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... thee to my elm - tree come , And near my window perch . There is that to thee given , That teaches me to hymn my Maker's praise , And my faint soul from cares of earth to raise , To the pure joys of heaven . LESSON IV . EXERCISES IN ...
... thee to my elm - tree come , And near my window perch . There is that to thee given , That teaches me to hymn my Maker's praise , And my faint soul from cares of earth to raise , To the pure joys of heaven . LESSON IV . EXERCISES IN ...
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... thee ! · The friends who in our sunshine live , When winter comes , are flown ; And he who has but tears to give Must weep those tears alone . But thou wilt heal that broken heart Which , like DISTRICT SCHOOL READER . 21 Plea for the Red.
... thee ! · The friends who in our sunshine live , When winter comes , are flown ; And he who has but tears to give Must weep those tears alone . But thou wilt heal that broken heart Which , like DISTRICT SCHOOL READER . 21 Plea for the Red.
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... thee There is no weight nor measure : none can mount Up to thy mysteries . Reason's brightest spark , Though kindled by thy light , in vain would try To trace thy counsels , infinite and dark ; And thought is lost , ere thought can soar ...
... thee There is no weight nor measure : none can mount Up to thy mysteries . Reason's brightest spark , Though kindled by thy light , in vain would try To trace thy counsels , infinite and dark ; And thought is lost , ere thought can soar ...
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... thee , by thee inspired with breath . Thou the beginning with the end hast bound , And beautifully mingled life and death . As sparks mount upwards from the fiery blaze , So suns are born , so worlds spring forth from thee ; And , as ...
... thee , by thee inspired with breath . Thou the beginning with the end hast bound , And beautifully mingled life and death . As sparks mount upwards from the fiery blaze , So suns are born , so worlds spring forth from thee ; And , as ...
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... thee I live , and breathe , and dwell ; aspiring high , Even to the throne of thy divinity . I am , O God ; and surely thou must be ! Thou art directing , guiding all , thou art ! Direct my understanding , then , to thee ; Control my ...
... thee I live , and breathe , and dwell ; aspiring high , Even to the throne of thy divinity . I am , O God ; and surely thou must be ! Thou art directing , guiding all , thou art ! Direct my understanding , then , to thee ; Control my ...
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Page 179 - TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul is dead that slumbers. And things are not what they seem. Life is real ! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal ; "Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Page 78 - AT midnight, in his guarded tent, The Turk was dreaming of the hour When Greece, her knee in suppliance bent, Should tremble at his power. In dreams, through camp and court, he bore The trophies of a conqueror ; In dreams his song of triumph heard ; Then wore his monarch's...
Page 393 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing...
Page 77 - Thy waters wasted them while they were free. And many a tyrant since : their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts; — not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves
Page 260 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
Page 170 - Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Page 121 - T is something, in the dearth of fame, Though link'd among a fetter'd race, To feel at least a patriot's shame, Even as I sing, suffuse my face; For what is left the poet here? For Greeks a blush — for Greece a tear. Must we but weep o'er days more blest? Must we but blush ? — Our fathers bled. Earth ! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead! Of the three hundred grant but three, To make a new Thermopylae!
Page 158 - Motionless torrents, silent cataracts, Who made you glorious as the gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? — God ! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer ! and let the ice-plains echo, God...
Page 448 - What constitutes a state ? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crowned ; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride ; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No: MEN, high-minded MEN...
Page 168 - Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation ? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth ; to know the worst, and to provide for it.