Oxford Prize Poems: Being a Collection of Such English Poems as Have at Various Times Obtained Prizes in the University of OxfordJ. Parker, 1819 - 174 páginas |
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... wings the bird of peace expand , " And joys long lost shall bless the smiling land ; rr Again shall Health and Mirth united rove , Again shall Beauty light the torch of Love . " She spake , and quickly through the yielding air Swift as ...
... wings the bird of peace expand , " And joys long lost shall bless the smiling land ; rr Again shall Health and Mirth united rove , Again shall Beauty light the torch of Love . " She spake , and quickly through the yielding air Swift as ...
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... . For warrior - souls , ye sung , would deathless bloom , When the cold limbs lay mouldering in the tomb ; From the pale stiff'ning corses wing their flight , ... And rise in kindred mould to life and light ; 50 ABORIGINAL BRITONS .
... . For warrior - souls , ye sung , would deathless bloom , When the cold limbs lay mouldering in the tomb ; From the pale stiff'ning corses wing their flight , ... And rise in kindred mould to life and light ; 50 ABORIGINAL BRITONS .
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... wing a beneath the ivy shade . Ye guardian saints ! ye warrior sons of heaven " , To whose high care Judæa's state was given ! O wont of old your nightly watch to keep , A host of gods , on Sion's towery steep c ! If e'er your secret ...
... wing a beneath the ivy shade . Ye guardian saints ! ye warrior sons of heaven " , To whose high care Judæa's state was given ! O wont of old your nightly watch to keep , A host of gods , on Sion's towery steep c ! If e'er your secret ...
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... wings celestial glory shed ? Daughter of Sion ! virgin queen ! rejoice ! Clap the glad hand , and lift th ' exulting voice ! He comes , but not in regal splendour drest , The haughty diadem , the Tyrian vest ; Not arm'd in flame , all ...
... wings celestial glory shed ? Daughter of Sion ! virgin queen ! rejoice ! Clap the glad hand , and lift th ' exulting voice ! He comes , but not in regal splendour drest , The haughty diadem , the Tyrian vest ; Not arm'd in flame , all ...
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... sake your tearful vigils keep Weep for your country , for your children weep !! --Vengeance ! thy fiery wing their race pursu'd ; 1 Luke xxiii . 27 , 28 . Thy thirsty poniard blush'd with infant blood . Rous'd at PALESTINE . 75.
... sake your tearful vigils keep Weep for your country , for your children weep !! --Vengeance ! thy fiery wing their race pursu'd ; 1 Luke xxiii . 27 , 28 . Thy thirsty poniard blush'd with infant blood . Rous'd at PALESTINE . 75.
Términos y frases comunes
ador'd Arabian mythology arms Bab-el-mandeb beam bending beneath blaze blest blood bloom blush'd bold bow'd breast breath bright Britannia's Briton brow burst Caractacus's cave of Thor conquest controul crown'd dar'd dark death deep desert dread E'en ev'ry falchion fame fane fate fierce fight fire flame flood foes fury gleam gloom glory glowing grove hallow'd hath head Heav'n heav'nly HENRY HART MILMAN holy hyænas Israel JOHN LEYCESTER ADOLPHUS land light limbs Love Mecca's Messiah mighty mortal Muse ne'er Nebaioth night o'er ORIEL COLLEGE pale Palestine Parthenon patriot plain pour'd pow'r pride Prophet proud rais'd reign rise roll'd rude sacred savage scene seem'd shade skies smile song sons soul stream swell sword tear Temple thee thou thro throne TIMANTHES toils tomb tow'rs trembling tyrant view'd virgin voice warq warrior waste wave wild WILLIAM LIPSCOMB wing woes Ye sung
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Página 83 - 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.
Página 69 - And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever.
Página 68 - And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither : so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
Página 83 - Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones : Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you and ye shall live, and I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Página 54 - Where now thy might which all those kings subdued? No martial myriads muster in thy gate; No suppliant nations in thy Temple wait; No...
Página 151 - For mild he seemed as in Elysian bowers Wasting in careless ease the joyous hours ; Haughty, as bards have sung, with princely sway Curbing the fierce flame-breathing steeds of day ; Beauteous as vision seen in dreamy sleep By holy maid, on Delphi's haunted steep, Mid the dim twilight of the laurel grove Too fair to worship, too divine to love.
Página 83 - To highest heaven he lifts his kingly hand, And treads at once the ocean and the land ; And hark ! his voice amid the thunder's roar, His dreadful voice ! that time shall be no more ! Lo ! cherub hands the golden courts prepare ; Lo ! thrones...
Página 81 - And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.
Página 68 - No workman steel, no ponderous axes rung ! Like some tall palm the noiseless fabric sprung.
Página 57 - And as the seer on Pisgah's topmost brow With glistening eye beheld the plain below, With prescient ardour drank the scented gale, And bade the opening glades of Canaan hail ; Her eagle eye shall scan the prospect wide, From...