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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... bright ? See , how from far , upon the eastern road , The star - led wizards haste with odours sweet : O ! run , prevent them with thy humble ode , And lay it lowly at his blessed feet ; Have thou the honour first thy Lord to greet ...
... bright ? See , how from far , upon the eastern road , The star - led wizards haste with odours sweet : O ! run , prevent them with thy humble ode , And lay it lowly at his blessed feet ; Have thou the honour first thy Lord to greet ...
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... bright throne , or burning axle - tree , could The shepherds on the lawn , Or ere the point of dawn , Sat simply chatting in a rustic row ; Full little thought they then That the mighty Pan Was kindly come to live with them below ...
... bright throne , or burning axle - tree , could The shepherds on the lawn , Or ere the point of dawn , Sat simply chatting in a rustic row ; Full little thought they then That the mighty Pan Was kindly come to live with them below ...
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... Bright - harness'd angels sit in order serviceable . MILTON . HYMN TO THE DEITY . FATHER of Heaven and Earth ! Coeval Son ! And coexisting Spirit ! Trinal One ! Mysterious Deity ; invisible , Indefinite , and omnipresent God ...
... Bright - harness'd angels sit in order serviceable . MILTON . HYMN TO THE DEITY . FATHER of Heaven and Earth ! Coeval Son ! And coexisting Spirit ! Trinal One ! Mysterious Deity ; invisible , Indefinite , and omnipresent God ...
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... bright , To prove the Prophet drank the distant light . But strangest was to see a bloody hand Uprear a cross , the cross with blood bedight * : Ten thousand angels , fluttering in a band , Admired the mystic sign , but could not ...
... bright , To prove the Prophet drank the distant light . But strangest was to see a bloody hand Uprear a cross , the cross with blood bedight * : Ten thousand angels , fluttering in a band , Admired the mystic sign , but could not ...
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... bright wings , and thump'd the hollow ground . Grief gladden'd , and forgot to drop a tear At her approach ; ne Sorrow mote * be found , Ne rueful - looking + Drad , ne pale - eyed Care ; And ' neath her chariot wheels she crush'd hell ...
... bright wings , and thump'd the hollow ground . Grief gladden'd , and forgot to drop a tear At her approach ; ne Sorrow mote * be found , Ne rueful - looking + Drad , ne pale - eyed Care ; And ' neath her chariot wheels she crush'd hell ...
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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