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... darkness enters , till her hour To veil the heaven , though darkness there might well Seem twilight here ; and now went forth the morn , Such as in highest heaven , array'd in gold Empyreal ; from before her vanished night , Shot ...
... darkness enters , till her hour To veil the heaven , though darkness there might well Seem twilight here ; and now went forth the morn , Such as in highest heaven , array'd in gold Empyreal ; from before her vanished night , Shot ...
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... dark ; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales , so is the other . Certainly the contemplation of death , as the wages of sin and passage to another world , is holy and re- ligious ; but the fear of it , as a ...
... dark ; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales , so is the other . Certainly the contemplation of death , as the wages of sin and passage to another world , is holy and re- ligious ; but the fear of it , as a ...
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... dark , When holy monks fann'd Learning's glimmering spark , And all the glorious arches proudly planned : What are they now ? Th ' eternal hills survive , The vales bloom on with flowers and fruit ; the river In undimmed beauty sparkles ...
... dark , When holy monks fann'd Learning's glimmering spark , And all the glorious arches proudly planned : What are they now ? Th ' eternal hills survive , The vales bloom on with flowers and fruit ; the river In undimmed beauty sparkles ...
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... darkness and of shades ; Or if your influence be quite damm'd up With black usurping mists , some gentle taper , Though a rush candle from the wicket hole Of some clay habitation , visit us With thy long levell'd rule of streaming light ...
... darkness and of shades ; Or if your influence be quite damm'd up With black usurping mists , some gentle taper , Though a rush candle from the wicket hole Of some clay habitation , visit us With thy long levell'd rule of streaming light ...
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... dark brow of the precipice . VI . — Translate into English Prose . Pulso Tarquinio , adversum Patrum factiones multa populus paravit tuendæ libertatis et firmandæ concordiæ ; creatique decemviri , et accitis quæ usquam egregia , com ...
... dark brow of the precipice . VI . — Translate into English Prose . Pulso Tarquinio , adversum Patrum factiones multa populus paravit tuendæ libertatis et firmandæ concordiæ ; creatique decemviri , et accitis quæ usquam egregia , com ...
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Page 85 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress...
Page 34 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm, in erecting a grammar school : and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used ; and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a papermill. It will be proved to thy face that thou hast men about thee that usually talk of a noun and a verb and such abominable words as no Christian ear can endure to hear.
Page 80 - And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings...
Page 86 - The fixed yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And — but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not, now, And but for that chill changeless brow, Where cold obstruction's apathy...
Page 27 - A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants, flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, — without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank...
Page 40 - Waft, waft, ye winds, His story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till like a sea of glory It spreads from pole to pole; Till o'er our...
Page 72 - Alas! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair?
Page 33 - Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee; Let the water and the blood, From Thy riven side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure, Cleanse me from its guilt and power.
Page 16 - And he, shall he, Man, her last work, who seem'd so fair, Such splendid purpose in his eyes, Who roll'd the psalm to wintry skies, Who built him fanes of fruitless prayer, Who trusted God was love indeed And love Creation's final law — Tho...
Page 105 - This is some fellow, Who, having been praised for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness, and constrains the garb Quite from his nature : he cannot flatter, he, — An honest mind and plain, — he must speak truth ! An they will take it, so ; if not, he 's plain.