The Beauties of the Poets: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred PoetryC. Whittingham, 1806 - 304 páginas |
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... breath'd The breath of life : in His own image He Created thee , in the image of GOD Express , and thou becam'st a living soul . Male He created thee , but thy consort Female for race ; then bless'd mankind , and said , Be fruitful ...
... breath'd The breath of life : in His own image He Created thee , in the image of GOD Express , and thou becam'st a living soul . Male He created thee , but thy consort Female for race ; then bless'd mankind , and said , Be fruitful ...
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... breath of life , the spirit of man Which God inspir'd , cannot together perish With this corporeal clod ; then in the grave , Or in some other dismal place , who knows But I shall die a living death ? O thought Horrid , if true ! yet ...
... breath of life , the spirit of man Which God inspir'd , cannot together perish With this corporeal clod ; then in the grave , Or in some other dismal place , who knows But I shall die a living death ? O thought Horrid , if true ! yet ...
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... breath , a spark our vital part , That warms , and moves , and animates our heart , Which once extinguish'd , we no more are seen ; Then shall we be , as if we ne'er had been . Our works shall all in dark oblivion lie , And with ...
... breath , a spark our vital part , That warms , and moves , and animates our heart , Which once extinguish'd , we no more are seen ; Then shall we be , as if we ne'er had been . Our works shall all in dark oblivion lie , And with ...
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... breath , A thing beyond us , ev'n before our death . Just what you hear you have , and what's unknown The same ( my lord ) if Tully's or your own . All that we feel of it begins and ends In the small circle of our foes or friends ; To ...
... breath , A thing beyond us , ev'n before our death . Just what you hear you have , and what's unknown The same ( my lord ) if Tully's or your own . All that we feel of it begins and ends In the small circle of our foes or friends ; To ...
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... breath ; O lead me wheresoe'er I go , Through this day's life or death . This day , be bread and peace my lot : All else beneath the sun , Thou know'st if best bestow'd or not , And let thy will be done . To thee , whose temple is all ...
... breath ; O lead me wheresoe'er I go , Through this day's life or death . This day , be bread and peace my lot : All else beneath the sun , Thou know'st if best bestow'd or not , And let thy will be done . To thee , whose temple is all ...
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angels behold beneath bless blest bliss bloom bosom bow'rs breast breath bright charms cherub clime clouds crown'd darkness death deep divine dreadful dust e'er earth eternal ev'n ev'ry ev❜n eyes fair faithless fame fate fix'd flame flow'rs gloom glory golden grace grave GRONGAR HILL hand happy hast heart heaven hermit hill horrors hour land light liquid sky live LORD lyre mighty mind MONODY morn mortal Muse nature's ne'er night o'er pain patriot war peace Petrarch Pindus plain pleas'd pow'r praise pride proud rage rais'd rise round sacred scene seraph shade shine sight silent skies smile soft solemn song soul sound spread spring swain sweet SWEET Auburn swell tears tempest thee thine thou thought thro throne toil trembling Twas vale virtue voice waking eyes wand'ring waves Whilst wild winds wings wretch
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Página 19 - On earth, join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end ! Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Página 94 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
Página 78 - And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Página 90 - But now the sounds of population fail, No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale, No busy steps the grass-grown footway tread, But. all the bloomy flush of life is fled.
Página 92 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.
Página 95 - Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that many poor supplied; Space for his lake, his park's extended bounds, Space for his horses, equipage, and hounds; The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth Has robbed the neighbouring fields of half their growth, His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant spurns the cottage from the green...
Página 89 - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind — These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.
Página 147 - The next with dirges due in sad array Slow thro' the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Página 26 - His hand to execute what his decree Fix'd on this day? Why do I overlive? Why am I mock'd with death, and lengthen'd out To deathless pain ? How gladly would I meet Mortality my sentence, and be earth Insensible ! How glad would lay me down, As in my mother's lap ? There I should rest, And sleep secure...
Página 145 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...