Poetical Works CompleteCarey & Hart, 1838 - 345 pages |
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... bear upon each cankered breast The scar that never heals again . My next was of a minstrel too , Who proved that woman's hand might do , When , true to the heart pulse , it woke The harp . Her head was bending down , As if in weariness ...
... bear upon each cankered breast The scar that never heals again . My next was of a minstrel too , Who proved that woman's hand might do , When , true to the heart pulse , it woke The harp . Her head was bending down , As if in weariness ...
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... bear Fruit more rich , and buds more fair . There was a glory on the noon , A beauty in the crescent moon , A lulling stillness in the night , A feeling in the pale starlight . There was a charmed note on the wind , A spell in Poetry's ...
... bear Fruit more rich , and buds more fair . There was a glory on the noon , A beauty in the crescent moon , A lulling stillness in the night , A feeling in the pale starlight . There was a charmed note on the wind , A spell in Poetry's ...
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... bear her along , That bride of the dead . Ay , is not this love ? — That one pure , wild feeling all others above : Vow'd to the living , and kept to the tomb ! - The same in its blight as it was in its bloom . With no tear in her eye ...
... bear her along , That bride of the dead . Ay , is not this love ? — That one pure , wild feeling all others above : Vow'd to the living , and kept to the tomb ! - The same in its blight as it was in its bloom . With no tear in her eye ...
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... bear ? Methinks I should not thus repine , If I had but one vow of thine . I could forgive inconstancy To be one moment loved by thee ! With me the hope of life is gone The sun of joy is set ; One wish my soul still dwells upon- The ...
... bear ? Methinks I should not thus repine , If I had but one vow of thine . I could forgive inconstancy To be one moment loved by thee ! With me the hope of life is gone The sun of joy is set ; One wish my soul still dwells upon- The ...
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... bear . That heart is full ! He hears the sigh 6 That breathed Farewell ! ' so tenderly . If even then it was most sweet , What will it be that now they meet ? Alas ! alas ! Hope's fair deceit ! He spurr'd o'er land , has cut the wave ...
... bear . That heart is full ! He hears the sigh 6 That breathed Farewell ! ' so tenderly . If even then it was most sweet , What will it be that now they meet ? Alas ! alas ! Hope's fair deceit ! He spurr'd o'er land , has cut the wave ...
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Page 251 - And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
Page 250 - My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
Page 250 - And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. 13 AND when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word : for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
Page 248 - Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.
Page 256 - In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying ; Repent ye ; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Page 250 - When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt : and was there until the death of Herod : that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
Page 252 - Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying ; I have sinned, in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said ; What is that to us ? See thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed ; and went and hanged himself.
Page 250 - And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee : blessed art thou among women.
Page 251 - And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot : for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
Page 229 - While daily, some mid those pale bands, Droop, sicken, pine, and die. Good God ! to think upon a child That has no childish days, No careless play, no frolics wild, No words of prayer and praise ! Man from the cradle — 'tis too soon To earn their daily bread, And heap the heat and toil of noon Upon an infant's head. To labour ere their strength be come, Or starve, — is such the doom That makes of many an English home One long and living tomb...