The Votive Wreath, and Other PoemsBulcock, 1826 - 158 pages |
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... path I stray'd , And Nature's cheerless face survey'd ; I saw , from out it's wintry bed , A snow - drop rear it's modest head , The early harbinger of Spring , With promise brighter days to bring : Like those fair flowers of life's ...
... path I stray'd , And Nature's cheerless face survey'd ; I saw , from out it's wintry bed , A snow - drop rear it's modest head , The early harbinger of Spring , With promise brighter days to bring : Like those fair flowers of life's ...
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... , Shall rise to Heaven and draw a guardian down , To lead thee in the righteous path of truth , And give thy hoary age a glorious crown . Religious youth appears with every grace , Th ' expressive 32 TO THE MOTHER'S HOPE .
... , Shall rise to Heaven and draw a guardian down , To lead thee in the righteous path of truth , And give thy hoary age a glorious crown . Religious youth appears with every grace , Th ' expressive 32 TO THE MOTHER'S HOPE .
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... path - adorning flowers : We lose the dear companions of our way , And seek them sorrowing - seek them - but in vain ; Not e'en in dreams restored - those vanities Of sleep's illusive hours that mock our souls With visionary joys - they ...
... path - adorning flowers : We lose the dear companions of our way , And seek them sorrowing - seek them - but in vain ; Not e'en in dreams restored - those vanities Of sleep's illusive hours that mock our souls With visionary joys - they ...
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... path , and in their rear Stalk Plague and Famine , Misery and Death . In fierce battalions these misfortunes come : These are calamities that bear impress'd The awful signet of Almighty Power : The Hand of God is seen - His Presence ...
... path , and in their rear Stalk Plague and Famine , Misery and Death . In fierce battalions these misfortunes come : These are calamities that bear impress'd The awful signet of Almighty Power : The Hand of God is seen - His Presence ...
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... path , to tread the flowery maze Of sin's enticing snare , they may discern , Ere darkness shroud them , the forsaken road . Rugged indeed the backward path may seem ; But it is safe and certain , and will give More cautious treading to ...
... path , to tread the flowery maze Of sin's enticing snare , they may discern , Ere darkness shroud them , the forsaken road . Rugged indeed the backward path may seem ; But it is safe and certain , and will give More cautious treading to ...
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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.
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