Complete Poetical Works: Containing Proverbial Philosophy, A Thousand Lines, Hactenus, Geraldine, and Miscellaneous Poems, with a Portrait of the AuthorPhillips, Sampson, 1850 - 486 pages |
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... better is certain bad , than the doubt and dread of worse . Just , and strong , and opportune is the moral rule of God ; Ripe in its times , firm in its judgments , equal in the measure of its gifts ; Yet men , scanning the surface ...
... better is certain bad , than the doubt and dread of worse . Just , and strong , and opportune is the moral rule of God ; Ripe in its times , firm in its judgments , equal in the measure of its gifts ; Yet men , scanning the surface ...
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... better than a fool , Gorging the passive mind with annotated notes ; -- Nor rather the half - suggested thoughts , the riddles thou mayest solve , The fair ideas , coyly peeping like young loves out of roses , The quaint arabesque ...
... better than a fool , Gorging the passive mind with annotated notes ; -- Nor rather the half - suggested thoughts , the riddles thou mayest solve , The fair ideas , coyly peeping like young loves out of roses , The quaint arabesque ...
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... Better to be vilest of the vile , in the hated company of men , Than to live a solitary wretch , dreading and wanting all things ; Better to be chained to thy labour , in the dusky thoroughfares of life , Than to reign monarch of Sloth ...
... Better to be vilest of the vile , in the hated company of men , Than to live a solitary wretch , dreading and wanting all things ; Better to be chained to thy labour , in the dusky thoroughfares of life , Than to reign monarch of Sloth ...
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... better ; but thy fellows should count thee their creditor : Thou hast manfully protected the right , and the right is stronger for thy deed . Also , in the rescuing of innocence , fear not to smite the ravisher ; What though he die at ...
... better ; but thy fellows should count thee their creditor : Thou hast manfully protected the right , and the right is stronger for thy deed . Also , in the rescuing of innocence , fear not to smite the ravisher ; What though he die at ...
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... Better is an obstinate disputant , that yieldeth inch by inch , Than the shallow traitor to himself , who surrendereth to half an argument . Modesty winneth good report , but scorn cometh close upon servility ; Therefore use meekness ...
... Better is an obstinate disputant , that yieldeth inch by inch , Than the shallow traitor to himself , who surrendereth to half an argument . Modesty winneth good report , but scorn cometh close upon servility ; Therefore use meekness ...
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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 122 - Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast Thou seen Abraham?" Jesus said unto them, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, before Abraham was, I am.
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