The Amusements of My Leisure Hours: Being a Small Collection of PoemsWebb and Phillips, 1843 - 136 pages |
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... forget me . " 85 On the Departure of a valued Friend and Family from Stockton , Warwickshire . .. On the Death of a Female Friend . .. .. An Alpine Scene at Sunset . .. The Funeral . .. 103 92 ཆེ་ྲརྨལྔ 99 ON REVISITING THE CATHEDRAL OF ...
... forget me . " 85 On the Departure of a valued Friend and Family from Stockton , Warwickshire . .. On the Death of a Female Friend . .. .. An Alpine Scene at Sunset . .. The Funeral . .. 103 92 ཆེ་ྲརྨལྔ 99 ON REVISITING THE CATHEDRAL OF ...
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... FORGET ME . " " Go , forget me , " didst thou say ? Oh ! how impossible a thing , For one , who many ' a happy day , Has seen thee " smile , " and heard thee " sing . " In this strange world , where self alone Prevails almost in ev'ry ...
... FORGET ME . " " Go , forget me , " didst thou say ? Oh ! how impossible a thing , For one , who many ' a happy day , Has seen thee " smile , " and heard thee " sing . " In this strange world , where self alone Prevails almost in ev'ry ...
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... forget . No , no ! thou dost but little note The int'rest thy good humour raises ; And , trust me , I shall not be mute , In duly setting forth thy praises . When distant , I shall oft recur To scenes that were to me so pretty ; Where I ...
... forget . No , no ! thou dost but little note The int'rest thy good humour raises ; And , trust me , I shall not be mute , In duly setting forth thy praises . When distant , I shall oft recur To scenes that were to me so pretty ; Where I ...
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... forget the scenes of early years , Full - fraught with pleasure , free from hopes and fears : Scenes that in childhood were so bright and gay , When nought but frolic wil'd the hours away ? Who can forget , as youthful days advance , The ...
... forget the scenes of early years , Full - fraught with pleasure , free from hopes and fears : Scenes that in childhood were so bright and gay , When nought but frolic wil'd the hours away ? Who can forget , as youthful days advance , The ...
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... forget the tricks , the playful mirth , To which good - humour evermore gives birth ; Where innocence alone enthron'd presides , And ev'ry prank , and ev'ry pastime guides ? Who can forget , then , those who join'd the throng , In dance ...
... forget the tricks , the playful mirth , To which good - humour evermore gives birth ; Where innocence alone enthron'd presides , And ev'ry prank , and ev'ry pastime guides ? Who can forget , then , those who join'd the throng , In dance ...
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Page 120 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, And shall perform all my pleasure ; Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built ; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Page 120 - Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut...
Page 128 - And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Page 130 - But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
Page 132 - And when ye stand- praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any ; that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But, if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
Page 129 - Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
Page 128 - And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Page 116 - Tis not the balm, the sceptre and the ball, The sword, the mace, the crown imperial, The intertissued robe of gold and pearl, The farced title running 'fore the king, The throne he sits on, nor the tide of pomp That beats upon the high shore of this world, No, not all these, thrice-gorgeous ceremony, Not all these, laid in bed majestical, Can sleep so soundly as the wretched slave...
Page 120 - I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron : and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
Page 132 - Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee ; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die ; 12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.