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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... head for shame , As his inferior flame The new - enlighten'd world no more should need ; He saw a greater sun appear [ bear . Than his bright throne , or burning axle - tree , could The shepherds on the lawn , Or ere the point of dawn ...
... head for shame , As his inferior flame The new - enlighten'd world no more should need ; He saw a greater sun appear [ bear . Than his bright throne , or burning axle - tree , could The shepherds on the lawn , Or ere the point of dawn ...
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... head For who can tell ? ) whose looks divine illume The dazzled eyes of cherubs , and the youth Of saints with everlasting bloom renew ; Shall He , whose vital smiles with splendour fill The circuits of creation , and sustain The ...
... head For who can tell ? ) whose looks divine illume The dazzled eyes of cherubs , and the youth Of saints with everlasting bloom renew ; Shall He , whose vital smiles with splendour fill The circuits of creation , and sustain The ...
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... head , in loveliness declines , And , sweetly languishing , it droops and dies . But darkness veils the sun : a curtain draw Before the Passion ; beyond wonder great , Great beyond Silence ! ( Awe - struck , pause a And heavy as the ...
... head , in loveliness declines , And , sweetly languishing , it droops and dies . But darkness veils the sun : a curtain draw Before the Passion ; beyond wonder great , Great beyond Silence ! ( Awe - struck , pause a And heavy as the ...
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... head , Fast by the banks of Jordan's sacred stream , Thy mantling wings diffused their heavenly hues ; And Abba glorified his Only Son , Well pleased . From thy tongues of cloven fire Kindled , the nations burn'd in flaming zeal , And ...
... head , Fast by the banks of Jordan's sacred stream , Thy mantling wings diffused their heavenly hues ; And Abba glorified his Only Son , Well pleased . From thy tongues of cloven fire Kindled , the nations burn'd in flaming zeal , And ...
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... head Of gladness , let me ever sit and sing , Thy numerous Godhead sparkling in my soul , Thyself instilling praises , by thy ear Not unapproved ! For wisdom's steady ray , The ' enlightening gift of tongues , the sacred fires Of poesy ...
... head Of gladness , let me ever sit and sing , Thy numerous Godhead sparkling in my soul , Thyself instilling praises , by thy ear Not unapproved ! For wisdom's steady ray , The ' enlightening gift of tongues , the sacred fires Of poesy ...
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Common terms and phrases
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