PoetryBenjamin B. Mussey, 1842 - English literature |
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... glory , heav'n's vast height transcends . From infants thou canst strength upraise , And form their lisping tongues to praise : By these the vengeance - breathing Foe Thy mightier terrors taught to know , In mute astonishment shall ...
... glory , heav'n's vast height transcends . From infants thou canst strength upraise , And form their lisping tongues to praise : By these the vengeance - breathing Foe Thy mightier terrors taught to know , In mute astonishment shall ...
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... glory clouded , or thy smiles deny'd . Then widow'd nature veils her mournful eyes , And vents her grief in universal cries : Then gloomy death , with all his meagre train , Wide o'er the nations spreads his dismal reign ; Sea , earth ...
... glory clouded , or thy smiles deny'd . Then widow'd nature veils her mournful eyes , And vents her grief in universal cries : Then gloomy death , with all his meagre train , Wide o'er the nations spreads his dismal reign ; Sea , earth ...
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... 'd in thy superior rays , One tide of glory , one unclouded blaze , O'erflow thy courts : the Light himself shall shine Reveal'd , and God's eternal day be thine ! The seas shall waste , the skies in smoke de- BOOX I. ] SACRED AND MORAL .
... 'd in thy superior rays , One tide of glory , one unclouded blaze , O'erflow thy courts : the Light himself shall shine Reveal'd , and God's eternal day be thine ! The seas shall waste , the skies in smoke de- BOOX I. ] SACRED AND MORAL .
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... glory lead but to the grave . Nor you , ye proud , impute to these the fault , If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise , | Where thro ' the long - drawn aisle and fretted vault , The pealing anthem swells the note of praise . sway'd ...
... glory lead but to the grave . Nor you , ye proud , impute to these the fault , If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise , | Where thro ' the long - drawn aisle and fretted vault , The pealing anthem swells the note of praise . sway'd ...
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... Glory , in his powerful Word And Spirit , coming to create new worlds . On heavenly ground they stood ; and from the shore They view'd the vast immeasurable abyss Outrageous as a sea , dark , wasteful , wild , Up from the bottom turn'd ...
... Glory , in his powerful Word And Spirit , coming to create new worlds . On heavenly ground they stood ; and from the shore They view'd the vast immeasurable abyss Outrageous as a sea , dark , wasteful , wild , Up from the bottom turn'd ...
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beauty behold beneath bids bless blest bliss bosom breast breath bright charms clouds courser dark death deep delight divine dread e'en earth eternal Ev'n ev'ry fair fame fate fear fire fix'd flame flow'rs fool glory glow grace grave hand happy hast hear heart heaven hour immortal Jebusites kings light lord LORD BYRON lov'd lyre maid mighty mind mortal mourn Muse nature nature's ne'er night Nut-Brown Maid nymph o'er pain passion peace pleas'd pleasure pow'r praise pride proud rage rapture rills rise round sacred Samian wine scene seem'd seraphic shade shine shore sigh sight skies smile soft song soul sound spread stream sweet sylphs tears tempest Thalestris thee thine thou thought throne toil trembling truth Twas vale virtue voice waves wild wind wings wise wretch young Benjie youth