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... Speak ye who beft can tell , ye fons of light , Angels ; for ye behold him , and with fongs . And choral symphonies , day without night , Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heav'n , On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first ...
... Speak ye who beft can tell , ye fons of light , Angels ; for ye behold him , and with fongs . And choral symphonies , day without night , Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heav'n , On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first ...
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... speak I try'd , and forthwith spake ; My tongue obey'd , and readily could name Whate'er I faw . Thou fun , faid I , fair light , And thou enlighten'd earth , fo fresh and gay , Ye hills and dales , ye rivers , woods and plains , And ye ...
... speak I try'd , and forthwith spake ; My tongue obey'd , and readily could name Whate'er I faw . Thou fun , faid I , fair light , And thou enlighten'd earth , fo fresh and gay , Ye hills and dales , ye rivers , woods and plains , And ye ...
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... Speak , mighty God , and bid the fuppliant live , charm'd ears but hear the word - Forgive ; My mufe fhall fpread the joyful tidings round , And to remoteft worlds convey the found , Whilft other finners fhall obedient prove , And ...
... Speak , mighty God , and bid the fuppliant live , charm'd ears but hear the word - Forgive ; My mufe fhall fpread the joyful tidings round , And to remoteft worlds convey the found , Whilft other finners fhall obedient prove , And ...
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... speak fafely , when your peaceful mind Above felf - feeking bleft , on God reclin'd , Feels him at once fuggeft unlabor'd sense , And ope a fluice of fweet benevolence . Some high behests of heav'n you then fulfil , Sprung from his ...
... speak fafely , when your peaceful mind Above felf - feeking bleft , on God reclin'd , Feels him at once fuggeft unlabor'd sense , And ope a fluice of fweet benevolence . Some high behests of heav'n you then fulfil , Sprung from his ...
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... speak at all , Speak what within his cognizance may fall ; Expofe not truths divine to reafon's rack , Give him his own belov'd ideas back , Your notions , till they look like his , dilute ; Blind he must be -- but fave him from difpute ...
... speak at all , Speak what within his cognizance may fall ; Expofe not truths divine to reafon's rack , Give him his own belov'd ideas back , Your notions , till they look like his , dilute ; Blind he must be -- but fave him from difpute ...
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