The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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... fall : Then would ev'n envy be compell'd to say , She goes the least of womankind astray . To this fair creature I'd sometimes retire ; Her conversation would new joys inspire ; Give life an edge so keen , no surly care Would venture to ...
... fall : Then would ev'n envy be compell'd to say , She goes the least of womankind astray . To this fair creature I'd sometimes retire ; Her conversation would new joys inspire ; Give life an edge so keen , no surly care Would venture to ...
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... falls , and rising lifts his head , Then flashing turns , and sinks among the dead . Wild sparkling rage inflames the father's eyes , He bursts the bands of fear , and madly cries , Detested wretch ! " - But scarce his speech began ...
... falls , and rising lifts his head , Then flashing turns , and sinks among the dead . Wild sparkling rage inflames the father's eyes , He bursts the bands of fear , and madly cries , Detested wretch ! " - But scarce his speech began ...
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... falling star , the ray divine Glides swift into the bosom of the just ; And just are all , determin'd to reclaim ; Which sets that title high within thy reach . Awake , then thy Philander calls : awake ! Thou , who shalt wake , when the ...
... falling star , the ray divine Glides swift into the bosom of the just ; And just are all , determin'd to reclaim ; Which sets that title high within thy reach . Awake , then thy Philander calls : awake ! Thou , who shalt wake , when the ...
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... fall . As in its home it triumphs in high place , And frowns a haughty exile in disgrace . Some lords it bids admire their hands so white , Which bloom , like Aaron's , to their ravish'd sight : Some lords it bids resign ; and turns ...
... fall . As in its home it triumphs in high place , And frowns a haughty exile in disgrace . Some lords it bids admire their hands so white , Which bloom , like Aaron's , to their ravish'd sight : Some lords it bids resign ; and turns ...
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... fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants , and of nymphs at home ; Here thou , great Anna ! whom three realms obey , Dost sometimes counsel take - and sometimes tea . Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort , To taste awhile the pleasures of a ...
... fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants , and of nymphs at home ; Here thou , great Anna ! whom three realms obey , Dost sometimes counsel take - and sometimes tea . Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort , To taste awhile the pleasures of a ...
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Page 76 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied GOD ! The rolling year Is full of Thee. Forth in the pleasing Spring Thy beauty walks, Thy tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart, is joy.
Page 77 - When even at last the solemn hour shall come, And wing my mystic flight to future worlds, I cheerful will obey; there, with new powers, Will rising wonders sing. I cannot go Where universal love not smiles around, Sustaining all yon orbs, and all their suns; From seeming evil still educing good, And better thence again, and better still, In infinite progression.
Page 14 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 213 - Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er ! Such fate to suffering worth is...
Page 168 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 212 - Thou's met me in an evil hour; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem: To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas! it's no thy neebor sweet, The bonnie lark, companion meet, Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet, Wi' spreckl'd breast, When upward-springing, blythe to greet The purpling east.
Page 120 - A stranger yet to pain! I feel the gales that from ye blow, A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Page 100 - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help...
Page 33 - tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Page 126 - To fair Fidele's grassy tomb Soft maids and village hinds shall bring Each opening sweet of earliest bloom, And rifle all the breathing spring. No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove: But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting virgins own their love.