The Poetical Works of Crabbe, Heber, and Pollok: Complete in One VolumeGrigg & Elliot, 1845 - 518 pages |
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... sought the nymph , and " Be thou now my bride . " Bride had she been , but they no priest could move To bind in law , the couple bound by love . What sought these lovers then by day , by night ? But stolen moments of disturb'd delight ...
... sought the nymph , and " Be thou now my bride . " Bride had she been , but they no priest could move To bind in law , the couple bound by love . What sought these lovers then by day , by night ? But stolen moments of disturb'd delight ...
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... sought the public door , She sadly following in submission went , And saw the final shilling foully spent ; Then to her father's hut the pair withdrew , And bade to love and comfort long adieu ! Ah ! fly temptation , youth , refrain ...
... sought the public door , She sadly following in submission went , And saw the final shilling foully spent ; Then to her father's hut the pair withdrew , And bade to love and comfort long adieu ! Ah ! fly temptation , youth , refrain ...
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... sought a cure ; For grave deceivers lodge their labours here , And cloud the science they pretend to clear : Scourges for sin , the solemn tribe are sent ; Like fire and storms , they call us to repent ; But storms subside , and fires ...
... sought a cure ; For grave deceivers lodge their labours here , And cloud the science they pretend to clear : Scourges for sin , the solemn tribe are sent ; Like fire and storms , they call us to repent ; But storms subside , and fires ...
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... sought th ' abode of Joy , Grieved to behold , but eager to destroy ; Round blooming beauty , like the wasp , he flew , Soil'd the fresh sweet , and changed the rosy hue ; The wise , the good , with anxious heart , he saw , And here a ...
... sought th ' abode of Joy , Grieved to behold , but eager to destroy ; Round blooming beauty , like the wasp , he flew , Soil'd the fresh sweet , and changed the rosy hue ; The wise , the good , with anxious heart , he saw , And here a ...
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... sought not to obtain . Come near , I'll softly speak the rest ! — Alas ! ' t is known to all the crowd , Her guilty love was all confess'd ; And his , who so much truth avow'd , My faithless friend's . - In pleasure proud I sat , when ...
... sought not to obtain . Come near , I'll softly speak the rest ! — Alas ! ' t is known to all the crowd , Her guilty love was all confess'd ; And his , who so much truth avow'd , My faithless friend's . - In pleasure proud I sat , when ...
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appear'd art thou beauty behold call'd comfort cried dare dark dear death deed delight doubt dread earth fair fame fancy fate father favourite fear fear'd feel felt fix'd fond Fulham gain'd gave gentle GEORGE CRABBE give grace grave grew grief grieved happy hear heard heart heaven holy honour hope hopes and fears Hosanna humble kind knew labour lady lady saw live look look'd Lord lover maid marriage mind Muse never night numbers nymph o'er pain pass'd passion peace Pindar pity pleased pleasure poison'd poor praise pride Reginald Heber resign'd rest scene scorn seem'd shame sigh smile sorrow sought soul speak spirit spleen stood strong sweet tell terror thee thine things thou thought truth vex'd virtue walk'd wife wish wish'd words wretch youth
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Page 11 - BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us Thine aid ; Star of the East, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Page 11 - Lo, such the child whose early feet The paths of peace have trod ; Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, Is upward drawn to God.
Page 11 - Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid : Star of the east, the horizon adorning, Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Page 11 - And soon, too soon, the wintry hour Of man's maturer age, Will shake the soul with sorrow's power, And stormy passion's rage.
Page 15 - Holy, holy, holy ! all the saints adore thee, Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea...
Page 8 - I have trodden the winepress alone ; and of the people there was none with me : for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury ; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
Page 20 - BREAD of the world, in mercy broken ; Wine of the soul, in mercy shed ; By whom the words of life were spoken, And in whose death our sins are dead ; Look on the heart by sorrow broken, Look on the tears by sinners shed, And be thy feast to us the token That by thy grace our souls are fed.
Page 20 - From India's coral strand, Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain. 2 What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown ; The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone...
Page 17 - Say, with richer crimson glows The kingly mantle than the rose : Say, have kings more wholesome fare Than we poor citizens of air ? Barns nor hoarded grain have we, Yet we carol merrily. Mortal, fly from doubt and sorrow, God provideth for the morrow.
Page 15 - Holy, holy, holy, though the darkness hide thee, Though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see, Only thou art holy, there is none beside thee,. Perfect in power, in love, and purity. Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, All thy works shall praise thy name in earth and sky and sea. Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty, God in three persons, blessed Trinity.