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Page 179
... o'er th ' unbending corn , and skims along the main . Felling trees in à wood . Loud sounds the axe , redoubling strokes on strokes ; Ou all sides round the forest , hurls her oake Headlong . Deep echoing groan the thickets brown Then ...
... o'er th ' unbending corn , and skims along the main . Felling trees in à wood . Loud sounds the axe , redoubling strokes on strokes ; Ou all sides round the forest , hurls her oake Headlong . Deep echoing groan the thickets brown Then ...
Page 180
... O'er hills , o'er dales , o'er crags , o'er rocks they go . Motion slow and difficult . A needless Alexandrine ends the song , That , like a wounded snake , drags its slow length along . A rock torn from the brow of a mountain . Still ...
... O'er hills , o'er dales , o'er crags , o'er rocks they go . Motion slow and difficult . A needless Alexandrine ends the song , That , like a wounded snake , drags its slow length along . A rock torn from the brow of a mountain . Still ...
Page 182
... O'er death's dark gulf , and all its horror hides ; Praise , the sweet exhalation of our joy , That joy exalts , and makes it sweefer still ; Prayr ardent opens heav'n , lets down a str Of glory , on the consecrated hour Of man in ...
... O'er death's dark gulf , and all its horror hides ; Praise , the sweet exhalation of our joy , That joy exalts , and makes it sweefer still ; Prayr ardent opens heav'n , lets down a str Of glory , on the consecrated hour Of man in ...
Page 184
... o'er my temples drew Oblivion's veil . - The wat'ry deep , ( An object strange and new , ) 6 Before Lae rose : on the wide shore Observant as I stood , The gathering storms around me roar , And heave the boiling flood . 7 Near and more ...
... o'er my temples drew Oblivion's veil . - The wat'ry deep , ( An object strange and new , ) 6 Before Lae rose : on the wide shore Observant as I stood , The gathering storms around me roar , And heave the boiling flood . 7 Near and more ...
Page 185
... O'er scenes of future ill ? 16 Let faith suppress each rising fear , Each anxious doubt exclude : Thy Maker's will has plac'd thee here , A Maker wise and good ! 17 He to thy ev'ry trial knows , Its just restraint to give ; Attentive to ...
... O'er scenes of future ill ? 16 Let faith suppress each rising fear , Each anxious doubt exclude : Thy Maker's will has plac'd thee here , A Maker wise and good ! 17 He to thy ev'ry trial knows , Its just restraint to give ; Attentive to ...
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Page 91 - And now behold I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befal me there, save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me.