The Votive Wreath, and Other PoemsBulcock, 1826 - 158 pages |
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... command And princely rule , maintains o'er Egypt's land ; For he had saved that land ; or rather He , Whose eye can penetrate futurity , Had sent him as a messenger of love , His ever watchful providence to prove . By mystic dreams ...
... command And princely rule , maintains o'er Egypt's land ; For he had saved that land ; or rather He , Whose eye can penetrate futurity , Had sent him as a messenger of love , His ever watchful providence to prove . By mystic dreams ...
Page 61
... command , Uriah from the camp in haste despatch'd , With letters charged , to greet his royal Lord . Him , when arrived , the King with guile address'd : - " Welcome Uriah - I would learn from thee If all be well - say , then , how ...
... command , Uriah from the camp in haste despatch'd , With letters charged , to greet his royal Lord . Him , when arrived , the King with guile address'd : - " Welcome Uriah - I would learn from thee If all be well - say , then , how ...
Page 65
... his stern command address'd : " Assign Uriah to the hottest place Where the fierce battle rages - then retire Thou and thy followers - that he may be slain , " F Back to the camp the deeply injured man Return'd , DAVID . 65.
... his stern command address'd : " Assign Uriah to the hottest place Where the fierce battle rages - then retire Thou and thy followers - that he may be slain , " F Back to the camp the deeply injured man Return'd , DAVID . 65.
Page 66
... Again unfold to let her Hero in . Condemn'd , on hostile plains , in manhood's prime To fall , the Victim of his Sovereign's guilt . Too prompt to execute his Lord's command Was Joab found - though afterward as prompt To disobey 66 DAVID .
... Again unfold to let her Hero in . Condemn'd , on hostile plains , in manhood's prime To fall , the Victim of his Sovereign's guilt . Too prompt to execute his Lord's command Was Joab found - though afterward as prompt To disobey 66 DAVID .
Page 69
... conquer , what then shall we fear ? Let thy command go forth and we obey . ” Joab replied . " At early dawn lead forth Your marshall'd files ; assail the city walls ; Effect a breach , then boldly enter in ; Unfurl DAVID . 69.
... conquer , what then shall we fear ? Let thy command go forth and we obey . ” Joab replied . " At early dawn lead forth Your marshall'd files ; assail the city walls ; Effect a breach , then boldly enter in ; Unfurl DAVID . 69.
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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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