The Votive Wreath, and Other PoemsBulcock, 1826 - 158 pages |
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Page vi
... 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 . Struggling under the pressure of a sud- den DEDICATION .
... 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 . Struggling under the pressure of a sud- den DEDICATION .
Page viii
... - I can only say , it is indelibly engraven on the heart of Their most obliged , and humble servant , Earl Street , Blackfriars . ANNE PARMINTER . SUBSCRIBERS ' NAMES . HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS AUGUSTA APOLOGY .
... - I can only say , it is indelibly engraven on the heart of Their most obliged , and humble servant , Earl Street , Blackfriars . ANNE PARMINTER . SUBSCRIBERS ' NAMES . HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS AUGUSTA APOLOGY .
Page 58
... servant brought - " " Tis Bathsheba , The brave Uriah's wife , who in the field , Fighting his Country's battles , lies encamp'd Before proud Rabbah's walls . " - The King , unmoved By this memorial of his Soldier's faith , His base ...
... servant brought - " " Tis Bathsheba , The brave Uriah's wife , who in the field , Fighting his Country's battles , lies encamp'd Before proud Rabbah's walls . " - The King , unmoved By this memorial of his Soldier's faith , His base ...
Page 62
... servant Joab , and how fare My people that are with him ? " Uriah , Answering , said , - " Thy servant left all well : Before proud Rabbah's walls we lie entrench'd , Which soon shall be our own - and on thy brow , O King , it's diadem ...
... servant Joab , and how fare My people that are with him ? " Uriah , Answering , said , - " Thy servant left all well : Before proud Rabbah's walls we lie entrench'd , Which soon shall be our own - and on thy brow , O King , it's diadem ...
Page 64
... servants of my Lord , And all the host of Israel , are encamp'd ; Shall I then at the banquet eat and drink , Sit at the festive board , or give my soul To soft endearments of connubial love ? As thy soul liveth before whom I stand , I ...
... servants of my Lord , And all the host of Israel , are encamp'd ; Shall I then at the banquet eat and drink , Sit at the festive board , or give my soul To soft endearments of connubial love ? As thy soul liveth before whom I stand , I ...
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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.