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... Thoughts or hearing the Motto of M. Raikes . 19 Saturday Evenmg . 35 Sabbath Eve Try . le Lines suggested by attending & 38 Funera 1 The Bannies : Time Is Banniness 10 m . Doddridge or his Motto , " Dum 20 vn imus vivamus . " 2 What is ...
... Thoughts or hearing the Motto of M. Raikes . 19 Saturday Evenmg . 35 Sabbath Eve Try . le Lines suggested by attending & 38 Funera 1 The Bannies : Time Is Banniness 10 m . Doddridge or his Motto , " Dum 20 vn imus vivamus . " 2 What is ...
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... life will soon be waning , And set in death's deep gloom ; Seek , seek , a Saviour reigning , To light thee from the tomb . WHAT IS LIFE ? LORD , what is life ? 11 Happy Childhood Thoughts on hearing the Motto Mr Raikes, "Try.
... life will soon be waning , And set in death's deep gloom ; Seek , seek , a Saviour reigning , To light thee from the tomb . WHAT IS LIFE ? LORD , what is life ? 11 Happy Childhood Thoughts on hearing the Motto Mr Raikes, "Try.
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... thoughts in infant hearts are bred , And holy words their ruby lips repeat , Oft with a chastened glance , in modulation sweet . Yet some there are , upon whose childish brows Wan poverty hath done the work of care : Look up , ye sad ...
... thoughts in infant hearts are bred , And holy words their ruby lips repeat , Oft with a chastened glance , in modulation sweet . Yet some there are , upon whose childish brows Wan poverty hath done the work of care : Look up , ye sad ...
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... , receding far From the evening's downward star , Now I mount Aurora's car , Pale Siberia's deserts shun , From Kamtschatka's headlands run , South and east , to meet the sun . Jealous China , strange Japan , With bewilder'd thought I 26.
... , receding far From the evening's downward star , Now I mount Aurora's car , Pale Siberia's deserts shun , From Kamtschatka's headlands run , South and east , to meet the sun . Jealous China , strange Japan , With bewilder'd thought I 26.
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Choice descriptive poetry. Jealous China , strange Japan , With bewilder'd thought I scan : They are but dead seas of man . Lo ! the eastern Cyclades , Phoenix - nests , and halcyon seas ; But I tarry not with these . Pass we low New ...
Choice descriptive poetry. Jealous China , strange Japan , With bewilder'd thought I scan : They are but dead seas of man . Lo ! the eastern Cyclades , Phoenix - nests , and halcyon seas ; But I tarry not with these . Pass we low New ...
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angel Art Thou ask'd beauty behold beneath beneath the sky BERNARD BARTON bless blest bliss bloom breath breeze bright celestial child dead dear death deep delight DESCRIPTIVE POETRY dust to dust dwell Earth to earth earthly eternal fair Father Father's Name flood flowers glorious glory grace grave green happiest happy hath hear heart heaven heavenly holy homes of England hour humble Israel Jesus Learn to labour life's light live Lord loves me best MILLENNIAL SABBATH mountains moving heart night night into morning o'er pass'd path peace perfect bliss praise pray prayer reign rest rise round sabbath bell sacred Saviour's shine shore sleep smile song soul Speak gently spirit star by star storm stormy tempests blow strange hills sweet tear tell thee thine Thou art thought throne Thy neighbour toil tomb trees Twas voice
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Page 73 - O Caledonia ! stern and wild, meet nurse for a poetic child, • land of brown heath and shaggy wood, land of the mountain and the flood, land of my sires!
Page 33 - But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white, then melts forever; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide ; The hour approaches Tam maun ride; That hour, o...
Page 34 - 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, Was not spoken of the soul.
Page 37 - Abide with me from morn till eve, For without Thee I cannot live ; Abide with me when night is nigh, For without Thee I dare not die.
Page 43 - They sin who tell us love can die. With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity. In heaven ambition cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the vaults of hell; Earthly these passions of the earth, They perish where they have their birth. But love is indestructible— Its holy flame for ever burneth ; From heaven it came, to heaven returneth.