The Votive Wreath, and Other PoemsBulcock, 1826 - 158 pages |
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Page vi
... Land , and the illustrious House of Brunswick ; to which I humbly beg to subscribe myself a most dutiful and loyal sub- ject ; and Your Royal Highness's devoted , and most grateful , humble servant , ANNE PARMINTER . APOLOGY ...
... Land , and the illustrious House of Brunswick ; to which I humbly beg to subscribe myself a most dutiful and loyal sub- ject ; and Your Royal Highness's devoted , and most grateful , humble servant , ANNE PARMINTER . APOLOGY ...
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... 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 admonish'd , he prepares To hoard the 22 JOSEPH'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 admonish'd , he prepares To hoard the 22 JOSEPH's ...
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... land to Israel given Seals the prophetic ordinance of Heaven . In vain shall man oppose what God intends ; To His own purpose still He shapes his ends . Joseph , an exiled captive doom'd to roam , Torn from his father , driven from his ...
... land to Israel given Seals the prophetic ordinance of Heaven . In vain shall man oppose what God intends ; To His own purpose still He shapes his ends . Joseph , an exiled captive doom'd to roam , Torn from his father , driven from his ...
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... land shall be your own . " But fall not out as homeward ye return , " Nor in your hearts let envious passions burn . " A salutary lesson , for ' tis strife Which multiplies the ills of human life . When we the sacred oracles explore ...
... land shall be your own . " But fall not out as homeward ye return , " Nor in your hearts let envious passions burn . " A salutary lesson , for ' tis strife Which multiplies the ills of human life . When we the sacred oracles explore ...
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... land , Bound to a distant home , and kindred band ; To reach that home in safety there was need That in their wayfare they should be agreed . Exactly similar may all mankind Their origin in one great Parent find . All journeying onward ...
... land , Bound to a distant home , and kindred band ; To reach that home in safety there was need That in their wayfare they should be agreed . Exactly similar may all mankind Their origin in one great Parent find . All journeying onward ...
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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.