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... turn'd by furious winds And surging waves , as mountains to assault Heaven's height , and with the centre mix the pole . Silence , ye troubled waves , and thou deep , peace , Said then th ' omnific Word , your discord end : Nor staid ...
... turn'd by furious winds And surging waves , as mountains to assault Heaven's height , and with the centre mix the pole . Silence , ye troubled waves , and thou deep , peace , Said then th ' omnific Word , your discord end : Nor staid ...
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... turn she shines , Revolv'd on heaven's great axle , and her reign With thousand lesser lights dividual holds , With thousand thousand stars , that then appear'd Spangling the hemisphere : then first adorn'd With their bright luminaries ...
... turn she shines , Revolv'd on heaven's great axle , and her reign With thousand lesser lights dividual holds , With thousand thousand stars , that then appear'd Spangling the hemisphere : then first adorn'd With their bright luminaries ...
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... turn'd , And gaz'd awhile the ample sky , till rais'd By quick instinctive motion , up I sprung , As thitherward endeavouring , and upright Stood on my feet ; about me round I saw Hill , dale , and shady woods , and sunny plains , And ...
... turn'd , And gaz'd awhile the ample sky , till rais'd By quick instinctive motion , up I sprung , As thitherward endeavouring , and upright Stood on my feet ; about me round I saw Hill , dale , and shady woods , and sunny plains , And ...
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... turning the dull Stoics o'er : " Let pedants waste their hours of ease " To sweat all night at Socrates ; " And feed their boys with notes and rules , " Those tedious Recipes of Schools " To cure ambition : I can learn " With greater ...
... turning the dull Stoics o'er : " Let pedants waste their hours of ease " To sweat all night at Socrates ; " And feed their boys with notes and rules , " Those tedious Recipes of Schools " To cure ambition : I can learn " With greater ...
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... turn among the tombs , " And see whereto all glory comes . " There the vile foot of ev'ry slave , " Insults a Charles or a Gustave : 66 Beggars with awful ashes sport , " And tread the Cęsars in the dirt . " } TRUE RICHES . WATTS . I AM ...
... turn among the tombs , " And see whereto all glory comes . " There the vile foot of ev'ry slave , " Insults a Charles or a Gustave : 66 Beggars with awful ashes sport , " And tread the Cęsars in the dirt . " } TRUE RICHES . WATTS . I AM ...
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angels behold beneath bless blest bliss bloom bosom bow'rs breast breath bright charms cherub clime clouds crown'd darkness death deep divine dreadful dust e'er earth eternal ev'n ev'ry ev❜n eyes fair faithless fame fate fix'd flame flow'rs gloom glory golden grace grave GRONGAR HILL hand happy hast heart heaven hermit hill horrors hour land light liquid sky live LORD lyre mighty mind MONODY morn mortal Muse nature's ne'er night o'er pain patriot war peace Petrarch Pindus plain pleas'd pow'r praise pride proud rage rais'd rise round sacred scene seraph shade shine sight silent skies smile soft solemn song soul sound spread spring swain sweet SWEET Auburn swell tears tempest thee thine thou thought thro throne toil trembling Twas vale virtue voice waking eyes wand'ring waves Whilst wild winds wings wretch
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Page 19 - On earth, join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end ! Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 94 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
Page 78 - And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 90 - But now the sounds of population fail, No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale, No busy steps the grass-grown footway tread, But. all the bloomy flush of life is fled.
Page 92 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.
Page 95 - Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that many poor supplied; Space for his lake, his park's extended bounds, Space for his horses, equipage, and hounds; The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth Has robbed the neighbouring fields of half their growth, His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant spurns the cottage from the green...
Page 89 - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind — These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.
Page 147 - The next with dirges due in sad array Slow thro' the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 26 - His hand to execute what his decree Fix'd on this day? Why do I overlive? Why am I mock'd with death, and lengthen'd out To deathless pain ? How gladly would I meet Mortality my sentence, and be earth Insensible ! How glad would lay me down, As in my mother's lap ? There I should rest, And sleep secure...
Page 145 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...