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... sweet alleviations , ( b ) Eden buds Graciously rescued , when terrific blast Fell on its bowers of holy happiness , And made to germinate in ruder earth , - Sons of affliction bending under toil , Daughters of anguish fainting on your ...
... sweet alleviations , ( b ) Eden buds Graciously rescued , when terrific blast Fell on its bowers of holy happiness , And made to germinate in ruder earth , - Sons of affliction bending under toil , Daughters of anguish fainting on your ...
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... sweet to my taste . " As in some sere and unproductive wood One lovely , fruit - producing apple - tree , - As in the flame - scathed forest one alone With laden boughs inviting to the sense , Or wreathed around with garlands beautiful ...
... sweet to my taste . " As in some sere and unproductive wood One lovely , fruit - producing apple - tree , - As in the flame - scathed forest one alone With laden boughs inviting to the sense , Or wreathed around with garlands beautiful ...
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... sweet , ( e ) Yea , to the taste of thy believing Church , Sweeter than honey and the honey - comb , ( f ) Yet is it sweetness inaccessible ( g ) Except beneath thy refuge , Tree of Life ! But , ah , thy Church , thy loving Church doth ...
... sweet , ( e ) Yea , to the taste of thy believing Church , Sweeter than honey and the honey - comb , ( f ) Yet is it sweetness inaccessible ( g ) Except beneath thy refuge , Tree of Life ! But , ah , thy Church , thy loving Church doth ...
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... sweet repose Of contrite confidence in love Divine , ( k ) Wrought in the bosom where the Spirit dwells ; ( 1 ) " Stir not unthinkingly " the sacred Dove ! By cares extraneous , nay , by cumbering thoughts ( m ) Of very duty , shorten ...
... sweet repose Of contrite confidence in love Divine , ( k ) Wrought in the bosom where the Spirit dwells ; ( 1 ) " Stir not unthinkingly " the sacred Dove ! By cares extraneous , nay , by cumbering thoughts ( m ) Of very duty , shorten ...
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... sweet , He knows his sheep , and He is known of them . ( k ) The voice of the Beloved ! but hark , it comes , Borne on the fitful hurricanes which shake The kingdoms of the earth ! ( 1 ) His still small voice Was never to his sheep ...
... sweet , He knows his sheep , and He is known of them . ( k ) The voice of the Beloved ! but hark , it comes , Borne on the fitful hurricanes which shake The kingdoms of the earth ! ( 1 ) His still small voice Was never to his sheep ...
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Acts bear Behold beloved beneath blessed bright bring CHAPTER cheer Christ Church comes Comforter dark daughters of Jerusalem delight Deut earth enemy eternal faith fear feel Friend gaze give glad glorious grace hand happiness hast hath hear heard heart holy hope hour Jesus John King less Lily lives Lord Luke Mark Matt never night o'er path peace perfect Phil praise prayer present promises Prov rest Rise Rose sacred Saviour seek sought soul Spirit stand strength strong sweet sword Take tender thee Thess thine things thorns Thou thoughts true truth unto viii voice xvii xxiii xxiv
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Page 21 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Page 55 - Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Page 42 - I will rise now, and go about the city In the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth : I sought him, but I found him not.
Page 46 - Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant?
Page 46 - I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, and by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Page 43 - It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her dial conceived me.
Page 24 - Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
Page 14 - I sat down under his shadow with great delight, And his fruit was sweet to my taste. He brought me to the banqueting house, And his banner over me was love. Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples : For I am sick of love.
Page 49 - Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; Threescore valiant men are about it, Of the valiant of Israel. They all hold swords, being expert in war: Every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
Page 22 - O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the secret places of the stairs, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, And thy countenance is comely.