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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... things . There is such a wide ex- treme betwixt these subjects and heavenly themes , that I cannot introduce your tender affair with any manner of decorum ; the descent is too precipit- ant . But if I must talk of love , my own amour is ...
... things . There is such a wide ex- treme betwixt these subjects and heavenly themes , that I cannot introduce your tender affair with any manner of decorum ; the descent is too precipit- ant . But if I must talk of love , my own amour is ...
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... things regard ! " A sparkling glance , the lightning of a smile , " Of heaven itself our easy hearts beguile . " Thus reas'ning , he the sacred hill ascends , And humbly there , with decent rev'rence , bends , Adoring ; to the East he ...
... things regard ! " A sparkling glance , the lightning of a smile , " Of heaven itself our easy hearts beguile . " Thus reas'ning , he the sacred hill ascends , And humbly there , with decent rev'rence , bends , Adoring ; to the East he ...
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... things , she spoke : " Art thou return'd , the cause of all my pain ? " Do I behold these fatal eyes again ? " Dost thou , at last , ungrateful man ! relent , " And pity my fond youth in sorrow spent ? " Or as an enemy pursue me here ...
... things , she spoke : " Art thou return'd , the cause of all my pain ? " Do I behold these fatal eyes again ? " Dost thou , at last , ungrateful man ! relent , " And pity my fond youth in sorrow spent ? " Or as an enemy pursue me here ...
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... things , it traced back its own divine ori- ginal , and claimed paternal refuge from the great . Spring of all existence . I felt the attraction strong as the bands of Nature ; that felicity I had blindly sought , the unknown God I had ...
... things , it traced back its own divine ori- ginal , and claimed paternal refuge from the great . Spring of all existence . I felt the attraction strong as the bands of Nature ; that felicity I had blindly sought , the unknown God I had ...
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... and his case hopeless ; for I real- ly thought he made love with an honest intention to marry me , only he had mistaken my circum stances . My next lover was the most intimate friend my Lord had ; the fine things he said I took 41 LETTERS.
... and his case hopeless ; for I real- ly thought he made love with an honest intention to marry me , only he had mistaken my circum stances . My next lover was the most intimate friend my Lord had ; the fine things he said I took 41 LETTERS.
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abandon'd adore bard beauty bleffings bleft blessed breaſt inſpire bright cauſe celestial Charm ev'ry curft daring defires delight divine dreadful e'er earth ELIZABETH ROWE eternal ev'n eyes fair fate fave fhades fhall fhould fing finks fire fix'd fkies flain flame flaves foar foes foft fongs fons foon foul ftand fung fway fyren gentle Gideon fell glories glorious grace happy hear heart Heav'n heav'nly Heedlefs hell hope horror illuftrious immortal inchanting Jephtha joys laſt lays lefs lift'ning light loft looſe Lord lyre mighty mortal mufe muſt nobleft numbers o'er oppreft paffion Pindar pity pleaſe pleaſures praife praiſe pray'rs purſue rage raiſe rapture realms reign rifing ruin ſhall ſhe ſkies ſmile soul tender Thebes thee theme themſelves thine thoſe thou art thou hast thouſand thro thy love thy pow'r thy throne tranſports trembling triumph tyrant vaft verfe verſe Virtue's waſtes Whene'er whofe wild wretched Ye ministers
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.