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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... sicken soon and die , And leprous Sin will melt from earthly mould ; And Hell itself will pass away , [ day . And leave her dolorous mansions to the peering Yea , Truth and Justice then Will down return to DEVOTIONAL AND MORAL .
... sicken soon and die , And leprous Sin will melt from earthly mould ; And Hell itself will pass away , [ day . And leave her dolorous mansions to the peering Yea , Truth and Justice then Will down return to DEVOTIONAL AND MORAL .
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... Truth and Justice then Will down return to men , Orb'd in a rainbow ; and , like glories wearing , Mercy will sit between , Throned in celestial sheen , [ ing ; With radiant feet the tissued clouds down steer- And Heaven , as at some ...
... Truth and Justice then Will down return to men , Orb'd in a rainbow ; and , like glories wearing , Mercy will sit between , Throned in celestial sheen , [ ing ; With radiant feet the tissued clouds down steer- And Heaven , as at some ...
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... truth and virtue guide my heart ; Nor peace , nor hope , nor joy depart : But yet , whate'er my life may be , My heart shall still repose on thee ! To thee my humble voice I raise ; Forgive , while I presume to praise . LANGHORNE . THE ...
... truth and virtue guide my heart ; Nor peace , nor hope , nor joy depart : But yet , whate'er my life may be , My heart shall still repose on thee ! To thee my humble voice I raise ; Forgive , while I presume to praise . LANGHORNE . THE ...
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... Truth , simple as the lovesick village maid ; -Health - blooming Temperance , a comely wight ‡ . Humility , in homely weeds array'd , And by her , in a line , an asses colt she led But hark , the jolly pipe and rural lay ! And see , the ...
... Truth , simple as the lovesick village maid ; -Health - blooming Temperance , a comely wight ‡ . Humility , in homely weeds array'd , And by her , in a line , an asses colt she led But hark , the jolly pipe and rural lay ! And see , the ...
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... truth divine he shall reveal To earth's remotest ends . No trumpet - sound , at his approach , Shall strike the wondering ears ; But still and gentle breathe the voice In which the God appears . By his kind hand the shaken reed Shall ...
... truth divine he shall reveal To earth's remotest ends . No trumpet - sound , at his approach , Shall strike the wondering ears ; But still and gentle breathe the voice In which the God appears . By his kind hand the shaken reed Shall ...
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