The Works of Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe: Letters moral & entertaining, pt. 3. Devout exercises of the heart. Poems & translations by Mr. Thomas RoweJ. & A. Arch, 1796 |
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... hand can paint ? Or equal the pale lily's snowy hue , Or emulate the corn flow'r's glossy blue ? Henry . Sure , Lucy , we , like the first Pair , are bless'd , While here , secure with innocence and rest , Our happy hours on dowy ...
... hand can paint ? Or equal the pale lily's snowy hue , Or emulate the corn flow'r's glossy blue ? Henry . Sure , Lucy , we , like the first Pair , are bless'd , While here , secure with innocence and rest , Our happy hours on dowy ...
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... hand , where eve- ry tender line would reproach such villany ; Alex- ander and Scipio ( I told myself ) would condemn me ; with many an heroic Pagan , who , in the height of youthful desires , had conquered the al- lurements of a guilty ...
... hand , where eve- ry tender line would reproach such villany ; Alex- ander and Scipio ( I told myself ) would condemn me ; with many an heroic Pagan , who , in the height of youthful desires , had conquered the al- lurements of a guilty ...
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... hand , " Or let thy weapon in my breast be stain'd . " Unmov'd and deaf to all her pray'rs , he stood , And lifts his sword to hew the fatal wood . Th ' enchantress soon another method tries , And as in dreams uncouth chimeras rise ...
... hand , " Or let thy weapon in my breast be stain'd . " Unmov'd and deaf to all her pray'rs , he stood , And lifts his sword to hew the fatal wood . Th ' enchantress soon another method tries , And as in dreams uncouth chimeras rise ...
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... hand ; and ye , religious Rites ! Assist ine too ; not let a thought unchaste , Or guilty wish , my plighted honour blast : While passion , struggling with my pious fears , Forc'd from my eyes involuntary tears . Some tender blossom ...
... hand ; and ye , religious Rites ! Assist ine too ; not let a thought unchaste , Or guilty wish , my plighted honour blast : While passion , struggling with my pious fears , Forc'd from my eyes involuntary tears . Some tender blossom ...
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... hand : his complexion was a lively brunette that disgraced the lily and the roses ; his dark hair fell in large- and graceful curls below his neck ; nothing could be more elegant than his shape and features ; nor was there any meeting ...
... hand : his complexion was a lively brunette that disgraced the lily and the roses ; his dark hair fell in large- and graceful curls below his neck ; nothing could be more elegant than his shape and features ; nor was there any meeting ...
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Popular passages
Page 157 - This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Page 157 - Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ, my God ; All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to His blood.
Page 77 - One shall say, I am the Lord's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Page 157 - Come and hear, all ye that fear the Lord, and I will tell you what He has done for my soul ?
Page 157 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 117 - There, said they, is mount Zion, the heavenly Jerusalem, the innumerable company of Angels, and the Spirits of just men made perfect.
Page 153 - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Page 77 - My God ! my chief delight ? Why are my thoughts no more, by day, — With thee, no more by night \ 2 Why should my foolish passions rove ? Where can such sweetness be, As I have tasted in thy love, — . As I have found in thee...
Page 77 - He is the Rock, his work is perfect: For all his ways are judgment: A God of truth and without iniquity, Just and right is he.
Page 89 - I WAITED patiently for the Lord ; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.