The Votive Wreath, and Other PoemsBulcock, 1826 - 158 pages |
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Page xix
... sword 157 2 for had 1. for chastisements read imminent read chastisement . read shadows . read swords . read has .
... sword 157 2 for had 1. for chastisements read imminent read chastisement . read shadows . read swords . read has .
Page 30
... swords , those banners furl'd , Which rouse to maddening 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 ...
... swords , those banners furl'd , Which rouse to maddening 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 ...
Page 43
... sword of war portentous now is drawn ; But where's the searching eye can pierce the veil That hides the awful future ? Who can tell How many widows ' sighs shall rise to Heaven , How many orphans ' tears bedew the earth , How many ...
... sword of war portentous now is drawn ; But where's the searching eye can pierce the veil That hides the awful future ? Who can tell How many widows ' sighs shall rise to Heaven , How many orphans ' tears bedew the earth , How many ...
Page 65
... sword Of Israel's haughty foe , To Joab , thus The infuriate King his stern command address'd : " Assign Uriah to the hottest place Where the fierce battle rages - then retire Thou and thy followers - that he may be slain , " F Back to ...
... sword Of Israel's haughty foe , To Joab , thus The infuriate King his stern command address'd : " Assign Uriah to the hottest place Where the fierce battle rages - then retire Thou and thy followers - that he may be slain , " F Back to ...
Page 66
... sword Has chased Jesurun's foes , or what his prayer , That peace may dwell within fair Sion's walls , And plenty fill her palaces . - That broils Intestine ne'er her goodly towers may spoil , Nor foreign foes her borders - that her ...
... sword Has chased Jesurun's foes , or what his prayer , That peace may dwell within fair Sion's walls , And plenty fill her palaces . - That broils Intestine ne'er her goodly towers may spoil , Nor foreign foes her borders - that her ...
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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.