Poems: Chiefly ReligiousJ. Nisbet and W. Marsh, 1833 - 165 pages |
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Page 36
... and love ! Spring - tide of grace , thy course begin ; Chase the dark reign of sense and sin ; From light to light advance and shine , Till heaven's eternal spring is mine ! NOVEMBER . THE autumn wind is moaning low the requiem 36.
... and love ! Spring - tide of grace , thy course begin ; Chase the dark reign of sense and sin ; From light to light advance and shine , Till heaven's eternal spring is mine ! NOVEMBER . THE autumn wind is moaning low the requiem 36.
Page 40
... still image forth the A darkness of the tomb . Eternal summer lights the heart where Jesus deigns to shine . I mourn no loss , I shun no cross , so thou , O Lord , art mine ! " LO , WE HAVE LEFT ALL , AND FOLLOWED 40.
... still image forth the A darkness of the tomb . Eternal summer lights the heart where Jesus deigns to shine . I mourn no loss , I shun no cross , so thou , O Lord , art mine ! " LO , WE HAVE LEFT ALL , AND FOLLOWED 40.
Page 57
... dark untrodden path Will lead a sinner from his Maker's wrath ? Alas ! where'er I bend my outcast way , His eye can search , His mighty hand hath sway . Is there no island in the depths of space , No distant world , where I may shun his ...
... dark untrodden path Will lead a sinner from his Maker's wrath ? Alas ! where'er I bend my outcast way , His eye can search , His mighty hand hath sway . Is there no island in the depths of space , No distant world , where I may shun his ...
Page 58
... dark waves cleave wide at His command ; And , lo , He walks them as He walks the land . What say the rocks ? Stern marble , ope thy breast , And lock me in to monumental rest . Vain , vain ! His voice the rocks have often heard ; Nay ...
... dark waves cleave wide at His command ; And , lo , He walks them as He walks the land . What say the rocks ? Stern marble , ope thy breast , And lock me in to monumental rest . Vain , vain ! His voice the rocks have often heard ; Nay ...
Page 64
... dark present between . We strive to be all that the absent would love ; To flee from what they would condemn ; Intent , when we meet , upon earth or above , To be found the more worthy of them . With aims so exalted , and trust so ...
... dark present between . We strive to be all that the absent would love ; To flee from what they would condemn ; Intent , when we meet , upon earth or above , To be found the more worthy of them . With aims so exalted , and trust so ...
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