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Page 69
MESSIAH , Ye nymphs of Solyma ! begin the song : To heavenly themes sublimer
strains belong . The mossy fountains and the sylvan shades , The dreams of
Pindus and the Aonian maids , Delight no more . O Thou my voice inspire , Who ...
MESSIAH , Ye nymphs of Solyma ! begin the song : To heavenly themes sublimer
strains belong . The mossy fountains and the sylvan shades , The dreams of
Pindus and the Aonian maids , Delight no more . O Thou my voice inspire , Who ...
Page 164
Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme , How guiltless blood for guilty man
was shed ; How He , who bore in heaven the second name , Had not on earth
whereon to lay his head ; How his first followers and servants sped ; The precepts
...
Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme , How guiltless blood for guilty man
was shed ; How He , who bore in heaven the second name , Had not on earth
whereon to lay his head ; How his first followers and servants sped ; The precepts
...
Page 165
Then homeward all take off their several way , The youngling - cottagers retire to
rest ; The parent pair their secret homage pay , And proffer up to heaven the
warm request , That He who stills the raven's clamorous nest , And decks the lily
fair ...
Then homeward all take off their several way , The youngling - cottagers retire to
rest ; The parent pair their secret homage pay , And proffer up to heaven the
warm request , That He who stills the raven's clamorous nest , And decks the lily
fair ...
Page 176
Not so the mind that has been touched from heaven , And in the school of sacred
wisdom taught To read his wonders , in whose thought the world , Fair as it is ,
existed ere it was . Not for its own sake merely , but for his Much more who ...
Not so the mind that has been touched from heaven , And in the school of sacred
wisdom taught To read his wonders , in whose thought the world , Fair as it is ,
existed ere it was . Not for its own sake merely , but for his Much more who ...
Page 313
The Moon is up , and yet it is not nightSunset divides the sky with her - a sea Of
glory streams along the Alpine height Of blue Friuli's mountains ; Heaven is free
From clouds , but of all colours seems to be Melted to one vast Iris of the West ...
The Moon is up , and yet it is not nightSunset divides the sky with her - a sea Of
glory streams along the Alpine height Of blue Friuli's mountains ; Heaven is free
From clouds , but of all colours seems to be Melted to one vast Iris of the West ...
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| Title | The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations |
| Author | George Croly |
| Editor | George Croly |
| Publisher | R.B. Seeley and W. Burnside ; and sold by L.B. Seeley and Sons, 1828 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 4 Feb 2015 |
| Length | 367 pages |
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