Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1802 - English poetry |
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... feet Shun the broad way that sinners go , Who hates the place where Atheists meet And fears to talk as scoffers do . 2. Le loves t'employ his morning - light Amongst the statutes of the Lord , And spends the wakeful hours of night With ...
... feet Shun the broad way that sinners go , Who hates the place where Atheists meet And fears to talk as scoffers do . 2. Le loves t'employ his morning - light Amongst the statutes of the Lord , And spends the wakeful hours of night With ...
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... feet submit your crowns , Rejoice and tremble at his name . 9. With humble love address the Son , Lest he grow angry and ye die : His wrath will burn to worlds unknown . If ye provoke his jealousy . 10. His storms shall drive you quick ...
... feet submit your crowns , Rejoice and tremble at his name . 9. With humble love address the Son , Lest he grow angry and ye die : His wrath will burn to worlds unknown . If ye provoke his jealousy . 10. His storms shall drive you quick ...
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... , And worship in thy fear . 5. O may thy spirit guide my feet In ways of righteousness , Make ev'ry path of duty straight And plain before my face ! Waits . ] Dij LO PAUSE . 6. My watchful enemies combine To tempt my PSALMS . 31.
... , And worship in thy fear . 5. O may thy spirit guide my feet In ways of righteousness , Make ev'ry path of duty straight And plain before my face ! Waits . ] Dij LO PAUSE . 6. My watchful enemies combine To tempt my PSALMS . 31.
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... feet astray ; They flatter with a base design To make my soul their prey 7. Lord , crush the serpent in the dust , And all his plots destroy ; While those that in thy mercy trust For ever shout for joy . 8. The men that love and fear ...
... feet astray ; They flatter with a base design To make my soul their prey 7. Lord , crush the serpent in the dust , And all his plots destroy ; While those that in thy mercy trust For ever shout for joy . 8. The men that love and fear ...
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... fishes own 10 His godhead and his pow'r . 20 6. The waves lay spread beneath his feet , And fish at his command Bring their large shoals to Peter's net , Bring tribute to his hand . = 7. These lesser glories of the son Shone thro [ 38 ]
... fishes own 10 His godhead and his pow'r . 20 6. The waves lay spread beneath his feet , And fish at his command Bring their large shoals to Peter's net , Bring tribute to his hand . = 7. These lesser glories of the son Shone thro [ 38 ]
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20 PSALM almighty angels Behold bless'd blessings blest blood breath cheerful Christ church command COMMON METRE death divine dreadful dust dwell earth eternal ev'ry exalted eyes Father fear feet flesh flowing tears foes glorious gospel groans hath hear heart heav'n heav'nly hell holy honours hope Hosanna humble humble souls ISAAC WATTS Israel Jews justice King last judgment lips LONG METRE Lord love restore mighty nations ne'er night o'er PAUSE peace proclaim rage rais'd reigns rejoice rest righteousness rise sacred salvation Saviour shine SHORT METRE sing sinners sins Sion skies song sons sorrows soul sov'reign spirit spread stand Stanza thee thine thou hast thoughts thro thy face thy grace thy hand thy law thy love Thy mercy thy name thy pow'r thy praise thy saints thy throne thy word tongue trust verses voice wakeful eyes Watts wonders wondrous worship wrath ye saints
Popular passages
Page 50 - SWEET is the work, my God, my King, To praise thy name, give thanks and sing ; To show thy love by morning light, And talk of all thy truth at night.
Page 25 - Thou art a God, before whose sight The wicked shall not stand; Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight, Nor dwell at thy right hand.
Page 116 - From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land, by every tongue. 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Page 56 - King. 2 He formed the deeps unknown; He gave the seas their bound; The watery worlds are all his own, And all the solid ground. 3 Come, worship at his throne, Come, bow before the Lord; We are his works, and not our own; He formed us by his word.
Page 138 - A broken heart, my God, my King, Is all the sacrifice I bring ; The God of grace will ne'er despise A broken heart for sacrifice. 6 My soul lies humbled in the dust, And owns thy dreadful sentence just ; Look down, O Lord, with pitying eye, And save the soul condemn'd to die.
Page 68 - We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, High as the heavens our voices raise; And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 5 Wide as the world is thy command; Vast as eternity thy love; Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand, When rolling years shall cease to move.
Page 198 - LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And, when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 151 - EARLY, my God, without delay, I haste to seek thy face, My thirsty spirit faints away, Without thy cheering grace. 2 So pilgrims, on the scorching sand, Beneath a burning sky, Long for a cooling stream at hand, And they must drink or die.
Page 78 - Tis he relieves thy pain. Tis he that heals thy sicknesses, And makes thee young again. 4 He crowns thy life with love, When ransom'd from the grave ; He that redeem'd my soul from hell, Hath sovereign power to save.
Page 198 - Happy the man whose hopes rely On Israel's God : He made the sky, And earth, and seas, with all their train. His truth for ever stands secure ; He saves th' oppressed, He feeds the poor, And none shall find His promise vain.