The Poems of William B. Tappan, Volume 1Henry Perkins--Chestnut Street., 1834 - 360 pages |
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afar art thou barque beams beauteous beauty Bethphage billows bless blest bliss bloom bosom breast breath bright brow calm Canaan charm cheer cherub child clime cloud dead dear death deep didst dost dream dust earth eternal fair fathers fear fled flower Galilee gilead glorious glory glow grave grief harp hast hath heard heart heaven holy hope hour hymn Jehovah Jesus land life's light lisping lonely look Lord morn ne'er neath never nigh night nought o'er Palestine peace prayer proud rejoice repose shine shone sigh skies slavery sleep slumber smile song sorrow soul Spain spirit star star of Bethlehem storm strains SUNDAY SCHOOL sweet tears tell tempest tempest-tost thee thine thou art throne tide toil tomb trod Twas unto vision voice wanderer wave weary weep wept whisper wilt yonder youth
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Page 17 - THERE is an hour of peaceful rest, To mourning wanderers given ; There is a joy for souls distressed, A balm for every wounded breast — 'Tis found above, in heaven.
Page 97 - Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not ; for I am not yet ascended to my Father ; but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father, and to my God and your God.
Page 116 - And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant.
Page 324 - And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews ! And they spit upon him, and took the reed and smote him on the head.
Page 17 - There is a home for weary souls By sin and sorrow driven; When tossed on life's tempestuous shoals, Where storms arise, and ocean rolls, And all is drear but heaven. There faith lifts up her cheerful eye, To brighter prospects given; And views the tempest passing by, The evening shadows quickly fly, And all serene in heaven.
Page 17 - And all serene in heaven. 4 There fragrant flowers immortal bloom, And joys supreme are given ; There rays divine disperse the gloom; Beyond the dark and narrow tomb Appears the dawn of heaven.
Page 128 - The heathen will hasten to welcome the time, The day-spring the prophet in vision once saw, When the beams of Messiah will illumine each clime, And the isles of the ocean shall wait for his law.
Page 38 - Tis midnight ; and for others' guilt The man of sorrows weeps in blood ; Yet he that hath in anguish knelt Is not forsaken by his God.
Page 37 - TIS midnight ; and on Olive's brow The star is dimmed that lately shone 'Tis midnight ; in the garden, now, The suffering Saviour prays alone. 2...
Page 116 - Cursed be Canaan. A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.