The Poetical Works of James Montgomery, Band 4Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841 |
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... blood dyed the waves with deadly streams . The seal and the sea - lion , from the gulf , Came forth , and couching with their little ones , Slept on the shelving rocks that girt the shore , Securing prompt retreat from sudden danger ...
... blood dyed the waves with deadly streams . The seal and the sea - lion , from the gulf , Came forth , and couching with their little ones , Slept on the shelving rocks that girt the shore , Securing prompt retreat from sudden danger ...
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... blood , - The blood which nourish'd them ere they were hatch'd , While the crude egg within herself was forming . It was a land of death . - Between those CANTO V. 57 THE PELICAN ISLAND .
... blood , - The blood which nourish'd them ere they were hatch'd , While the crude egg within herself was forming . It was a land of death . - Between those CANTO V. 57 THE PELICAN ISLAND .
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... blood , and gorged the quivering flesh , Till drunk he lay , as powerless as the carcass . There , to the solitary lion's roar So many echoes answer'd , that there seem'd , Ten in the field for one ; -where'er they turn'd , flying ...
... blood , and gorged the quivering flesh , Till drunk he lay , as powerless as the carcass . There , to the solitary lion's roar So many echoes answer'd , that there seem'd , Ten in the field for one ; -where'er they turn'd , flying ...
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... horror , As if the blood changed colour in the veins , While hot and cold it ran about the heart , And red to pale upon the cheek it show'd . Their visages at rest were winter - clouds , Fix'd 70 CANTO VI . THE PELICAN ISLAND .
... horror , As if the blood changed colour in the veins , While hot and cold it ran about the heart , And red to pale upon the cheek it show'd . Their visages at rest were winter - clouds , Fix'd 70 CANTO VI . THE PELICAN ISLAND .
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... blood , To rid themselves of Nature's gracious burdens , In mercy laid on man to teach him mercy . But their prime glory was insane debauch , To inflict and bear excruciating tortures ; The unshrinking victim , while the flesh was rent ...
... blood , To rid themselves of Nature's gracious burdens , In mercy laid on man to teach him mercy . But their prime glory was insane debauch , To inflict and bear excruciating tortures ; The unshrinking victim , while the flesh was rent ...
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abyss amidst angels art thou Babylon beauty behold beneath bird birth bless blood bosom breast breath breeze CANTO clouds coral reef cried Cyclades darkness dead death dust earth eternity fear fell fire flowers gaze gloom glory grace grave hand hath hear heart heaven hope humble immortal isle knew land light living look'd LORD LUCID INTERVAL mercy mind moon morn Morna Nature's nest night o'er ocean paradise pass'd peace Pelican Island Pelicans pray'd prayer rapture rest reveal'd Reynolds Richard Reynolds rock round sea of glass secret seem'd shone shore sight silent sing sleep small isle song soul spirit spring stars sweet tears thee thence thine Thou art thought thousand throne tide tomb tree turn'd Twas unseen vanish'd voice waked the dead waves whence wild wilderness wind wing
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Seite 269 - Thou canst not toil in vain ; Cold, heat, and moist, and dry, Shall foster and mature the grain, For garners in the sky. Thence, when the glorious end, The day of God is come, The angel-reapers shall descend, And heaven cry —
Seite 257 - Here, in the body pent, Absent from Him I roam ; Yet nightly pitch my moving tent A day's march nearer home.
Seite 236 - Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
Seite 158 - THE bird that soars on highest wing Builds on the ground her lowly nest ; And she that doth most sweetly sing Sings in the shade when all things rest : — In lark and nightingale we see What honor hath humility. 2 When Mary chose the better part, She meekly sat at Jesus...
Seite 259 - So when my latest breath Shall rend the veil in twain, By death I shall escape from death, And life eternal gain.
Seite 357 - Thus in God's furnace are his people tried ; Thrice happy they who to the end endure : But who the fiery trial may abide ? Who from the crucible come forth so pure ? That He whose eyes of flame look through the whole, May see his image perfect in the soul...
Seite 258 - Yet clouds will intervene, And all my prospect flies; Like Noah's dove, I flit between Rough seas and stormy skies. Anon the clouds depart, The winds and waters cease; While sweetly o'er my gladdened heart Expands the bow of peace!
Seite 268 - Sow in the morn thy seed ; At eve hold not thy hand ; To doubt and fear give thou no heed; Broad-cast it o'er the land.
Seite 231 - A lady applied to him on behalf of an orphan. After he had given liberally, she said, * When he is old enough, I will teach him to name and thank his benefactor.' * Stop (said the good man), thou art mistaken ; we do not thank the clouds for the rain. Teach him to look higher, and thank Him who giveth both the clouds and the rain.
Seite 21 - A point at first It peer'd above those waves ; a point so small, I just perceived it, fix'd where all was floating ; And when a bubble eross'd it, the blue film Expanded like a sky above the speck ; That speck became a hand-breadth ; day and night It spread, accumulated, and ere long Presented to my view a dazzling plain, White as the moon amid the sapphire sea...