The Works of the English Poets, Volume 46R. Hett, 1779 - 376 pages |
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... Above the reach of vulgar eyes or thought , Hymning th ' Eternal Father ; as of old When firft th ' Almighty from the dark abyfs Of everlasting night and filence call'd The fhining worlds with B 3 Of VERSES TO MR . WATTS . 5 .
... Above the reach of vulgar eyes or thought , Hymning th ' Eternal Father ; as of old When firft th ' Almighty from the dark abyfs Of everlasting night and filence call'd The fhining worlds with B 3 Of VERSES TO MR . WATTS . 5 .
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Isaac Watts Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres). Of everlasting night and filence call'd The fhining worlds with one creating word , And rais'd from nothing all the heavenly hosts , And with external glories fill'd the void ...
Isaac Watts Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres). Of everlasting night and filence call'd The fhining worlds with one creating word , And rais'd from nothing all the heavenly hosts , And with external glories fill'd the void ...
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... night ; What though no fhining angel darts from thence With leave to publish things conceal'd from sense , In language bright as theirs , we are here told , When life its narrow round of years hath roll'd , What ' tis employs the blefs ...
... night ; What though no fhining angel darts from thence With leave to publish things conceal'd from sense , In language bright as theirs , we are here told , When life its narrow round of years hath roll'd , What ' tis employs the blefs ...
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... night and day . I am fure , the compofures of the following book would have been Alled with much greater fenfe , and appeared with much more agreeable ornaments , had I derived a larger por- sion from the Holy Scriptures .. Befides , we ...
... night and day . I am fure , the compofures of the following book would have been Alled with much greater fenfe , and appeared with much more agreeable ornaments , had I derived a larger por- sion from the Holy Scriptures .. Befides , we ...
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... Night Her endless realms refign , And lo , ten thousand globes of light In fields of azure shine . Now Wisdom with superior sway Guides the vast moving frame , Whilst all the ranks of being pay Deep reverence to his name . He fpake ...
... Night Her endless realms refign , And lo , ten thousand globes of light In fields of azure shine . Now Wisdom with superior sway Guides the vast moving frame , Whilst all the ranks of being pay Deep reverence to his name . He fpake ...
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