The Votive Wreath, and Other PoemsBulcock, 1826 - 158 pages |
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... faith . To future glory blind , thy dearest wish It's acmé reach'd on earth ; and in the joys Of soft luxurious ease all good comprised : Perversion strange of that celestial gift Which gives to man - but little favour'd else , His ...
... faith . To future glory blind , thy dearest wish It's acmé reach'd on earth ; and in the joys Of soft luxurious ease all good comprised : Perversion strange of that celestial gift Which gives to man - but little favour'd else , His ...
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... Faith's uplifted eye eternal scenes : But who shall enter there ? The pure in heart Who fly those soul - ensnaring soft delights , And fix their hopes on high- Yet live to live , And let us life enjoy , thy followers say , For thou hast ...
... Faith's uplifted eye eternal scenes : But who shall enter there ? The pure in heart Who fly those soul - ensnaring soft delights , And fix their hopes on high- Yet live to live , And let us life enjoy , thy followers say , For thou hast ...
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... faith above the skies , And bids us own an omnipresent God . The heathen Sage , whose philosophic lore Had taught him to hold converse with himself , Had then perhaps attain'd the height supreme Of ethical perfection . - Higher soars ...
... faith above the skies , And bids us own an omnipresent God . The heathen Sage , whose philosophic lore Had taught him to hold converse with himself , Had then perhaps attain'd the height supreme Of ethical perfection . - Higher soars ...
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... faith ? Than this no season can be more replete With food for contemplation . - Midnight calm , The consummation of another year , And hallow'd silence of the Sabbath rest : Fit time to ponder o'er departed hours ; Fit time to meditate ...
... faith ? Than this no season can be more replete With food for contemplation . - Midnight calm , The consummation of another year , And hallow'd silence of the Sabbath rest : Fit time to ponder o'er departed hours ; Fit time to meditate ...
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... faith with Jonathan , That tender pleader of thy righteous cause , E'en while his mystic arrows pointed out Thy pathway to his kingdom . - Neither tell How beauteous Abigail , with prudent zeal , And well - timed courtesy , appeased thy ...
... faith with Jonathan , That tender pleader of thy righteous cause , E'en while his mystic arrows pointed out Thy pathway to his kingdom . - Neither tell How beauteous Abigail , with prudent zeal , And well - timed courtesy , appeased thy ...
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