PoemsC. and E.B. Gill, 1830 - 192 Seiten |
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... dare recite His praise , his power , -eternal , infinite ? — Awe - struck I cease ; nor bid my strains aspire , Or serve his altar with unhallowed fire . Such were the cares that watched o'er Israel's fate , And such the glories of ...
... dare recite His praise , his power , -eternal , infinite ? — Awe - struck I cease ; nor bid my strains aspire , Or serve his altar with unhallowed fire . Such were the cares that watched o'er Israel's fate , And such the glories of ...
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... dare not die . To dream through life a gaudy dream Of pride and pomp and luxury , Till wakened by the nearer gleam Of burning , boundless agony ; To meet o'er soon our angry King , Whose love we passed unheeded by ; Lo this , O Death ...
... dare not die . To dream through life a gaudy dream Of pride and pomp and luxury , Till wakened by the nearer gleam Of burning , boundless agony ; To meet o'er soon our angry King , Whose love we passed unheeded by ; Lo this , O Death ...
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... dare the deeds rehearse Of those that aye endure , ' T were meet that in such dangerous verse Our every word were pure . Then , son of Tantalus , receive A plain unvarnished lay . My song shall elder fables leave , And of thy parent say ...
... dare the deeds rehearse Of those that aye endure , ' T were meet that in such dangerous verse Our every word were pure . Then , son of Tantalus , receive A plain unvarnished lay . My song shall elder fables leave , And of thy parent say ...
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... dare not , I , The blessed gods with gluttony ? — Full oft the slanderous tongue has felt By their high wrath the thunder dealt ; - And sure , if ever mortal head Heaven's holy watchers honored , That head was Lydia's lord . Yet , could ...
... dare not , I , The blessed gods with gluttony ? — Full oft the slanderous tongue has felt By their high wrath the thunder dealt ; - And sure , if ever mortal head Heaven's holy watchers honored , That head was Lydia's lord . Yet , could ...
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... Wear out a nameless life , Remote from noble strife , And all the sweet applause to valor paid ? — Yes , I will dare the course ; but , thou , Immortal friend , my prayer allow ! ' Thus , not in vain , his grief he told- 156 TRANSLATIONS.
... Wear out a nameless life , Remote from noble strife , And all the sweet applause to valor paid ? — Yes , I will dare the course ; but , thou , Immortal friend , my prayer allow ! ' Thus , not in vain , his grief he told- 156 TRANSLATIONS.
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Adrastus Alpheus ancient Asturia beam beneath blessed blest blood bore bounteous bower brave breast bright bright promise brow chariot cherub coral strand coursers Cronian crown dare dark dead death Didst dread dwell E'en earth Edom falchion fame fear feeble fiery flame flood flower Freedom's glorious glory gods grave Greece harp hast hath heart hill holy hope Hosanna hour Israel Jesus Jove joy in heaven king Laius Latian light Lord lyre mercy mortal mourn muse nature's night numbers o'er ocean pale Pisa's pomp praise prayer pride proud Psaumis race rill saints Saviour Scythian shade shore Sicily song sons sorrow soul spear spirit spread SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY sway sweet swell sword tears Thebes thee Theron's thine throne thunder toil tomb tower train tyrant's victory warrior waves weeping wild wing world is grown wreath yonder youth zeal
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Seite 88 - The martyr first, whose eagle eye Could pierce beyond the grave, Who saw his Master in the sky, And called on Him to save: Like Him, with pardon on his tongue In midst of mortal pain, He prayed for them that did the wrong: Who follows in his train?
Seite 139 - FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Seite 95 - BY cool Siloam's shady rill, How sweet the lily grows ! How sweet the breath beneath the hill Of Sharon's dewy rose ! 2 Lo ! such the child whose early feet The paths of peace have trod ; Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, Is upward drawn to God...
Seite 68 - When, on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay, And woo the cooler wind. I miss thee when by Gunga's stream My twilight steps I guide, But most beneath the lamp's pale beam I miss thee from my side.
Seite 112 - Though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see, Only thou art holy, there is none beside thee,. Perfect in power, in love, and...
Seite 143 - BENEATH our feet and o'er our head Is equal warning given ; Beneath us lie the countless dead, Above us is the heaven. 2 Their names are graven on the stone, Their bones are in the clay ; And ere another day is done, Ourselves may be as they.
Seite 81 - Hosanna, Lord, thine angels cry; Hosanna, Lord, thy saints reply ; Above, beneath us, and around, The dead and living swell the sound ; Hosanna, Lord, Hosanna in the highest.
Seite 82 - But chiefest in our cleansed breast, Eternal bid Thy Spirit rest; And make our secret soul to be A temple pure, and worthy Thee. Hosanna, Lord! Hosanna in the highest!
Seite 142 - BREAD of the world, in mercy broken, Wine of the soul, in mercy shed, By Whom th.e words of life were spoken, And in Whose death our sins are dead ; 2 Look on the heart by sorrow broken, Look on the tears by sinners shed ; And be Thy feast to us the token That by Thy grace our souls are fed.
Seite 93 - Say, shall we yield Him, in costly devotion, Odors of Edom, and offerings divine, Gems of the mountain and pearls of the ocean, Myrrh from the forest or gold from the mine?