The Votive Wreath, and Other PoemsBulcock, 1826 - 158 pages |
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... brethren who had sought thy guiltless blood , Could hush their conscious terrors , calm their fears , And melt them in the tenderness of tears . Yet Joseph , though he pardon'd , knew too well 24 JOSEPH's ADMONITION .
... brethren who had sought thy guiltless blood , Could hush their conscious terrors , calm their fears , And melt them in the tenderness of tears . Yet Joseph , though he pardon'd , knew too well 24 JOSEPH's ADMONITION .
Page 115
... brethren and myself were in the field , Where the ripe harvest did it's treasure yield ; And as the russet ears in sheaves we bound , Mine stood upright while their's were bowing round . DAN . Vain boaster , cease ! Give o'er thy idle ...
... brethren and myself were in the field , Where the ripe harvest did it's treasure yield ; And as the russet ears in sheaves we bound , Mine stood upright while their's were bowing round . DAN . Vain boaster , cease ! Give o'er thy idle ...
Page 117
... Brethren , our tender father greets you well , And wills that I return with speed , to tell How ye , with all your fleecy charge betide , That he may freely for your wants provide . SIMEON . Think not again to see thy father's face ...
... Brethren , our tender father greets you well , And wills that I return with speed , to tell How ye , with all your fleecy charge betide , That he may freely for your wants provide . SIMEON . Think not again to see thy father's face ...
Page 119
... brethren ! prostrate at your feet I beg , I pray , most earnestly entreat , Let me once more behold my father's face ; Let me but once more feel his lov'd embrace : Oh ! let him bless me ere you fix my doom , And send me living to that ...
... brethren ! prostrate at your feet I beg , I pray , most earnestly entreat , Let me once more behold my father's face ; Let me but once more feel his lov'd embrace : Oh ! let him bless me ere you fix my doom , And send me living to that ...
Page 124
... Brethren , cruel Brethren ! do they live ? Into my presence let the men be brought ; The interview may be with tidings fraught . What do I see ? My Brethren ? Peace my soul ! And strive thy varying passions to controul : They will not ...
... Brethren , cruel Brethren ! do they live ? Into my presence let the men be brought ; The interview may be with tidings fraught . What do I see ? My Brethren ? Peace my soul ! And strive thy varying passions to controul : They will not ...
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Page 82 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
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