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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... beauty ; rends away All safety from the night , all comfort from the day . ' Then wisely is my soul elate , That strife should vanish , battle cease ; I'm poor and of a low estate , The Mother of the Prince of Peace . Joy rises in me ...
... beauty ; rends away All safety from the night , all comfort from the day . ' Then wisely is my soul elate , That strife should vanish , battle cease ; I'm poor and of a low estate , The Mother of the Prince of Peace . Joy rises in me ...
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... beauty grew . No ! by the marvels of thine hand , Thou still wilt save thy chosen land ! By all thine ancient mercies shown , By all our fathers ' foes o'erthrown ; By the Egyptian's car - borne host , Scatter'd on the Red Sea coast ...
... beauty grew . No ! by the marvels of thine hand , Thou still wilt save thy chosen land ! By all thine ancient mercies shown , By all our fathers ' foes o'erthrown ; By the Egyptian's car - borne host , Scatter'd on the Red Sea coast ...
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... beauty springs ; O , praise the ' almighty Ruler of the globe , Who useth thee for his empyrean robe . Praise him , ye loud harmonious spheres , Whose sacred stamp all nature bears , Who did all forms from the rude chaos draw , And ...
... beauty springs ; O , praise the ' almighty Ruler of the globe , Who useth thee for his empyrean robe . Praise him , ye loud harmonious spheres , Whose sacred stamp all nature bears , Who did all forms from the rude chaos draw , And ...
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... beauty down . And Babylon , the ' Assyrian's pride , That rears sublime her gorgeous brow , Imperial Queen of nations wide , In dust her rampired height shall bow ; Shall like the towns of Siddim lie Waste with sulphureous DEVOTIONAL ...
... beauty down . And Babylon , the ' Assyrian's pride , That rears sublime her gorgeous brow , Imperial Queen of nations wide , In dust her rampired height shall bow ; Shall like the towns of Siddim lie Waste with sulphureous DEVOTIONAL ...
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... beauty now ? Where the proud grace that crown'd thy beamy And state imperial ? sorrowing I behold Turret on turret roll'd , [ brow And dome on dome in wild confusion hurl'd , Like the vast wreck and relics of a world . O name for ever ...
... beauty now ? Where the proud grace that crown'd thy beamy And state imperial ? sorrowing I behold Turret on turret roll'd , [ brow And dome on dome in wild confusion hurl'd , Like the vast wreck and relics of a world . O name for ever ...
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angel ANNA SEWARD Antistrophe art thou beam beauty Behold beneath blaze bless'd bliss bloom bosom bower breast breath bright brow charms cloud dark death divine dread earth eternal fair fame fire fix'd flame flow flowers GISBORNE glories glow golden grace grave grove Hadramut hail hand harmonious music hear heart heaven heavenly immortal Jehovah kings life's light living Lord lyre Maia maid mercy mind morn mortal Muse Nature's night nymph o'er passion peace pinnace praise pride rage rapture reign rill rise round rove sacred Sarissa scene seraphs shade shine shore sigh sight silent silvan skies smile soft song soul sound star stream sublime sweet swell tears tell tempest thee thine thou thought throne thunder toil train trembling Twas vale virtue voice waves ween wild wings wonder youth