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... force The sovereign stay'd upon his rightful throne ; Or did with levies and intent of war Compass the death and person of the king , Paid costly forfeit , and a fearful price With his devoted head . A pregnant sign That while a ...
... force The sovereign stay'd upon his rightful throne ; Or did with levies and intent of war Compass the death and person of the king , Paid costly forfeit , and a fearful price With his devoted head . A pregnant sign That while a ...
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... force pr Of conscience on the soul that fears high heaven , And spurns the sumptuous world and its ways . ዓ 人 hid His rearing wrong'd him ; for he was the germ Of musty pride , and shallow self esteem In the old fool his Sire , who ...
... force pr Of conscience on the soul that fears high heaven , And spurns the sumptuous world and its ways . ዓ 人 hid His rearing wrong'd him ; for he was the germ Of musty pride , and shallow self esteem In the old fool his Sire , who ...
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... forces of his soul , Sweet life to waste , upon his high emprize . The mission's prosperous fame itself outruns , And summons of the kingdom follows straight ; * But let me hasten to close up the scene . Time fails to tell , how , from ...
... forces of his soul , Sweet life to waste , upon his high emprize . The mission's prosperous fame itself outruns , And summons of the kingdom follows straight ; * But let me hasten to close up the scene . Time fails to tell , how , from ...
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... force oblique Of blanched sheet , bound faithful to the breeze . So man , with vulgar quality may urge In science's bright realm a godlike march ; His name may monument in lofty fanes ; Nurture his spirit among pyramids , Heaven ...
... force oblique Of blanched sheet , bound faithful to the breeze . So man , with vulgar quality may urge In science's bright realm a godlike march ; His name may monument in lofty fanes ; Nurture his spirit among pyramids , Heaven ...
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... force Divine charg'd on his soul , which mitigate His aspect to such mould of tenderness As angels smile with ; he , grave and awe - struck , Genuine religion having prevailed for a space after Oswald's time . † A primitive British ...
... force Divine charg'd on his soul , which mitigate His aspect to such mould of tenderness As angels smile with ; he , grave and awe - struck , Genuine religion having prevailed for a space after Oswald's time . † A primitive British ...
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Page 180 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
Page 171 - Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; 3 because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
Page 180 - Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks. Their moans The vales redoubled to the hills and they To heaven. Their martyred blood and ashes sow O'er all the Italian fields, where still doth sway The triple Tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe.
Page 172 - My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
Page xxii - I thankfully acknowledge your love in your kind remembrance of me upon this opportunity. Alas, you do too highly prize my lines, and my company. I may be ashamed to own your expressions considering how unprofitable I am, and the mean improvement of my talent. " Yet to honour my God by declaring what He hath done for my soul, in this I am confident, and I will be so. Truly, then, this I find : That He giveth springs in a dry barren wilderness where no water is. I live, you know where, — in Meshec,...
Page xxv - And thus to be a seeker is to be of the best sect next to a finder; and such an one shall every faithful humble seeker be at the end. Happy seeker, happy finder ! Who ever tasted that the Lord is gracious, without some sense of self, vanity, and badness?
Page xxv - His favours to thee more and more. The great good thy soul can wish is, That the Lord lift upon thee the light of His countenance, which is better than life. The Lord bless all thy good counsel and example to all those about thee, and hear all thy prayers, and accept thee always. I am glad to hear thy son and daughter are with thee.
Page 169 - Psalm 32 22 For from thine eyes cut off I am, I in my haste had said; My voice yet heard'st thou, when to thee with cries my moan I made.