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... desire , And kindles in his soul a treacherous fire ; While , all his purposes and steps to guard , Peace follows virtue as its sure reward ; And pleasure brings as surely in her train Remorse , and sorrow , and vindictive pain . Man ...
... desire , And kindles in his soul a treacherous fire ; While , all his purposes and steps to guard , Peace follows virtue as its sure reward ; And pleasure brings as surely in her train Remorse , and sorrow , and vindictive pain . Man ...
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... desire , With some cold moral think to quench the fire ; Though all your engineering proves in vain , The dribbling stream ne'er puts it out again : O that a verse had power , and could command Far , far away , these flesh - flies of ...
... desire , With some cold moral think to quench the fire ; Though all your engineering proves in vain , The dribbling stream ne'er puts it out again : O that a verse had power , and could command Far , far away , these flesh - flies of ...
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... desire , Suffering the vengeance of eternal fire : Then nature , injured , scandalized , defiled , Unveil'd her blushing cheek , look'd on , and smiled Beheld with joy the lovely scene defaced , And praised the wrath that laid her ...
... desire , Suffering the vengeance of eternal fire : Then nature , injured , scandalized , defiled , Unveil'd her blushing cheek , look'd on , and smiled Beheld with joy the lovely scene defaced , And praised the wrath that laid her ...
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... desire it , thine ( Awful alternative ! believed , beloved , Thy glory , and thy shame if unimproved ) , Are never long vouchsafed , if push'd aside With cold disgust or philosophic pride ; And that , judicially withdrawn , disgrace ...
... desire it , thine ( Awful alternative ! believed , beloved , Thy glory , and thy shame if unimproved ) , Are never long vouchsafed , if push'd aside With cold disgust or philosophic pride ; And that , judicially withdrawn , disgrace ...
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... desire would grace with other speech Joys always prized , when placed within our reach . For lift thy palsied head , shake off the gloom That overhangs the borders of thy tomb , See nature gay , as when she first began With THE OLNEY ...
... desire would grace with other speech Joys always prized , when placed within our reach . For lift thy palsied head , shake off the gloom That overhangs the borders of thy tomb , See nature gay , as when she first began With THE OLNEY ...
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Popular passages
Page 234 - Oh! for a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb!
Page 277 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 316 - My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise, — The son of parents passed into the skies!
Page 165 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer, but not inebriate, wait on. each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 234 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb.
Page 164 - tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright...
Page 121 - Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh, Yet heard in scenes where peace for ever reigns, And only there, please highly for their sake.
Page 150 - My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades. ^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers. In his side he bore And in his hands and feet the cruel scars. With gentle force soliciting the darts He drew them forth, and healed and bade me live.
Page 315 - All this, and more endearing still than all, Thy constant flow of love, that knew no fall, Ne'er roughen'd by those cataracts and breaks, That humour interposed too often makes...
Page 192 - But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize. And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.