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... give way ; As fleecy clouds , surcharg'd with nightly dews , Are scatter'd by the glare of sunshine day . Long since the mists which once were hung Upon Religion's sacred head , And , like the cold torpedo , clung With paralyzing grasp ...
... give way ; As fleecy clouds , surcharg'd with nightly dews , Are scatter'd by the glare of sunshine day . Long since the mists which once were hung Upon Religion's sacred head , And , like the cold torpedo , clung With paralyzing grasp ...
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... Give peace or comfort to the heart ? Can wild ambition's flighty dreams The restless , furious bosom calm ? Or youth's desires , or age's wisest schemes Ease the purturbed brain with nature's balm ? What can the parent's fears allay ...
... Give peace or comfort to the heart ? Can wild ambition's flighty dreams The restless , furious bosom calm ? Or youth's desires , or age's wisest schemes Ease the purturbed brain with nature's balm ? What can the parent's fears allay ...
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... give To deck his blazon'd crest ; His modest worth enshrin'd shall live In ev'ry feeling breast . The graces round his urn shall bend ; They lov'd him , sought him , call'd him And Pity , though she could not save , [ friend ; Shall ...
... give To deck his blazon'd crest ; His modest worth enshrin'd shall live In ev'ry feeling breast . The graces round his urn shall bend ; They lov'd him , sought him , call'd him And Pity , though she could not save , [ friend ; Shall ...
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... , And shorter make thy shorten'd stay ; I will not bid thee cease to live , Nor take the life I cannot give . For know , that simple though thou be , Were once my power used on thee , All , all that power would be vain , To 77.
... , And shorter make thy shorten'd stay ; I will not bid thee cease to live , Nor take the life I cannot give . For know , that simple though thou be , Were once my power used on thee , All , all that power would be vain , To 77.
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... give thee back that life again . Go then , and spread thy busy wing , And flutter through the flow'rs of Spring ; Enjoy thy hour , thy little span , And teach these truths to wanton man- Bid him attend the pris'ner's cry , The wretch ...
... give thee back that life again . Go then , and spread thy busy wing , And flutter through the flow'rs of Spring ; Enjoy thy hour , thy little span , And teach these truths to wanton man- Bid him attend the pris'ner's cry , The wretch ...
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Page 128 - Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven ? And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Page 127 - 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 118 - 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 118 - 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 126 - 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: 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Page 126 - 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 130 - O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.
Page 118 - 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...
Page 127 - Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
Page 130 - 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.