The Votive Wreath, and Other PoemsBulcock, 1826 - 158 pages |
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... sound bespeaks . Watch well thy thoughts lest wit profane Win an approving smile . Nor dare to laugh at wit obscene , Which taints the mind with guile . Set a strict guard upon thy lip ; Nor every weed devour : Of the pure honey freely ...
... sound bespeaks . Watch well thy thoughts lest wit profane Win an approving smile . Nor dare to laugh at wit obscene , Which taints the mind with guile . Set a strict guard upon thy lip ; Nor every weed devour : Of the pure honey freely ...
Page 45
... sound - unheeded oft Amid the busy and continuous din Of this tumultuous Babel - oft unheard , When on the airy wing of new fledged hope , And fluttering in life's morn , my ardent soul Was spinning schemes of gossamer delight , Soon to ...
... sound - unheeded oft Amid the busy and continuous din Of this tumultuous Babel - oft unheard , When on the airy wing of new fledged hope , And fluttering in life's morn , my ardent soul Was spinning schemes of gossamer delight , Soon to ...
Page 52
... sounds of such sweet melody That Envy's madd'ning 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 ...
... sounds of such sweet melody That Envy's madd'ning 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 ...
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... sound of tabret , harp and lute , Thou led'st the dance before the holy ark , In honour of thy God . - No ; none of these , But of thy fall , O David ! would I sing— Thy lapse from virtue - Thy unjust decree , Unwittingly denounced ...
... sound of tabret , harp and lute , Thou led'st the dance before the holy ark , In honour of thy God . - No ; none of these , But of thy fall , O David ! would I sing— Thy lapse from virtue - Thy unjust decree , Unwittingly denounced ...
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Mrs. Anne Parminter. There is an awful Voice that will be heard In sound the most tremendous , if not heard In silent admonition . Nature hears That Voice Omnipotent - obedient hears , And every raging element is hushed With " Peace be ...
Mrs. Anne Parminter. There is an awful Voice that will be heard In sound the most tremendous , if not heard In silent admonition . Nature hears That Voice Omnipotent - obedient hears , And every raging element is hushed With " Peace be ...
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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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