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... plain below , With prescient ardor drank the scented gale , And bade the opening glades of Canaan hail ; Her eagle eye shall scan the prospect wide , From Carmel's cliffs to Almotana's tide ; The flinty waste , the cedar - tufted hill ...
... plain below , With prescient ardor drank the scented gale , And bade the opening glades of Canaan hail ; Her eagle eye shall scan the prospect wide , From Carmel's cliffs to Almotana's tide ; The flinty waste , the cedar - tufted hill ...
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... plain , His watery rays refracted lustre shed , And pour their latest light on Carmel's head . Yet shines your ... plains disclose , A dreary 14 PALESTINE .
... plain , His watery rays refracted lustre shed , And pour their latest light on Carmel's head . Yet shines your ... plains disclose , A dreary 14 PALESTINE .
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Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.) For sad the scenes Judæa's plains disclose , A dreary waste of undistinguished woes . See War untired his crimson pinions spread , And foul Revenge , that tramples on the dead . Lo , where from far the ...
Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.) For sad the scenes Judæa's plains disclose , A dreary waste of undistinguished woes . See War untired his crimson pinions spread , And foul Revenge , that tramples on the dead . Lo , where from far the ...
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... plain , And spurn with fell delight their kindred slain ; E'en they , when high above the dusty fight , Their burning Temple rose in lurid light , To their loved altars paid a parting groan , And in their country's woes forgot their own ...
... plain , And spurn with fell delight their kindred slain ; E'en they , when high above the dusty fight , Their burning Temple rose in lurid light , To their loved altars paid a parting groan , And in their country's woes forgot their own ...
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... plain , And heroes lift the generous sword in vain . Still o'er her sky the clouds of anger roll , And God's revenge hangs heavy on her soul . Yet shall she rise ; -but not by war restored , Not built in murder - planted by the sword ...
... plain , And heroes lift the generous sword in vain . Still o'er her sky the clouds of anger roll , And God's revenge hangs heavy on her soul . Yet shall she rise ; -but not by war restored , Not built in murder - planted by the sword ...
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Page 112 - 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. 4 Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty...
Page 88 - The martyr first, whose eagle eye Could pierce beyond the grave, Who saw his Master in the sky, And called on Him to save. " Like Him, with pardon on His tongue, In midst of mortal pain, He prayed for them that did the wrong ; Who follows in His train...
Page 139 - FROM Greenland's icy mountains, 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.
Page 95 - BY cool Siloam's shady rill, How sweet the lily grows ! How sweet the breath beneath the hill Of Sharon's dewy rose ! 2 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 140 - Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till o'er our ransomed nature, The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign ! HEBEK.
Page 142 - BREAD of the world, in mercy broken, Wine of the soul, in mercy shed, By Whom th.e words of life were spoken, And in Whose death our sins are dead ; 2 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 81 - Hosanna to the incarnate Word ! To Christ, Creator, Saviour, King, Let earth, let heaven, hosanna sing. 2 " Hosanna, Lord ! " thine angels cry. " Hosanna, Lord ! " thy saints reply; Above, beneath us, and around.
Page 82 - So in the last and dreadful day. When earth and heaven shall melt away, Thy flock, redeemed from sinful stain, Shall swell the sound of praise again, Hosanna, Lord, Hosanna in the highest.
Page 93 - His head with the beasts of the stall : Angels adore Him in slumber reclining, Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all.
Page 139 - 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.