New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection from the Most Eminent British Poets and Poetical Translators, Volume 1Richard Alfred Davenport C. and C. Whittingham, 1823 |
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... Arm upheld , Preserver infinite ? By Thee unless Upheld , the earth would from her basis reel ; The spheres forego their courses ( off their orbs The silver softness melted into shade ) , Obscurely dissonant ; and mortal man ( Void of ...
... Arm upheld , Preserver infinite ? By Thee unless Upheld , the earth would from her basis reel ; The spheres forego their courses ( off their orbs The silver softness melted into shade ) , Obscurely dissonant ; and mortal man ( Void of ...
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... 'd to vengeance I command , And , glorying in my might , in arms my warriors stand . VOL . I. H Hear you the mountain heights along The thundering sound of DEVOTIONAL AND MORAL . 49 The Oracle concerning Babylon Potter.
... 'd to vengeance I command , And , glorying in my might , in arms my warriors stand . VOL . I. H Hear you the mountain heights along The thundering sound of DEVOTIONAL AND MORAL . 49 The Oracle concerning Babylon Potter.
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... arms the ' Almighty's vengeful hand ; Fury rolls on with fiery force , And sweeps the impious from the land . No stars shall glitter o'er the sky , No constellations flame on high ; The sickening sun shall veil his orient beams , Nor ...
... arms the ' Almighty's vengeful hand ; Fury rolls on with fiery force , And sweeps the impious from the land . No stars shall glitter o'er the sky , No constellations flame on high ; The sickening sun shall veil his orient beams , Nor ...
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... arms . Dreadful their bows of steel from far Shall pierce the bleeding front of war ; And , ' midst the carnage of the captured town , Unpitying shall they dash youth's opening beauty down . And Babylon , the ' Assyrian's pride , That ...
... arms . Dreadful their bows of steel from far Shall pierce the bleeding front of war ; And , ' midst the carnage of the captured town , Unpitying shall they dash youth's opening beauty down . And Babylon , the ' Assyrian's pride , That ...
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... arms his cedars spread , His pines triumphant shoot into the sky : ' Tyrant , no barbarous axe invades , Since thou art fallen , our unpierced shades . ' To meet thee , Hades rouses from beneath , An iron smile his visage wears ; He ...
... arms his cedars spread , His pines triumphant shoot into the sky : ' Tyrant , no barbarous axe invades , Since thou art fallen , our unpierced shades . ' To meet thee , Hades rouses from beneath , An iron smile his visage wears ; He ...
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