The Votive Wreath, and Other PoemsBulcock, 1826 - 158 pages |
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Page vi
... blessing , to the very ends of the Earth , would in me be as presump- tuous as it is unnecessary ; there are thousands who can feelingly attest a Goodness that is above praise . Endeared to an affectionate People , may your Royal ...
... blessing , to the very ends of the Earth , would in me be as presump- tuous as it is unnecessary ; there are thousands who can feelingly attest a Goodness that is above praise . Endeared to an affectionate People , may your Royal ...
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... bless the gentle soft controul Which binds it's tendrils round the soul ; And you whom worldlings have forgot Can tell , alas ! what it is not . ' Tis not that ill - compacted band Which breaks at once ( like rope of sand ) If pride or ...
... bless the gentle soft controul Which binds it's tendrils round the soul ; And you whom worldlings have forgot Can tell , alas ! what it is not . ' Tis not that ill - compacted band Which breaks at once ( like rope of sand ) If pride or ...
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... bless her name : For wide extends the enriching stream , Reflecting in each sacred theme , Her heaven - directed aim . Oh may the Influence Divine , Which gave that glowing soul of thine It's heavenly way to trace , Indulgent hear a ...
... bless her name : For wide extends the enriching stream , Reflecting in each sacred theme , Her heaven - directed aim . Oh may the Influence Divine , Which gave that glowing soul of thine It's heavenly way to trace , Indulgent hear a ...
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... bless her fields ; No strengthening food to fainting man she yields : With haggard aspect , and with anxious breast , He wanders forth to labour still unblest . The long enduring Sire of Israel's line , Obedient ever to the Will Divine ...
... bless her fields ; No strengthening food to fainting man she yields : With haggard aspect , and with anxious breast , He wanders forth to labour still unblest . The long enduring Sire of Israel's line , Obedient ever to the Will Divine ...
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... blessing to regain . Oh seize the opening dawn of youth , to pay Thy grateful homage to Almighty care : And ere the sun of life shall fade away , A resting - place against it's eve prepare : That when the vernal day of youth is past ...
... blessing to regain . Oh seize the opening dawn of youth , to pay Thy grateful homage to Almighty care : And ere the sun of life shall fade away , A resting - place against it's eve prepare : That when the vernal day of youth is past ...
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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...
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