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Page 207
... Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round . Behold the measure of the promise filled ; See Salem built , the labour of a God ! Bright as a sun the sacred city shines ; All kingdoms , and all princes of the earth Flock to that light , the ...
... Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round . Behold the measure of the promise filled ; See Salem built , the labour of a God ! Bright as a sun the sacred city shines ; All kingdoms , and all princes of the earth Flock to that light , the ...
Page 258
... earth Is all his prospect . Thus , from day to day , Bow - bent , his eyes for ever on the ground , He plies his weary journey : seeing still , And seldom knowing that he sees , some straw , Some scattered leaf , or marks which , in one ...
... earth Is all his prospect . Thus , from day to day , Bow - bent , his eyes for ever on the ground , He plies his weary journey : seeing still , And seldom knowing that he sees , some straw , Some scattered leaf , or marks which , in one ...
Page 370
... earth But one of human birth , The dying felon by thy side , to be In paradise with thee . Nor o'er thy cross the clouds of vengeance brake ; A little while the conscious earth did shake At that foul deed by her fierce children done ; A ...
... earth But one of human birth , The dying felon by thy side , to be In paradise with thee . Nor o'er thy cross the clouds of vengeance brake ; A little while the conscious earth did shake At that foul deed by her fierce children done ; A ...
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