The Votive Wreath, and Other PoemsBulcock, 1826 - 158 pages |
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... bears The sacred impress ( faded though it be ) Of his Divine Creator , mar that stamp Of excellence , and on his forehead wear The bestial mark conspicuous ? Will he yield His heavenly birth - right ; and contented share The common lot ...
... bears The sacred impress ( faded though it be ) Of his Divine Creator , mar that stamp Of excellence , and on his forehead wear The bestial mark conspicuous ? Will he yield His heavenly birth - right ; and contented share The common lot ...
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... bear Each other's burthens through this world of care . Few are the charities we can display Ere the companions of our devious way , Like the sear'd leaves in some Autumnal frost , Droop , wither , die ; and are for ever lost , And ...
... bear Each other's burthens through this world of care . Few are the charities we can display Ere the companions of our devious way , Like the sear'd leaves in some Autumnal frost , Droop , wither , die ; and are for ever lost , And ...
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... bears aloft The spirit to it's GIVER - few the hours Unwater'd by those humanizing drops , Or for our own , or for another's woes : Tears are the entail of humanity , The penal heritage of peccant sons , The heir - looms of ...
... bears aloft The spirit to it's GIVER - few the hours Unwater'd by those humanizing drops , Or for our own , or for another's woes : Tears are the entail of humanity , The penal heritage of peccant sons , The heir - looms of ...
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... bear my own . pause Wild with impetuous fury rushes down The mountain torrent ; and its foaming tide The peaceful vale submerges . - What at eve Was life and beauty , innocence and joy , The morning sun beholds an awful wreck , O'er ...
... bear my own . pause Wild with impetuous fury rushes down The mountain torrent ; and its foaming tide The peaceful vale submerges . - What at eve Was life and beauty , innocence and joy , The morning sun beholds an awful wreck , O'er ...
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... bear impress'd The awful signet of Almighty Power : The Hand of God is seen - His Presence felt , When thus in dreadful Majesty aroused , To shake so terribly the trembling earth ! But these appalling scenes suffice not man , He lends ...
... bear impress'd The awful signet of Almighty Power : The Hand of God is seen - His Presence felt , When thus in dreadful Majesty aroused , To shake so terribly the trembling earth ! But these appalling scenes suffice not man , He lends ...
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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.
Page 31 - Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, or ever the evil days come and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...
Page ix - Majesty. His Royal Highness the Prince Albert. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge.