PoemsC. and E.B. Gill, 1830 - 192 pages |
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... , to track the just , Through shades and mysteries lifts a glance of of love , And yet can weep ! -- for Nature so deplores The friend that leaves us , though for happier shores . And one high tone of triumph o'er thy bier , TRIBUTE.
... , to track the just , Through shades and mysteries lifts a glance of of love , And yet can weep ! -- for Nature so deplores The friend that leaves us , though for happier shores . And one high tone of triumph o'er thy bier , TRIBUTE.
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Reginald Heber. And one high tone of triumph o'er thy bier , One strain of solemn rapture be allowed , Thou that , rejoicing on thy mid - career , Not to decay , but unto death hast bowed ! In those bright regions of the rising sun ...
Reginald Heber. And one high tone of triumph o'er thy bier , One strain of solemn rapture be allowed , Thou that , rejoicing on thy mid - career , Not to decay , but unto death hast bowed ! In those bright regions of the rising sun ...
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... o'er thy wasted land ; Though weak , and whelmed beneath the storms of fate , Thy house is left unto thee desolate ; Though thy proud stones in cumbrous ruin fall , And seas of sand o'ertop thy mouldering wall ; Yet 12 PALESTINE .
... o'er thy wasted land ; Though weak , and whelmed beneath the storms of fate , Thy house is left unto thee desolate ; Though thy proud stones in cumbrous ruin fall , And seas of sand o'ertop thy mouldering wall ; Yet 12 PALESTINE .
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... o'er many a hill her boughs she threw , And her wide arms like goodly cedars grew ? For this , proud Edom slept beneath her shade , And o'er the Arabian deep her branches played ? O feeble boast of transitory power , Vain , fruitless ...
... o'er many a hill her boughs she threw , And her wide arms like goodly cedars grew ? For this , proud Edom slept beneath her shade , And o'er the Arabian deep her branches played ? O feeble boast of transitory power , Vain , fruitless ...
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... o'er Israel's fate , And such the glories of their infant state . -Triumphant race ; and did your power decay ? Failed the bright promise of your early day ? No : -by that sword , which , red with heathen gore , A giant spoil , the ...
... o'er Israel's fate , And such the glories of their infant state . -Triumphant race ; and did your power decay ? Failed the bright promise of your early day ? No : -by that sword , which , red with heathen gore , A giant spoil , the ...
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Adrastus Alpheus ancient beam beneath blessed blest blood bounteous bower brave breast bright bright promise brow chariot cherub coral strand coursers Cronian crown dare dark dead death Didst dread dwell E'en earth Edom falchion fame fear feeble fiery flame flood flower Freedom's glorious glory gods grave Greece harp hast hath heart hill holy hope Hosanna hour Israel Jesus Jove joy in heaven king Laius Latian light Lord lyre mercy mortal mourn muse nature's night numbers o'er ocean pale Pisa's pomp praise prayer pride proud Psaumis race reign rill saints Saviour Scythian shade shore Sicily song sons sorrow soul spear spirit spread SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY sway sweet swell sword Syracusa tears Thebes thee Theron's thine throne thunder toil tomb tower train tyrant's victory warrior waves weeping wild wing world is grown wreath yonder youth zeal
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Page 89 - They climbed the steep ascent of heaven Through peril, toil, and pain : O God, to us may grace be given To follow in their train.
Page 88 - T^'HE Son of God goes forth to war, A kingly crown to gain ; His blood-red banner streams afar : Who follows in his train?
Page 139 - FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 143 - BENEATH our feet and o'er our head Is equal warning given ; Beneath us lie the countless dead, Above us is the heaven. 2 Their names are graven on the stone, Their bones are in the clay ; And ere another day is done, Ourselves may be as they.
Page 126 - Lo, the lilies of the field, How their leaves instruction yield ! Hark to Nature's lesson, given By the blessed birds of heaven ! Every bush and tufted tree Warbles sweet philosophy : — " Mortal, fly from doubt and sorrow : God provideth for the morrow...
Page 112 - Though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see, Only thou art holy, there is none beside thee, Perfect in power, in love, and...
Page 74 - GOD, that madest earth and heaven, Darkness and light, Who the day for toil hast given, For rest the night. May Thine angel guards defend us, Slumber sweet Thy mercy send us, Holy dreams and hopes attend us, This live-long night.
Page 95 - BY cool Siloam's shady rill How sweet the lily grows, How sweet the breath beneath the hill Of Sharon's dewy rose. 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 142 - BREAD of the world, in mercy broken, Wine of the soul, in mercy shed, By Whom th.e words of life were spoken, And in Whose death our sins are dead ; 2 Look on the heart by sorrow broken, Look on the tears by sinners shed ; And be Thy feast to us the token That by Thy grace our souls are fed.
Page 82 - So, in the last and dreadful day, When earth and heaven shall melt away, Thy flock, redeemed from sinful stain, Shall swell the sound of praise again : Hosanna ! Lord ! Hosanna in the highest ! SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT.