PoemsC. and E.B. Gill, 1830 - 192 Seiten |
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... poor outcast on the cheerless wild , Arabia's parent , clasped her fainting child , And wandered near the roof no more her home , Forbid to linger , yet afraid to roam : My sorrowing fancy quits the happier height , And southward throws ...
... poor outcast on the cheerless wild , Arabia's parent , clasped her fainting child , And wandered near the roof no more her home , Forbid to linger , yet afraid to roam : My sorrowing fancy quits the happier height , And southward throws ...
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... Poor , glittering warriors , only wont to know The bloodless pageant of a martial show ; Nurselings of peace , for fiercer fights prepare , And dread the step - dame sway of unaccustomed war . They fight , they bleed - O , had that ...
... Poor , glittering warriors , only wont to know The bloodless pageant of a martial show ; Nurselings of peace , for fiercer fights prepare , And dread the step - dame sway of unaccustomed war . They fight , they bleed - O , had that ...
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... poor , and cringe before the strong , To swell the victor's state , and hovering near , Like some base vulture in the battle's rear , To watch the carnage of the field , and share Each loathsome alms the prouder eagles spare : A curse ...
... poor , and cringe before the strong , To swell the victor's state , and hovering near , Like some base vulture in the battle's rear , To watch the carnage of the field , and share Each loathsome alms the prouder eagles spare : A curse ...
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... through her peopled shores , ( Alas ! whom Earth too early lost deplores ;-) Young without follies , without rashness bold , And greatly poor amidst a nation's gold ; In every veering gale of faction true , Untarnished Chatham's EUROPE .
... through her peopled shores , ( Alas ! whom Earth too early lost deplores ;-) Young without follies , without rashness bold , And greatly poor amidst a nation's gold ; In every veering gale of faction true , Untarnished Chatham's EUROPE .
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... poor man's prayer ; Who , Lord of nature , o'er this changeful ball Decrees the rise of empires , and the fall : Wondrous in all his ways , unseen , unknown , Who treads the wine - press of the world alone : And robed in darkness , and ...
... poor man's prayer ; Who , Lord of nature , o'er this changeful ball Decrees the rise of empires , and the fall : Wondrous in all his ways , unseen , unknown , Who treads the wine - press of the world alone : And robed in darkness , and ...
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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?