The Votive Wreath, and Other PoemsBulcock, 1826 - 158 pages |
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... 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 blest pre - eminence ...
... 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 blest pre - eminence ...
Page 51
... Aid me , O son of Jesse , from that height , Where now thy tuneful Harp responsive joins Angelic Hallelujahs - hymning praise To God's eternal Glory . - So was tuned Thy Harp long since , in Gibeah's royal hall , E 2 DAVID.
... Aid me , O son of Jesse , from that height , Where now thy tuneful Harp responsive joins Angelic Hallelujahs - hymning praise To God's eternal Glory . - So was tuned Thy Harp long since , in Gibeah's royal hall , E 2 DAVID.
Page 61
... Glory with a jealous Eye ; And these prescriptive limits none can pass By force or fraud presuming . This , too late , The royal sinner learn'd , when all his toils , So finely spun , th ' unconscious Hittite foil'd . Joab , obedient to ...
... Glory with a jealous Eye ; And these prescriptive limits none can pass By force or fraud presuming . This , too late , The royal sinner learn'd , when all his toils , So finely spun , th ' unconscious Hittite foil'd . Joab , obedient to ...
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... glory be thine own , companion brave . " Now to the fierce attack Uriah led His death - devoted band : the wary foe , Prepared to guard the walls , stood firm and close : Their pliant bows well strung , their arrows fix'd , And to their ...
... glory be thine own , companion brave . " Now to the fierce attack Uriah led His death - devoted band : the wary foe , Prepared to guard the walls , stood firm and close : Their pliant bows well strung , their arrows fix'd , And to their ...
Page 87
... glory ! How for thee , Brave Abercrombie , whose undaunted soul , Spite of the mortal blow , to conquest led Thy valiant band ; and Theban - like endured The fatal barb unmoved , till victory's shout And thy heroic spirit rose to Heaven ...
... glory ! How for thee , Brave Abercrombie , whose undaunted soul , Spite of the mortal blow , to conquest led Thy valiant band ; and Theban - like endured The fatal barb unmoved , till victory's shout And thy heroic spirit rose to Heaven ...
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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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