The Votive Wreath, and Other PoemsBulcock, 1826 - 158 pages |
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Page 21
... rage had seven long years distrest , Egypt alone was with abundance blest . The warning visions were not given in vain ; And GOD's own flock partakes her hoarded grain . No longer Canaan's milk and honey flow ; Her sterile country wears ...
... rage had seven long years distrest , Egypt alone was with abundance blest . The warning visions were not given in vain ; And GOD's own flock partakes her hoarded grain . No longer Canaan's milk and honey flow ; Her sterile country wears ...
Page 30
... rage a jarring world , Be every house a temple - every breast A habitation for some heavenly guest : Let peace and love their sacred hearth possess , The Lares of domestic happiness . Our souls would feel ( might so much bliss be given ...
... rage a jarring world , Be every house a temple - every breast A habitation for some heavenly guest : Let peace and love their sacred hearth possess , The Lares of domestic happiness . Our souls would feel ( might so much bliss be given ...
Page 42
... little span of human life More brief , more wretched still . - The deadly rage Of elemental strife is not enough , Man lifts his arm - his own unnatural arm , Against his brother man ; and earth must drink From 42 REFLECTIONS ON THE.
... little span of human life More brief , more wretched still . - The deadly rage Of elemental strife is not enough , Man lifts his arm - his own unnatural arm , Against his brother man ; and earth must drink From 42 REFLECTIONS ON THE.
Page 44
... rage and usurpation's power Have spread their desolation , and despair ; Look on the expatriate Pole , whose mournful brow Marks his dejected spirit . - Patriot grief Sits heavy on his heart . - Not for himself Breathes he the frequent ...
... rage and usurpation's power Have spread their desolation , and despair ; Look on the expatriate Pole , whose mournful brow Marks his dejected spirit . - Patriot grief Sits heavy on his heart . - Not for himself Breathes he the frequent ...
Page 52
... rage was calm'd - and sooth'd Demoniac phrenzy . - Give me then to catch Thy inspiration , as Elisha caught His master's falling mantle - soft and sweet As Carmel's mountain breeze , or Hermon's dew , Let it refresh my languid powers ...
... rage was calm'd - and sooth'd Demoniac phrenzy . - Give me then to catch Thy inspiration , as Elisha caught His master's falling mantle - soft and sweet As Carmel's mountain breeze , or Hermon's dew , Let it refresh my languid powers ...
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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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