The Poetical Works of Hemans, Heber, and PollokJ. Grigg, 1833 - 470 pages |
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... dead Shines as the star , which to the Saviour led . BY AMELIA OPIE . How well I remember the day I first met thee ! ' T was in scenes long forsaken , in moments long fled , Then little thought I that a WORLD would regret thee ! And ...
... dead Shines as the star , which to the Saviour led . BY AMELIA OPIE . How well I remember the day I first met thee ! ' T was in scenes long forsaken , in moments long fled , Then little thought I that a WORLD would regret thee ! And ...
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... dead ! Lo , where from far the guarded fountains shine , ( 15 ) Thy tents , Nebaioth , rise , and Kedar , thine ! ( 16 ) " T is yours the boast to mark the stranger's way , And spur your headlong chargers on the prey , Or rouse your ...
... dead ! Lo , where from far the guarded fountains shine , ( 15 ) Thy tents , Nebaioth , rise , and Kedar , thine ! ( 16 ) " T is yours the boast to mark the stranger's way , And spur your headlong chargers on the prey , Or rouse your ...
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... dead ; Their destined triumphs , and their glad return , And their sad lyres , which , silent and unstrung , In mournful ranks on Babel's willows hung , Would oft awake to chant their future fame , And from the skies their ling'ring ...
... dead ; Their destined triumphs , and their glad return , And their sad lyres , which , silent and unstrung , In mournful ranks on Babel's willows hung , Would oft awake to chant their future fame , And from the skies their ling'ring ...
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... dead repose , No joy that sparkles , and no tear that flows ! [ ( 37 ) Far other they who reared yon pompous shrine , And bade the rock with Parian marble shine . ( 38 ) Then hallowed Peace renewed her wealthy reign , Then altars smoked ...
... dead repose , No joy that sparkles , and no tear that flows ! [ ( 37 ) Far other they who reared yon pompous shrine , And bade the rock with Parian marble shine . ( 38 ) Then hallowed Peace renewed her wealthy reign , Then altars smoked ...
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... dead and living swell the sound ; Hosanna ! Lord ! Hosanna in the highest ! Oh , Saviour ! with protecting care , Return to this thy house of prayer ! Assembled in thy sacred name , Where we thy parting promise claim Hosanna ! Lord ...
... dead and living swell the sound ; Hosanna ! Lord ! Hosanna in the highest ! Oh , Saviour ! with protecting care , Return to this thy house of prayer ! Assembled in thy sacred name , Where we thy parting promise claim Hosanna ! Lord ...
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Page 280 - THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm — A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though childlike form.
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 271 - O'er each fair sleeping brow ; She had each folded flower in sight, — Where are those dreamers now ? One, 'midst the forests of the West, By a dark stream is laid, — The Indian knows his place of rest, Far in the cedar shade.
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 ! <#irst Sunbag after %ip|rang.— No.
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 280 - Say, Father, say, If yet my task is done!" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. "Speak, Father!" once again he cried, "If I may yet be gone!
Page 2 - 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 10 - The martyr first, whose eagle eye Could pierce beyond the grave, Who saw his Master in the sky, And called on Him to save. Like Him, with pardon on His tongue, In midst of mortal pain, He prayed for them that did the wrong; Who follows in His train?
Page 21 - Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not deplore thee, Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb ; The Saviour has passed through its portals before thee, And the lamp of his love is thy guide through the gloom.
Page 264 - There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth.