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... . Moses , under the direction of Divine Providence , conducting the Children of Israel from Egypt to the Promised Land . Mahomet John the Baptist 21 31 43 67 101 107 127 151 THE CONQUEST OF QUEBEC : A PRIZE POEM , RECITED.
... . Moses , under the direction of Divine Providence , conducting the Children of Israel from Egypt to the Promised Land . Mahomet John the Baptist 21 31 43 67 101 107 127 151 THE CONQUEST OF QUEBEC : A PRIZE POEM , RECITED.
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... · Moses , under the direction of Divine Providence , conducting the Children of Israel from Egypt to the Promised Land Mahomet John the Baptist . • 5 21 31 43 67 101 107 127 151 THE CONQUEST OF QUEBEC : A PRIZE POEM , RECITED.
... · Moses , under the direction of Divine Providence , conducting the Children of Israel from Egypt to the Promised Land Mahomet John the Baptist . • 5 21 31 43 67 101 107 127 151 THE CONQUEST OF QUEBEC : A PRIZE POEM , RECITED.
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... the Monster in his hideous form , And mark him as an earthquake , or a storm , Not so the patriot Chief , who dar'd withstand The base invader of his native land ; Who made her weal his noblest , only end ; THE LOVE OF OUR COUNTRY . 25.
... the Monster in his hideous form , And mark him as an earthquake , or a storm , Not so the patriot Chief , who dar'd withstand The base invader of his native land ; Who made her weal his noblest , only end ; THE LOVE OF OUR COUNTRY . 25.
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... land ; " " 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 a meteor shot the lovely Fair ; Through the sad plains her friendly course ...
... land ; " " 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 a meteor shot the lovely Fair ; Through the sad plains her friendly course ...
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... land He spurn'd , when proffer'd by a conqueror's hand ; In you to roam at large ; to lay his head On the bleak rock , unclad , unhous'd , unfed : Hid in the aguish fen ' whole days to rest , The numbing waters gather'd round his breast ...
... land He spurn'd , when proffer'd by a conqueror's hand ; In you to roam at large ; to lay his head On the bleak rock , unclad , unhous'd , unfed : Hid in the aguish fen ' whole days to rest , The numbing waters gather'd round his breast ...
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ador'd Albion's arms Azrael beam beneath blaze blest blood bloom bold bow'd breast breath bright Britannia's Britons burst Canaan CHILDREN OF ISRAEL conquest controul dar'd dark death dread ev'ry faded faint falchion fame fane fate fierce fight fire flame flood foes frown'd fury Gaul gleam gloom glory glowing hallow'd hath head Heav'n heav'nly holy imperial Eagle Israel land light limbs list'ning Lord lyre Mahomet Mecca's Messiah mighty mortal Muse ne'er Nebaioth night o'er OXFORD pale Palestine Parthenon Peace plain pour'd pow'r pray'r pride PRIZE POEM Prophet proud rais'd RECITED reign rise roll'd ROMAN ARCHITECTURE rude sacred Salem Santon savage scene seem'd shade skies smile song sons soul stern stream swell sword tear tempest Temple THEATRE thee thou thro throne thunders tide toils tomb tow'rs trembling tyrant view'd voice warrior wave wild wing woes Ye sung
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Página 75 - And unrestrained the generous vintage flows: Nor less your sons to manliest deeds aspire, And Asia's mountains glow with Spartan fire. So when, deep sinking in the rosy main, The western sun forsakes the Syrian plain, His watery rays refracted lustre shed. And pour their latest light on Carmel's head. Yet shines your praise, amid surrounding gloom. As the lone lamp that trembles in the tomb; For few the souls that spurn a tyrant's chain, And small the bounds of freedom's scanty reign. As the poor...
Página 83 - 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 86 - Ye hovering ghosts, that throng the starless air, Why shakes the earth ? why fades the light ? declare ! Are those his limbs, with ruthless scourges torn ? His brows, all bleeding with the twisted thorn ? His the pale form, the meek forgiving eye...
Página 80 - Israel's fate, And such the glories of their infant state. — Triumphant race ! and did your power decay ? Fail'd the bright promise of your early day ? No : — by that sword, which, red with heathen gore, A giant spoil, the stripling champion bore...
Página 69 - 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 98 - Earth's utmost bounds confess their awful sway, The mountains worship, and the isles obey ; Nor sun nor moon they need, — nor day, nor night ; — God is their temple, and the Lamb their light...
Página 90 - There barb'rous kings their sandal'd nations led, And steel-clad champions bow'd the crested head. There, when her fiery race the desert pour'd, And pale Byzantium fear'd Medina's sword, When coward Asia shook in trembling woe, And bent appall'd before the Bactrian bow ; From the moist regions of the western star The wand'ring hermit wak'd the storm of war.