The Votive Wreath, and Other PoemsBulcock, 1826 - 158 pages |
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... wings : For worldly interest there shall cease ; And sever'd friends shall meet in peace : Yet , in my heart , the steady flame Of hallow'd friendship burns the same , As when , by sympathy inspired , Its generous glow my bosom fired ...
... wings : For worldly interest there shall cease ; And sever'd friends shall meet in peace : Yet , in my heart , the steady flame Of hallow'd friendship burns the same , As when , by sympathy inspired , Its generous glow my bosom fired ...
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... wings of GOD's own love . And e'en when death this earthly scene shall close , ' Tis but to open brighter realms above . Oh ! be religion now thy earliest care ; For beatific joys thy soul prepare . Trust not to - morrow - but begin to ...
... wings of GOD's own love . And e'en when death this earthly scene shall close , ' Tis but to open brighter realms above . Oh ! be religion now thy earliest care ; For beatific joys thy soul prepare . Trust not to - morrow - but begin to ...
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... wing Outstretch'd , and urging on it's rapid flight Impatient of delay - nor will it pause To take a last farewell - though it involve The closing year , companion of it's fate . A few short moments and it will have pass'd The gulph ...
... wing Outstretch'd , and urging on it's rapid flight Impatient of delay - nor will it pause To take a last farewell - though it involve The closing year , companion of it's fate . A few short moments and it will have pass'd The gulph ...
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... wing of new fledged hope , And fluttering in life's morn , my ardent soul Was spinning schemes of gossamer delight , Soon to be blown by adverse winds away : I hear it now announce the lapse of time , Admonish'd of that consummating ...
... wing of new fledged hope , And fluttering in life's morn , my ardent soul Was spinning schemes of gossamer delight , Soon to be blown by adverse winds away : I hear it now announce the lapse of time , Admonish'd of that consummating ...
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... wing'd for flight ; And if we seize them not , like slighted friends , We learn to estimate their real worth But by their fatal loss . - Yet Time is oft The idle theme of peevish discontent : The Impatient chide the tardy - footed hours ...
... wing'd for flight ; And if we seize them not , like slighted friends , We learn to estimate their real worth But by their fatal loss . - Yet Time is oft The idle theme of peevish discontent : The Impatient chide the tardy - footed hours ...
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