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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... breath , thy image , shines The crown , the glory , and the lord of all ; Of all below the stars ! a plant , from heaven Traduced , to spread the riches of its bloom O'er earth , and water'd with etherial dews ; Incorruptible aliment ...
... breath , thy image , shines The crown , the glory , and the lord of all ; Of all below the stars ! a plant , from heaven Traduced , to spread the riches of its bloom O'er earth , and water'd with etherial dews ; Incorruptible aliment ...
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... Lamb ! And , coexisting Spirit ! Thou , whose breath My voice informs , shall it be mute to Thee , Eternal Paraclete ? in order , last , Equal in glory to Omnipotence The First , as to the Second ; and from 12 PART I. ELEGANT EXTRACTS .
... Lamb ! And , coexisting Spirit ! Thou , whose breath My voice informs , shall it be mute to Thee , Eternal Paraclete ? in order , last , Equal in glory to Omnipotence The First , as to the Second ; and from 12 PART I. ELEGANT EXTRACTS .
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... breath of heaven , Beneath thy olive boughs , in plenteous flow , The golden oil effusing on my head Of gladness , let me ever sit and sing , Thy numerous Godhead sparkling in my soul , Thyself instilling praises , by thy ear Not ...
... breath of heaven , Beneath thy olive boughs , in plenteous flow , The golden oil effusing on my head Of gladness , let me ever sit and sing , Thy numerous Godhead sparkling in my soul , Thyself instilling praises , by thy ear Not ...
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... breathing earth and sparkling sea , Is but a fiery deluge without shore , Heaving along the abyss profound and dark A fiery deluge , and without an ark . Lord of all power , when thou art there alone On thy eternal fiery - wheeled ...
... breathing earth and sparkling sea , Is but a fiery deluge without shore , Heaving along the abyss profound and dark A fiery deluge , and without an ark . Lord of all power , when thou art there alone On thy eternal fiery - wheeled ...
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... breath Peoples the dark retreats of death , Change your fierce hissing into joyful song , And praise your Maker with your forked tongue . Praise him , ye monsters of the deep , That in the sea's vast bosom sleep ; At whose command the ...
... breath Peoples the dark retreats of death , Change your fierce hissing into joyful song , And praise your Maker with your forked tongue . Praise him , ye monsters of the deep , That in the sea's vast bosom sleep ; At whose command the ...
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