Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to BeattieJohn Aikin A. Hart, Carey & Hart, 1850 - 807 pages |
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... glory above his peers , He trusted to have equall'd the Most High , If he oppos'd ; and , with ambitious aim Against the throne and monarchy of God , Rais'd impious war in Heaven , and battle proud , With vein attempt . Him the Almighty ...
... glory above his peers , He trusted to have equall'd the Most High , If he oppos'd ; and , with ambitious aim Against the throne and monarchy of God , Rais'd impious war in Heaven , and battle proud , With vein attempt . Him the Almighty ...
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... glory obscur'd : as when the Sun , new risen , Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the Moon . In dim eclipse , disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations , and with fear of change Perplexes ...
... glory obscur'd : as when the Sun , new risen , Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the Moon . In dim eclipse , disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations , and with fear of change Perplexes ...
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... glory excites , Or close ambition , varnish'd o'er with zeal . and Thus they their doubtful consultations dark Ended , rejoicing in their matchless chief : So hardy , as to proffer or accept , Alone , the dreadful voyage ; till at last ...
... glory excites , Or close ambition , varnish'd o'er with zeal . and Thus they their doubtful consultations dark Ended , rejoicing in their matchless chief : So hardy , as to proffer or accept , Alone , the dreadful voyage ; till at last ...
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... glory excel : But mercy , first and last , shall brightest shine . " My umpire , Conscience ; whom if they will hear , Light after light , well us'd they shall attain , And to the end , persisting , safe arrive . This my long sufferance ...
... glory excel : But mercy , first and last , shall brightest shine . " My umpire , Conscience ; whom if they will hear , Light after light , well us'd they shall attain , And to the end , persisting , safe arrive . This my long sufferance ...
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... glory abounds , Therefore thy humiliation shall exalt With thee thy manhood also to this throne ; Here shalt thou sit incarnate , here shalt reign Both God and Man , Son both of God and Man , Anointed universal King : all power I give ...
... glory abounds , Therefore thy humiliation shall exalt With thee thy manhood also to this throne ; Here shalt thou sit incarnate , here shalt reign Both God and Man , Son both of God and Man , Anointed universal King : all power I give ...
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