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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... rest Within his sacred chest ; Nought but profoundest hell can be his shroud : In vain with timbrel'd anthems dark The sable - stoled sorcerers bear his worship'd ark . He feels from Juda's land The dreaded Infant's hand , The rays of ...
... rest Within his sacred chest ; Nought but profoundest hell can be his shroud : In vain with timbrel'd anthems dark The sable - stoled sorcerers bear his worship'd ark . He feels from Juda's land The dreaded Infant's hand , The rays of ...
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... rest ; [ ing . Time is , our tedious song should here have end- Heaven's youngest teemed star Hath fix'd her polish'd car , [ ing : Her sleeping Lord with handmaid lamp attend- And all about the courtly stable Bright - harness'd angels ...
... rest ; [ ing . Time is , our tedious song should here have end- Heaven's youngest teemed star Hath fix'd her polish'd car , [ ing : Her sleeping Lord with handmaid lamp attend- And all about the courtly stable Bright - harness'd angels ...
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... rest my thoughts ; nor longer roam In quest of joy , for Heaven's at home . But , oh ! thy beams of warmest love ; Sure they were made for worlds above . How shall my soul her powers extend , Beyond where Time and Nature end , To reach ...
... rest my thoughts ; nor longer roam In quest of joy , for Heaven's at home . But , oh ! thy beams of warmest love ; Sure they were made for worlds above . How shall my soul her powers extend , Beyond where Time and Nature end , To reach ...
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... rest , Intent on Nature's ample breast , Explores the space of earth and skies , And sees eternal incense rise ! To thee my humble voice I raise ; Forgive , while I presume to praise . Though thou this transient being gave , That ...
... rest , Intent on Nature's ample breast , Explores the space of earth and skies , And sees eternal incense rise ! To thee my humble voice I raise ; Forgive , while I presume to praise . Though thou this transient being gave , That ...
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... rest From off her virgin breast . The heavens were not commanded to prepare A gorgeous canopy of golden air ; Nor stooped their lamps the ' enthroned fires on A single silent star Came wandering from afar , [ high : Gliding unchecked ...
... rest From off her virgin breast . The heavens were not commanded to prepare A gorgeous canopy of golden air ; Nor stooped their lamps the ' enthroned fires on A single silent star Came wandering from afar , [ high : Gliding unchecked ...
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Common terms and phrases
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