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Page 7
... Still to the mighty Lord of hofts Securely we refort ; For refuge fly to Jacob's God , Our fuccour and fupport . Hither , ye numerous nations , crowd , In filent rapture , ftand , And fee o'er all the earth : difplay'd The wonders of ...
... Still to the mighty Lord of hofts Securely we refort ; For refuge fly to Jacob's God , Our fuccour and fupport . Hither , ye numerous nations , crowd , In filent rapture , ftand , And fee o'er all the earth : difplay'd The wonders of ...
Page 9
... Still be it banith'd from the train of time ; Nor in the radiant lift of months appear , To ftain the fhining circle of the Year : There through her dufky range may filence roam , There may no ray , no glimpse of gladness come ; No ...
... Still be it banith'd from the train of time ; Nor in the radiant lift of months appear , To ftain the fhining circle of the Year : There through her dufky range may filence roam , There may no ray , no glimpse of gladness come ; No ...
Page 14
... still . But wandering oft , with rude inconscious gaze , Man marks not Thee , marks not the mighty hand That , ever bufy , wheels the filent spheres ; Works in the fecret deep ; fhoots , fteaming , thence The fair profufion that o ...
... still . But wandering oft , with rude inconscious gaze , Man marks not Thee , marks not the mighty hand That , ever bufy , wheels the filent spheres ; Works in the fecret deep ; fhoots , fteaming , thence The fair profufion that o ...
Page 16
... still a more enlighten'd mind ; When grace and love in one agree ; Grace from God , and love from me ; Grace that ... Still firm to good , and dauntless still . So , fix'd by Providence's hands , A rock amidst an occan stands ; So bears ...
... still a more enlighten'd mind ; When grace and love in one agree ; Grace from God , and love from me ; Grace that ... Still firm to good , and dauntless still . So , fix'd by Providence's hands , A rock amidst an occan stands ; So bears ...
Page 23
... Still had he flept in uncreated night , If this the lot of Being ! Was it for this Thy Breath divine kindled within his breaft The vital flame For this was thy fair image Stampt on his foul in godlike lineaments ? For this dominion ...
... Still had he flept in uncreated night , If this the lot of Being ! Was it for this Thy Breath divine kindled within his breaft The vital flame For this was thy fair image Stampt on his foul in godlike lineaments ? For this dominion ...
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