The Poetical Works of Hemans, Heber, and PollokJ. Grigg, 1833 - 470 pages |
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... lonely and awful bright- same letter . " One lesson has been very deeply ness over the woods and mountains of Malabar , imprinted on my heart by these few days . If and to assure us , ( hear , Oh Israel ! ) in the same this man's ...
... lonely and awful bright- same letter . " One lesson has been very deeply ness over the woods and mountains of Malabar , imprinted on my heart by these few days . If and to assure us , ( hear , Oh Israel ! ) in the same this man's ...
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... lonely raven bred ,. dering ears The voices of the dead , and songs of other years . Such , the faint echo of departed praise , Still sound Arabia's legendary lays ; And thus their fabling bards delight to tell How lovely were thy tents ...
... lonely raven bred ,. dering ears The voices of the dead , and songs of other years . Such , the faint echo of departed praise , Still sound Arabia's legendary lays ; And thus their fabling bards delight to tell How lovely were thy tents ...
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... lonely plain And heroes lift the generous sword in vain . Still o'er her sky the clouds of anger roll , And God's revenge hangs heavy on her soul . Yet shall she rise ; -but not by war restored , Not built in murder , -planted by the ...
... lonely plain And heroes lift the generous sword in vain . Still o'er her sky the clouds of anger roll , And God's revenge hangs heavy on her soul . Yet shall she rise ; -but not by war restored , Not built in murder , -planted by the ...
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... lonely comfort o'er the hermit's bed ? And are they dreams ? or can the Eternal Mind Care for a sparrow , yet neglect mankind ? Why , if the dubious battle own his power , And the red sabre , where he bids , devour , Why then can one ...
... lonely comfort o'er the hermit's bed ? And are they dreams ? or can the Eternal Mind Care for a sparrow , yet neglect mankind ? Why , if the dubious battle own his power , And the red sabre , where he bids , devour , Why then can one ...
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... lonely wilderness ; And thou hast taught us , Lord ! to pray For daily bread from day to day ! And oh , when through the wilds we roam That part us from our heavenly home ; When , lost in danger , want , and wo , Our faithless tears ...
... lonely wilderness ; And thou hast taught us , Lord ! to pray For daily bread from day to day ! And oh , when through the wilds we roam That part us from our heavenly home ; When , lost in danger , want , and wo , Our faithless tears ...
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Page 280 - THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm — A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though childlike form.
Page 11 - Lo ! such the child whose early feet The paths of peace have trod ; Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, Is upward drawn to God.
Page 271 - O'er each fair sleeping brow ; She had each folded flower in sight, — Where are those dreamers now ? One, 'midst the forests of the West, By a dark stream is laid, — The Indian knows his place of rest, Far in the cedar shade.
Page 11 - Brightest and best of the sons of the morning ! Dawn on our darkness and lend us Thine aid ! Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid ! <#irst Sunbag after %ip|rang.— No.
Page 11 - BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us Thine aid; Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Page 280 - Say, Father, say, If yet my task is done!" He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. "Speak, Father!" once again he cried, "If I may yet be gone!
Page 2 - And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Page 10 - The martyr first, whose eagle eye Could pierce beyond the grave, Who saw his Master in the sky, And called on Him to save. Like Him, with pardon on His tongue, In midst of mortal pain, He prayed for them that did the wrong; Who follows in His train?
Page 21 - Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not deplore thee, Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb ; The Saviour has passed through its portals before thee, And the lamp of his love is thy guide through the gloom.
Page 264 - There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth.