The Works of the English Poets, Volume 46R. Hett, 1779 - 376 pages |
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... the grave , how melancholy is the gloom that he spreads over it ! " It is a region to which I must fhortly go , and whence I fhall not return ; it is a 6 : 45 C " land " land of darkness , it is darkness itself , PREFACE . 17.
... the grave , how melancholy is the gloom that he spreads over it ! " It is a region to which I must fhortly go , and whence I fhall not return ; it is a 6 : 45 C " land " land of darkness , it is darkness itself , PREFACE . 17.
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... spread defpair around . Destruction waits t ' obey his frown , And Heaven attends his fmile ; A wreath of lightning arms his crown , But love adorns it ftill . Celestial king , our fpirits lie , Trembling beneath thy feet , And wish ...
... spread defpair around . Destruction waits t ' obey his frown , And Heaven attends his fmile ; A wreath of lightning arms his crown , But love adorns it ftill . Celestial king , our fpirits lie , Trembling beneath thy feet , And wish ...
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... spread their beams abroad , Not all their fairest minds on high Are fhadows of a God . Thy works the strongest seraph fings In a too feeble strain , And labours hard on all his ftrings To reach thy thoughts in vain . Created powers ...
... spread their beams abroad , Not all their fairest minds on high Are fhadows of a God . Thy works the strongest seraph fings In a too feeble strain , And labours hard on all his ftrings To reach thy thoughts in vain . Created powers ...
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... spreads a Heaven below . She mocks the trumpet's loud alarms , Fill'd with thy dreadful breath : And calls th ' angelic hosts to arms , To give the nations death . But when the taftes her Saviour's love , And feels the rapture ftrong ...
... spreads a Heaven below . She mocks the trumpet's loud alarms , Fill'd with thy dreadful breath : And calls th ' angelic hosts to arms , To give the nations death . But when the taftes her Saviour's love , And feels the rapture ftrong ...
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... Spread through the hoft a wild amaze ; Darkness on every foul , and pale was every face : Confus'd and difmal were the cries , Let Mofes fpeak , or Ifrael dies : Mofes the spreading terror feels , No more the Man of God conceals His ...
... Spread through the hoft a wild amaze ; Darkness on every foul , and pale was every face : Confus'd and difmal were the cries , Let Mofes fpeak , or Ifrael dies : Mofes the spreading terror feels , No more the Man of God conceals His ...
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