The Votive Wreath, and Other PoemsBulcock, 1826 - 158 pages |
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... restored . Joseph , the victim of unbridled hate , Through all the various turns of adverse fate , Had own'd the Heavenly Hand , and kiss'd the rod , Firm in his duty , faithful to his God . Through dungeon - gloom he saw Almighty Power ...
... restored . Joseph , the victim of unbridled hate , Through all the various turns of adverse fate , Had own'd the Heavenly Hand , and kiss'd the rod , Firm in his duty , faithful to his God . Through dungeon - gloom he saw Almighty Power ...
Page 38
... restored - those vanities Of sleep's illusive hours that mock our souls With visionary joys - they visit not The overflowing eye - we wake and weep , In all the impotence of hopeless tears ; They soften not the cerements of the grave ...
... restored - those vanities Of sleep's illusive hours that mock our souls With visionary joys - they visit not The overflowing eye - we wake and weep , In all the impotence of hopeless tears ; They soften not the cerements of the grave ...
Page 55
... these I sing . " Twas evening , when the gentle breath of Heaven , Fragrant and mild , play'd o'er the sun - burnt earth Restoring Nature's bloom , which erst had droop'd Beneath the blaze of a solstitial day , When Sirius DAVID . 55.
... these I sing . " Twas evening , when the gentle breath of Heaven , Fragrant and mild , play'd o'er the sun - burnt earth Restoring Nature's bloom , which erst had droop'd Beneath the blaze of a solstitial day , When Sirius DAVID . 55.
Page 93
... restored . O year of triumph ! dear to every breast , That feels the glow of patriotic fire ; To every philanthropic bosom dear ; And dear to every heart that joys to see Oppression's yoke thrown off . Rejoice , O France , Thou spell ...
... restored . O year of triumph ! dear to every breast , That feels the glow of patriotic fire ; To every philanthropic bosom dear ; And dear to every heart that joys to see Oppression's yoke thrown off . Rejoice , O France , Thou spell ...
Page 94
... restored , and Russia free , Holland emancipate , and Nassau's flag Again triumphant . - Oh that he had seen , Th ' illustrious warrior train , that graced so late Britannia's Court , delighting ev'ry eye ! Had Heaven indulgent 94 ...
... restored , and Russia free , Holland emancipate , and Nassau's flag Again triumphant . - Oh that he had seen , Th ' illustrious warrior train , that graced so late Britannia's Court , delighting ev'ry eye ! Had Heaven indulgent 94 ...
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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.