Scriptural Anthology; Or, Biblical Illustrations: Designed as a Present for All SeasonsW. Marshall, 1837 - 180 pages |
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... eyes , As rose , on his enraptured view , The azure summits of the hills , With the bright wealth of pearly rills Leaping from their elm - clouded side , Like moonbeams , from Heaven's urn of blue , Poured on the ocean's flashing tide ...
... eyes , As rose , on his enraptured view , The azure summits of the hills , With the bright wealth of pearly rills Leaping from their elm - clouded side , Like moonbeams , from Heaven's urn of blue , Poured on the ocean's flashing tide ...
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... eyes . The rays his parting axle sent , As sunk the sun beneath the sea , Had blended with the firmament , And from her azure - coloured throne , Beaming in mild tranquillity , The star of Love in beauty shone B * O'er Love's own happy ...
... eyes . The rays his parting axle sent , As sunk the sun beneath the sea , Had blended with the firmament , And from her azure - coloured throne , Beaming in mild tranquillity , The star of Love in beauty shone B * O'er Love's own happy ...
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... eyes , Darting from out their fringe of jet- Her dimpled cheeks ' vermillion dyes Where lilies had with roses met- The ebon darkness of the curls Parted her virgin forehead o'er , Bound by a snowy bandelet- Proved her not one of Paphos ...
... eyes , Darting from out their fringe of jet- Her dimpled cheeks ' vermillion dyes Where lilies had with roses met- The ebon darkness of the curls Parted her virgin forehead o'er , Bound by a snowy bandelet- Proved her not one of Paphos ...
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... eyes , in which were blent Love , hope and holy wonderment . The bulbul in his wonted shade , When her meek voice arose in prayer , Like holy incense on the air , List'ning , forgot his serenade , Though his chaste rose did then unveil ...
... eyes , in which were blent Love , hope and holy wonderment . The bulbul in his wonted shade , When her meek voice arose in prayer , Like holy incense on the air , List'ning , forgot his serenade , Though his chaste rose did then unveil ...
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... eyes ? From what calm region of the sun , Basking all pure ' neath cloudless skies ? And who is he that ' s bending low In prayer beside her , whose breast cover The ringlets of his locks of snow ? It is not - cannot be a lover ? Why ...
... eyes ? From what calm region of the sun , Basking all pure ' neath cloudless skies ? And who is he that ' s bending low In prayer beside her , whose breast cover The ringlets of his locks of snow ? It is not - cannot be a lover ? Why ...
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Page 113 - Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow ; and much people of the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her ; Weep not.
Page 43 - And they came to the place which God had told him of ; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
Page 50 - And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven ; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons
Page 98 - And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
Page 125 - In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace : and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Page 87 - And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared ; and the Egyptians fled against it ; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
Page 50 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me ; for the earth is filled with violence through them ; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Page 121 - Now the house was full of men and women ; and all the lords of the Philistines were there ; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
Page 105 - BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Page 169 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.