Tupper's Complete Poetical Works ...Phillips, Sampson, 1851 - 486 pages |
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... creature and a subject ; Not a maker of abstract wrong , but a spoiler of concrete right : The fiend hath not a royal crown ; he is but a prowling robber , Suffered , for some mysterious end , to haunt the King's highway ; And the keen ...
... creature and a subject ; Not a maker of abstract wrong , but a spoiler of concrete right : The fiend hath not a royal crown ; he is but a prowling robber , Suffered , for some mysterious end , to haunt the King's highway ; And the keen ...
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... creatures of God : There be flowers making glad the desert , and roots fattening the soil , And jewels in the secret deep , scattered among groves of coral , And comforts to crown all wishes , and aids unto every need , Influences yet ...
... creatures of God : There be flowers making glad the desert , and roots fattening the soil , And jewels in the secret deep , scattered among groves of coral , And comforts to crown all wishes , and aids unto every need , Influences yet ...
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... creatures of God that people the rotting fruit ? Would ye suffer no mildew forest to stain the unhealthy wall , Nor a noisome savour to exhale from the pool that breedeth disease ? Pain is useful unto man , for it teacheth him to guard ...
... creatures of God that people the rotting fruit ? Would ye suffer no mildew forest to stain the unhealthy wall , Nor a noisome savour to exhale from the pool that breedeth disease ? Pain is useful unto man , for it teacheth him to guard ...
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... creatures , For , perhance , the universe would die , were not all things as they are . OF COMPENSATION . EQUAL is the government of heaven in allotting pleasures among men , And just the everlasting law , that hath wedded happiness to ...
... creatures , For , perhance , the universe would die , were not all things as they are . OF COMPENSATION . EQUAL is the government of heaven in allotting pleasures among men , And just the everlasting law , that hath wedded happiness to ...
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... creature of circumstance . To this man temptation is a poison , to that man it addeth vigour ; And each may render to himself influences good or evil . As thou directest the power , harm or advantage will follow ; And the torrent that ...
... creature of circumstance . To this man temptation is a poison , to that man it addeth vigour ; And each may render to himself influences good or evil . As thou directest the power , harm or advantage will follow ; And the torrent that ...
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Page 124 - And immediately I was in the spirit; and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne ; and he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone ; and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
Page 121 - Latini, et quo quemque modo fugiatque feratque laborem. sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera fertur cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris, altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto, sed falsa ad caelum mittunt insomnia Manes.
Page 122 - Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. As many were astonied at thee, (his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men...
Page 254 - A little more sleep, a little more slumber, a little " more folding of the hands to sleep.
Page 262 - NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER give up ! it is wiser and better Always to hope, than once to despair; Fling off the load of Doubt's cankering fetter, And break the dark spell of tyrannical care: Never give up ! or the burden may sink you — Providence kindly has mingled the cup, And in all trials or troubles, bethink you, The watchword of life must be, Never give up...
Page 248 - And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple : and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin : and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
Page 262 - Never give up ! — though the grape-shot may rattle, Or the full thunder-cloud over you burst, Stand like a rock, — and the storm or the battle Little shall harm you, though doing their worst : Never give up ! — if adversity presses, Providence wisely has mingled the cup, And the best counsel, in all your distresses, Is the stout watchword of Never give up ! THE SUN.
Page 262 - Never give up ! there are chances and changes Helping the hopeful a hundred to one, And through the chaos High Wisdom arranges Ever success — if you'll only hope on : Never give up ! for the wisest is boldest, Knowing that Providence mingles the cup, And of all maxims the best, as the oldest, Is the true watchword of, Never give up.
Page 260 - Tis not long since, — it cannot be long, — My years so soon were spent, Since I was a boy, both straight and strong, Yet now am I feeble and bent. A dream, a dream, — it is all a dream ! A strange, sad dream, good sooth ; For old as I am, and old as I seem, My heart is full of youth...
Page 290 - ALL'S for the best! be sanguine and cheerful, Trouble and sorrow are friends in disguise, Nothing but Folly goes faithless and fearful, Courage for ever is happy and wise: All for the best, — if a man would but know it, Providence wishes us all to be blest, This is no dream of the pundit or poet, Heaven is gracious, and — All's for the best!