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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... 'd in her face , Of honour and of love the paragon § ! • Humility . t I think . f Formerly , sometime since . The pattern or model . A sweet regard and most auspicious grace Bespoke her lineage DEVOTIONAL AND MORAL . 19.
... 'd in her face , Of honour and of love the paragon § ! • Humility . t I think . f Formerly , sometime since . The pattern or model . A sweet regard and most auspicious grace Bespoke her lineage DEVOTIONAL AND MORAL . 19.
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... grace Bespoke her lineage high : she was of David's race . Upon her lap a lovely Infant lay , And kenn'd the mother by her smiling grace . His looks were radiant as the bloom of day , And angel sweetness purpled in his face . Oh ! how ...
... grace Bespoke her lineage high : she was of David's race . Upon her lap a lovely Infant lay , And kenn'd the mother by her smiling grace . His looks were radiant as the bloom of day , And angel sweetness purpled in his face . Oh ! how ...
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... grace ; Who will above the stars your empire raise , And with his glory recompense your praise . ROSCOMMON . FROM JOB . A SPIRIT passed before me : I beheld The face of Immortality unveiled- Deep sleep came down on every eye save mine ...
... grace ; Who will above the stars your empire raise , And with his glory recompense your praise . ROSCOMMON . FROM JOB . A SPIRIT passed before me : I beheld The face of Immortality unveiled- Deep sleep came down on every eye save mine ...
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... grace . The dreadful work of death prepare : The father's crimes for boundless vengeance call , And all the tyrant's sons shall fall ; Nor branch , nor offspring shall my fury spare , Lest o'er the trembling earth again Spread the wild ...
... grace . The dreadful work of death prepare : The father's crimes for boundless vengeance call , And all the tyrant's sons shall fall ; Nor branch , nor offspring shall my fury spare , Lest o'er the trembling earth again Spread the wild ...
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... 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 dear ! With sighs remember'd ...
... 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 dear ! With sighs remember'd ...
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Common terms and phrases
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