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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... wave . While birds of calm sit brooding on the charmed The stars , with deep amaze , Stand fix'd in steadfast gaze , Bending one way their precious influence ; And will not take their flight , For all the morning light , Or Lucifer that ...
... wave . While birds of calm sit brooding on the charmed The stars , with deep amaze , Stand fix'd in steadfast gaze , Bending one way their precious influence ; And will not take their flight , For all the morning light , Or Lucifer that ...
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... waves their oozy channel Ring out , ye crystal spheres ! Once bless our human ears , If ye have power to touch our senses so ; And let your silver chime Move in melodious time ; And let the base of heaven's deep organ blow ; And , with ...
... waves their oozy channel Ring out , ye crystal spheres ! Once bless our human ears , If ye have power to touch our senses so ; And let your silver chime Move in melodious time ; And let the base of heaven's deep organ blow ; And , with ...
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... wave , The flocking shadows pale Troop to the ' infernal jail , Each fetter'd ghost slips to his several grave ; And the yellow - skirted Fayes [ maze . Fly after the night - steeds , leaving their moon - loved But see , the Virgin ...
... wave , The flocking shadows pale Troop to the ' infernal jail , Each fetter'd ghost slips to his several grave ; And the yellow - skirted Fayes [ maze . Fly after the night - steeds , leaving their moon - loved But see , the Virgin ...
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... waves , around the sky , There's not a spot , or deep or high , Where the Creator has not trod , And left the footstep of a God . But are his footsteps all that we , Poor groveling worms , must know or see ? Thou Maker of my vital frame ...
... waves , around the sky , There's not a spot , or deep or high , Where the Creator has not trod , And left the footstep of a God . But are his footsteps all that we , Poor groveling worms , must know or see ? Thou Maker of my vital frame ...
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... waves her rod , My heart confides in thee , my God ! When Nature shrinks , oppress'd with woes , E'en then she finds in thee repose : To thee my humble voice I raise ; Forgive , while I presume to praise . VOL . I. D Affliction flies ...
... waves her rod , My heart confides in thee , my God ! When Nature shrinks , oppress'd with woes , E'en then she finds in thee repose : To thee my humble voice I raise ; Forgive , while I presume to praise . VOL . I. D Affliction flies ...
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