small portion they were lim- could first obtain the sanction of such an ...
... things , and their favours as sti - ness of criticising verses : but he remembered the mulants to future exertion ... thing more , unless I when I know to what small portion they were lim- could first obtain the sanction of such an ...
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... things base , He knew no shame , he dreaded no disgrace . It seem❜d , so well his passions he suppress'd , No feeling stirr'd his ever torpid breast ; Him might the meanest pauper bruise and cheat , He was a footstool for the beggar's ...
... things base , He knew no shame , he dreaded no disgrace . It seem❜d , so well his passions he suppress'd , No feeling stirr'd his ever torpid breast ; Him might the meanest pauper bruise and cheat , He was a footstool for the beggar's ...
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... things forlorn , And oft again their griefs shall feel , As each upon the mind shall steal ; That wan projector's mystic style , That lumpish idiot leering by , That peevish idler's ceaseless wile , And that poor maiden's half - form'd ...
... things forlorn , And oft again their griefs shall feel , As each upon the mind shall steal ; That wan projector's mystic style , That lumpish idiot leering by , That peevish idler's ceaseless wile , And that poor maiden's half - form'd ...
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... things they thing not according with his ideas of propriety , or are which an author may hold up to ridicule and something repulsive to the tone of his feelings ; be blameless . In referring to the two principal di- nor could this be ...
... things they thing not according with his ideas of propriety , or are which an author may hold up to ridicule and something repulsive to the tone of his feelings ; be blameless . In referring to the two principal di- nor could this be ...
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... things are While squalid sea - dames mend the meshy work ; generally taken from some books familiar to the Till comes the hour , when fishing through the tide , school - boy , and the selecting them is facilitated by The weary husband ...
... things are While squalid sea - dames mend the meshy work ; generally taken from some books familiar to the Till comes the hour , when fishing through the tide , school - boy , and the selecting them is facilitated by The weary husband ...
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appear'd art thou beauty behold call'd comfort cried dare dark dear death deed delight doubt dread earth fair fame fancy fate father favourite fear fear'd feel felt fix'd fond Fulham gain'd gave gentle GEORGE CRABBE give grace grave grew grief grieved happy hear heard heart heaven holy honour hope hopes and fears Hosanna humble kind knew labour lady lady saw live look look'd Lord lover maid marriage mind Muse never night numbers nymph o'er pain pass'd passion peace Pindar pity pleased pleasure poison'd poor praise pride Reginald Heber resign'd rest scene scorn seem'd shame sigh smile sorrow sought soul speak spirit spleen stood strong sweet tell terror thee thine things thou thought truth vex'd virtue walk'd wife wish wish'd words wretch youth
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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.