Poems for Young Ladies: In Three Parts : Devotional, Moral, and Entertaining : the Whole Being a Collection of the Best Pieces in Our Language |
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... fons fupplies . The generous lion and the brindled boar , As nightly thro ' the foreft walks they roar , From thee , Almighty Maker , feek their prey , Nor from thy hand unfed depart away : To thee , for meat the callow ravens cry ...
... fons fupplies . The generous lion and the brindled boar , As nightly thro ' the foreft walks they roar , From thee , Almighty Maker , feek their prey , Nor from thy hand unfed depart away : To thee , for meat the callow ravens cry ...
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... fons of light , Angels ; for ye behold him , and with fongs And choral fymphonies , day without night , Circle his throne rejoicing ; ye in heav'n , On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him firft , him laft , him midft , and without ...
... fons of light , Angels ; for ye behold him , and with fongs And choral fymphonies , day without night , Circle his throne rejoicing ; ye in heav'n , On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him firft , him laft , him midft , and without ...
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... fons , and daughters yet unborn , In crouding ranks on ev'ry fide arise , Demanding life , impatient for the skies ! See barb'rous nations at thy gates attend , Walk in thy light , and in thy temple bend ; See thy bright altars throng'd ...
... fons , and daughters yet unborn , In crouding ranks on ev'ry fide arise , Demanding life , impatient for the skies ! See barb'rous nations at thy gates attend , Walk in thy light , and in thy temple bend ; See thy bright altars throng'd ...
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... fons of pleasure ! fince in pains You rue more modifh vifits , vifit here , And breathe from your debauch : give , and reduce Surfeit's dominion o'er you : but , fo great Your impudence , you blufh at what is right ! Happy ! did forrow ...
... fons of pleasure ! fince in pains You rue more modifh vifits , vifit here , And breathe from your debauch : give , and reduce Surfeit's dominion o'er you : but , fo great Your impudence , you blufh at what is right ! Happy ! did forrow ...
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... fons ! a mighty throng appear ! How wild their looks with agonizing fear ! Swift , as the hart , from her purfuing train , Climbs the fteep rock , and flies along the plain : ' Tis thus , the tempeft's dreadful rage to fhun , They fweep ...
... fons ! a mighty throng appear ! How wild their looks with agonizing fear ! Swift , as the hart , from her purfuing train , Climbs the fteep rock , and flies along the plain : ' Tis thus , the tempeft's dreadful rage to fhun , They fweep ...
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Page 34 - The rocks proclaim th' approaching Deity. Lo, Earth receives him from the bending skies! Sink down, ye mountains! and ye valleys, rise! With heads declined, ye cedars, homage pay! Be smooth, ye rocks! ye rapid floods, give way! The Saviour comes! by ancient bards foretold: Hear him, ye deaf! and all ye blind, behold!
Page 227 - GIRDLE. That which her slender waist confined, Shall now my joyful temples bind ; No monarch but would give his crown His arms might do what this has done. It was my heaven's extremest sphere, The pale which held that lovely deer, My joy, my grief, my hope, my love, Did all within this circle move. A narrow compass, and yet there Dwelt all that's good and all that's fair; Give me but what this ribband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.
Page 39 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 39 - Let not this weak unknowing hand Presume Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge Thy foe. If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way...
Page 33 - Aonian maids, Delight no more — O Thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire! Rapt into future times the bard begun: A Virgin shall conceive — a Virgin bear a Son ! From Jesse's root behold a Branch arise Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies: Th' Ethereal Spirit o'er its leaves shall move, And on its top descends the mystic Dove.
Page 31 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Page 63 - Has made my cup run o'er, And in a kind and faithful friend Has doubled all my store.
Page 64 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 30 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 42 - Lead it through various scenes of life and death, And from each scene the noblest truths inspire.