The Poetical Works of Reginald HeberLittle, Brown, 1853 - 324 pages |
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... of God O'er the wide waters lifts his mighty rod , And onward treads - The circling waves retreat , In hoarse deep murmurs , from his holy feet ; And the chased surges , inly roaring , show The 38 THE PASSAGE OF THE RED SEA .
... of God O'er the wide waters lifts his mighty rod , And onward treads - The circling waves retreat , In hoarse deep murmurs , from his holy feet ; And the chased surges , inly roaring , show The 38 THE PASSAGE OF THE RED SEA .
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... feet before , A dawning to Thy brighter day : So now may grace with heavenly shower Our stony hearts for truth prepare ; Sow in our souls the seed of power , Then come and reap Thy harvest there ! FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT . THE world is ...
... feet before , A dawning to Thy brighter day : So now may grace with heavenly shower Our stony hearts for truth prepare ; Sow in our souls the seed of power , Then come and reap Thy harvest there ! FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT . THE world is ...
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... feet The paths of peace have trod ; Whose secret heart , with influence sweet , Is upward drawn to God ! By cool Siloam's shady rill The lily must decay ; The rose that blooms beneath the hill Must shortly fade away . And soon , too ...
... feet The paths of peace have trod ; Whose secret heart , with influence sweet , Is upward drawn to God ! By cool Siloam's shady rill The lily must decay ; The rose that blooms beneath the hill Must shortly fade away . And soon , too ...
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... feet were found Within Thy Father's shrine ! Whose years , with changeless virtue crown'd , Were all alike Divine ; Dependent on Thy bounteous breath , We seek Thy grace alone , In childhood , manhood , age , and death , To keep us ...
... feet were found Within Thy Father's shrine ! Whose years , with changeless virtue crown'd , Were all alike Divine ; Dependent on Thy bounteous breath , We seek Thy grace alone , In childhood , manhood , age , and death , To keep us ...
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... and fierce alarm Flash'd from his hollow eye . He met that glance so thrilling sweet , He heard those accents mild , And , melting at Messiah's feet , Wept like a weaned child . Oh madder than the raving man ! Oh deafer than HYMNS . 57.
... and fierce alarm Flash'd from his hollow eye . He met that glance so thrilling sweet , He heard those accents mild , And , melting at Messiah's feet , Wept like a weaned child . Oh madder than the raving man ! Oh deafer than HYMNS . 57.
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Page 91 - Thou art gone to the grave ; but we will not deplore thee, Whose God was thy ransom, thy guardian, and guide ; He gave thee, he took thee, and he will restore thee; And death has no sting, for the Saviour has died.
Page 310 - 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 310 - And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God...
Page 69 - Holy, holy, holy, though the darkness hide thee, 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 purity. 4 Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty...
Page 48 - 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...
Page 51 - 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 ! FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY.
Page 289 - O'er Gunga's mimic sea ! I miss thee at the dawning gray, When, on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay, And woo the cooler wind. I miss thee when by Gunga's stream My twilight steps I guide, But most beneath the lamp's pale beam, I miss thee from my side.
Page 87 - Waft, waft, ye winds, His story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till o'er our ransomed nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
Page 292 - Mid Nature's embers, parched and dry, Where o'er some tower in ruin laid, The peepul spreads its haunted shade ; Or round a tomb his scales to wreathe, Fit warder in the gate of death ! Come on ! Yet pause! behold us now Beneath the bamboo's arched bough...
Page 68 - HOLY, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee . Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty ! God in three persons, blessed Trinity. Holy, holy, holy, all the saints adore thee, Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea ; Cherubim and seraphim falling down before thee, Which wert and art and evermore shalt be.