 | Thomas Chatterton - 1803 - 556 pages
...Incroaching sought a boundless sway, Omniscience could the danger see, And Mercy look the cause away. Then why, my soul, dost thou complain ? Why drooping...vitals' feeble rill, The sickness of my soul declare. Hut yet, with fortitude resign'd, I'll thank th" inilicter of the blow; Forbid the sigh, compose my... | |
 | Collection - 1807 - 650 pages
...chain,. For GOD created all to blesS. •_' Rut ah ! ,my breast is human still j The rising siij;h, the falling tear, My languid vitals' feeble rill,...sickness of my soul declare. .? But yet, with fortitude resign'd I'll thank th' inflictcr of the blow, Forbid the sigh, compose my mind, , Nor let the gush... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 680 pages
...Incroaehing sought a boundless sway, Omniscience coultl the danger see, And Mercy look the cause away. Then why, my soul, dost thou complain? Why drooping...sickness of my soul declare. But yet, with fortitude resign'd, I'll thank th' inflieter of the blow; Forbid the sigh, compose my mind. Nor let the gush... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1810 - 456 pages
...GOLDSMITH. Then why, my soul, dost tliou complain ? Why dropping seek the dark recess ? Shake oft' the melancholy chain, For God created all to bless....vitals' feeble rill, The sickness of my soul declare. 4. But yet with fortitude resigned, I'll thank th' Inflictor of the blow; Forbid the sigh, compose... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 682 pages
...Incroaching sought a boundless sway, Omniscience could the danger see, And Mercy look the cause away. Then why, my soul, dost thou complain? Why drooping...the dark recess? Shake off the melancholy chain, For i lnil created all to bless. But ah ! my breast is tinman still} The risinir siirli. the fallinr tear.... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...Encroaching, sought a boundless sway, Omniscience eonH the danger see, And merey look the cause away. € c 3 Then why, my soul, dost thou complain? Why drooping seek the dark recess r Shake off the melancholy chain ; For God created all to bless. But ah! my breast is human still:... | |
 | William Bengo Collyer - Hymns - 1812 - 980 pages
...own thy power. Thy goodness love, thy justice fear. HYMN DCCXXXIII. Resignation. CHATTEKTON. 1 f*\ WHY, my soul, dost thou complain ? ^-^ Why drooping...the melancholy chain, For God created all to bless. 2 But ah ! my breast is human still; The rising sigh, the failing tear, My languid vitals' feeble rill,... | |
 | Selection - Hymns, English - 1822 - 276 pages
...Encroaching seeks a boundless sway, Omniscience can the danger see, And Mercy look the cause away. 5 Then why, my soul, dost thou complain. ? Why, drooping, seek the dark recess ? Shake off thy melancholy chain ; For God created all to bless. 293. Trust in God under affliction. 1 npHROTJGH... | |
 | Solomon Piggott - Suicide - 1824 - 422 pages
...Encroaching, sought a boundless sway, Omniscience could the danger see, And Mercy look the cause away. 'Then why, my soul, dost thou complain ? Why, drooping,...sickness of my soul declare. ' But yet, with fortitude resign'd, I'll thank lh' infiicter of the blow, Forbid the sigh, compose my mind, Nor let the gutb... | |
 | Cecilia Mary Caddell - 1825 - 1010 pages
...induced her conduct was not lessened in consequence, she resigned herself to compliance. CHAPTER XXVIII. But ah ! my breast is human still — The rising sigh,...vitals' feeble rill The sickness of my soul declare. CRATTERTON. ELIZA, having before communicated with Lady Jacintha, through the medium of Mrs. Paget,... | |
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Thy goodness love, thy justice fear! If in this bosom aught but Thee Encroaching sought a boundless sway, Omniscience could the danger see, And Mercy look the cause away. Then, why, my soul, dost thou complain ? Why drooping seek the dark recess ? Shake... 
