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... cold , red Earth am Sleeping 517 MOULTRIE , JOHN . A Clergyman of the Church of England ; born in Eng . in 1799 . The Three Sons ..... 169 MUELLER , WILHELM . ( GERMAN . ) Born at Dessau , Germany , Oct. 7 , 1794 ; died Oct. 1 , 1827 ...
... cold , red Earth am Sleeping 517 MOULTRIE , JOHN . A Clergyman of the Church of England ; born in Eng . in 1799 . The Three Sons ..... 169 MUELLER , WILHELM . ( GERMAN . ) Born at Dessau , Germany , Oct. 7 , 1794 ; died Oct. 1 , 1827 ...
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... cold not be espide On no coast , as of the quantity ; For of alle good thing there was plenty . And I that al this pleasaunt sight sie , Thought sodainely I felt so swete an aire Of the eglentere , that certainely There is no herte , I ...
... cold not be espide On no coast , as of the quantity ; For of alle good thing there was plenty . And I that al this pleasaunt sight sie , Thought sodainely I felt so swete an aire Of the eglentere , that certainely There is no herte , I ...
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... cold , The pale , purple even Melts around thy flight ; Like a star of heaven , In the broad daylight , Thou art unseen , but yet I hear thy shrill delight . Keen as are the arrows Of that silver sphere , Whose intense lamp narrows In ...
... cold , The pale , purple even Melts around thy flight ; Like a star of heaven , In the broad daylight , Thou art unseen , but yet I hear thy shrill delight . Keen as are the arrows Of that silver sphere , Whose intense lamp narrows In ...
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... cold , With his trident the mountains strook ; And opened a chasm In the rocks ; —with the spasm All Erymanthus shook . And the black south wind , It concealed behind The urns of the silent snow ; And earthquake and thunder Did rend in ...
... cold , With his trident the mountains strook ; And opened a chasm In the rocks ; —with the spasm All Erymanthus shook . And the black south wind , It concealed behind The urns of the silent snow ; And earthquake and thunder Did rend in ...
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... cold , thin atmosphere , Yet stoop not , weary , to the welcome land , Though the dark night is near . And soon that toil shall end ; Soon shalt thou find a summer home , and rest , await , Or whether silent in our groves you dwell ...
... cold , thin atmosphere , Yet stoop not , weary , to the welcome land , Though the dark night is near . And soon that toil shall end ; Soon shalt thou find a summer home , and rest , await , Or whether silent in our groves you dwell ...
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Page 691 - mauna fa' that! For a' that^ and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that ; The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth. Are higher ranks than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that, That sense and worth, o'er a
Page 746 - I am :— Thou art full of truth and grace. Plenteous grace with Thee is found,— Grace to cover all my sin ; Let the healing streams abound— Make and keep me pure within. Thou of life the fountain art— Freely let me take of Thee ; Spring Thou up within ray heart— Rise to all eternity.
Page 720 - tree ; Another came—nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he ; •' The next, with dirges due in sad array, Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne :— Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay Graved on the stone beneath you aged thorn.
Page 685 - IN PIEMONT. AVENGE, 0 Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold! Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not ! in thy hook record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody
Page 788 - FBOM all that dwell below the skies Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung Through every land, by every tongue. Eternal are Thy mercies, Lord— Eternal truth attends Thy word ; Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more. PSALM CXXX.
Page 753 - Thus sang they, in the English boat, A holy and a cheerful note ; And all the way, to guide their chime, With falling oars they kept the time. HYMN OF THE HEBREW MAID. WHEN Israel, of the Lord beloved, Out from the land of bondage came, Her father's God before her moved, An
Page 717 - and ancient as the sun,—the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between— The venerable woods—rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste,— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the
Page 719 - that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre ; But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray
Page 390 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ; The stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. For ever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us?
Page 773 - THE HEAVENLY CANAAN. THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. There everlasting spring abides, And never-withering flowers ; Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours. Sweet fields beyond tho swelling flood Stand dressed in living green ; So to the Jews old