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... peace a silken tomb , Nor the forgiven child . Death is life's womb . O'er life , o'er death , alike we spread the storm , By straying from our being's simple form . Bright are our natural faculties in bloom Of childhood ; free from ...
... peace a silken tomb , Nor the forgiven child . Death is life's womb . O'er life , o'er death , alike we spread the storm , By straying from our being's simple form . Bright are our natural faculties in bloom Of childhood ; free from ...
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... peace ! Pleasures that end in sighs — Tears of dull sorrow - bitter agonies - ― - A hollow love that fails us in our need- Wrong judgments - mockery when our bosoms bleed- These are the presents which the world supplies Out of its ...
... peace ! Pleasures that end in sighs — Tears of dull sorrow - bitter agonies - ― - A hollow love that fails us in our need- Wrong judgments - mockery when our bosoms bleed- These are the presents which the world supplies Out of its ...
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... peace . Bright is the boundless air , Earth joyous with her dewy coronal : And hark ! a festive voice is everywhere Murmuring in Faith's glad ear , " God blesses all , Even His judgments . Cheer thee , drooping soul ; Doubt not all ...
... peace . Bright is the boundless air , Earth joyous with her dewy coronal : And hark ! a festive voice is everywhere Murmuring in Faith's glad ear , " God blesses all , Even His judgments . Cheer thee , drooping soul ; Doubt not all ...
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... peace , subsisting at the heart Of endless agitation . Here you stand , Adore and worship , when you know it not ; Pious beyond the intention of your thought ; Devout above the meaning of your will ! MAN NEVER IRRECLAIMABLE . ' Tis ...
... peace , subsisting at the heart Of endless agitation . Here you stand , Adore and worship , when you know it not ; Pious beyond the intention of your thought ; Devout above the meaning of your will ! MAN NEVER IRRECLAIMABLE . ' Tis ...
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... fashioned to the steps Of all infirmity , and tending all To the same point , attainable by all , Peace in ourselves and union with our God . John Milton . 1608-1674 . SPIRITUAL POPULATION OF THE UNIVERSE 888 THE TESTIMONY OF THE POETS .
... fashioned to the steps Of all infirmity , and tending all To the same point , attainable by all , Peace in ourselves and union with our God . John Milton . 1608-1674 . SPIRITUAL POPULATION OF THE UNIVERSE 888 THE TESTIMONY OF THE POETS .
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Page 33 - And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
Page 72 - Thou, whose exterior semblance doth belie Thy soul's immensity ! Thou best philosopher, who yet dost keep Thy heritage ! thou eye among the blind, That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep Haunted for ever by the eternal mind — Mighty prophet ! Seer blest, On whom those truths do rest, Which we are toiling all our lives to find...
Page 108 - STRONG Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have not seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove...
Page 162 - When even at last the solemn hour shall come, And wing my mystic flight to future worlds, I cheerful will obey; there, with new powers, Will rising wonders sing. I cannot go Where universal love not smiles around, Sustaining all yon orbs, and all their suns; From seeming evil still educing good, And better thence again, and better still, In infinite progression.
Page 318 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take ; The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Page 69 - And all together pray. While each to his great Father bends, Old men, and babes, and loving friends. And youths and maidens gay...
Page 161 - The impetuous song, and say from whom you rage. His praise, ye brooks, attune, ye trembling rills; And let me catch it as I muse along. Ye headlong torrents, rapid and profound; Ye softer floods, that lead the humid maze Along the vale; and thou, majestic main, A secret world of wonders in thyself, Sound His stupendous praise, whose greater voice Or bids you roar, or bids your roarings fall.
Page 81 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night...
Page 302 - Give to the winds thy fears ; Hope, and be undismayed; God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears, God shall lift up thy head. Through waves and clouds and storms He gently clears thy way; Wait thou His time, so shall this night Soon end in joyous day.
Page 162 - tis nought to me: Since God is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full; And where He vital breathes there must be joy.