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... feeling or of taste ; yet must we lament its entire destitution of those truths , which by bringing " life and immortality to light " have robbed death of its sting , and the grave of its terrors . This deficiency has been supplied by ...
... feeling or of taste ; yet must we lament its entire destitution of those truths , which by bringing " life and immortality to light " have robbed death of its sting , and the grave of its terrors . This deficiency has been supplied by ...
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... feel , to love , tho ' Thou art near- Madly reject the evidence , Of thine eternal providence ; And strive to hurl the Almighty one , From off His high and holy throne . What dost thou , Infidel , propose ? What is thy aim ? dost thou ...
... feel , to love , tho ' Thou art near- Madly reject the evidence , Of thine eternal providence ; And strive to hurl the Almighty one , From off His high and holy throne . What dost thou , Infidel , propose ? What is thy aim ? dost thou ...
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... feel that name my inmost thoughts control , And breathe an awful stillness thro ' my soul ; As by a charm , the waves of grief subside : Impetuous passion stops the headlong tide : At thy felt presence all emotions cease , And my hush'd ...
... feel that name my inmost thoughts control , And breathe an awful stillness thro ' my soul ; As by a charm , the waves of grief subside : Impetuous passion stops the headlong tide : At thy felt presence all emotions cease , And my hush'd ...
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... feel myself omnipotent in thee . Then , when the last , the closing hour draws nigh , And earth recedes before my swimming eye ; When trembling on the doubtful edge of fate I stand , and stretch my view to either state ; Teach me to ...
... feel myself omnipotent in thee . Then , when the last , the closing hour draws nigh , And earth recedes before my swimming eye ; When trembling on the doubtful edge of fate I stand , and stretch my view to either state ; Teach me to ...
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... feel , Thy wisdom , goodness , power reveal . The silent crescent hung on high , So calmly sailing through the sky ; The lowliest flower that lights the dells ; The lightest wave the stream that swells ; birth ; And nature's shield ...
... feel , Thy wisdom , goodness , power reveal . The silent crescent hung on high , So calmly sailing through the sky ; The lowliest flower that lights the dells ; The lightest wave the stream that swells ; birth ; And nature's shield ...
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angels ANON art thou beam beauty behold beneath bless blest bliss blood divine bloom breast breath bright charms clouds COWPER dark dead death deep delight didst divine doth dread dwell earth EDMESTON eternal fair fear flowers gale gaze Gethsemane gloom glorious glory golden grace grave hand HAREBELL harp hast hath hear heart heaven hope hosannas hour immortal Israel Jehovah Jesus King light living Lord mercy mighty morning mortal mountains muse nature's night o'er pale peace poison'd POLLOK praise pride quire rapture reign rill rise rose round scene seraphs shade shine sigh sight silent sing skies sleep smile soft song sorrow soul spirit spring staind Star of Bethlehem stars storm stream sublime sweet tears tempest thee thine thou art thought thro throne tomb trembling Twas vale voice wave weep wild winds wings
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Page 232 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Page 90 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean, roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin, his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain. He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan. Without a grave, unknelled, uncoffined, and unknown.
Page 83 - Hues which have words, and speak to ye of heaven, Floats o'er this vast and wondrous monument, And shadows forth its glory.
Page 182 - Lord, thy guests away. 2 Long have we roamed in want and pain, Long have we sought thy rest in vain ; Wildered in doubt, in darkness lost, Long have our souls been tempest-tost ; Low at thy feet our sins we lay ; Turn not, O Lord ! thy guests away.
Page 118 - Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the playplace of our early days ; The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.
Page 216 - Twas pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Their end, though ne'er so brave: And after they have shown their pride Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave.
Page 19 - LET us with a gladsome mind Praise the Lord, for he is kind ; For his mercies aye endure, Ever faithful, ever sure.
Page 164 - Thrice holy Fount, thrice holy Fire, Our hearts with heavenly love inspire; Come, and Thy sacred unction bring To sanctify us while we sing. Plenteous...
Page 228 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war Might never reach me more ! My ear is pained, My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled.
Page 176 - Come, Lord, when grace hath made me meet Thy blessed face to see ; For if thy work on earth be sweet, What will thy glory be...