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... 'd there , no more to roam . And my earthly path was clouded , all its lingering gleams had fled , Save the memories of communion with the living and the dead . Oh , they sicken'd not , nor faded into fond THE TWO BROTHERS . 23.
... 'd there , no more to roam . And my earthly path was clouded , all its lingering gleams had fled , Save the memories of communion with the living and the dead . Oh , they sicken'd not , nor faded into fond THE TWO BROTHERS . 23.
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... living God , Who militant by faith to glory trod ; Who out of weakness valiant wax'd in fight , And singly turn'd the alien camps to flight : Still march they on , a mighty victor host Whose foremost ranks the stream of death have cross ...
... living God , Who militant by faith to glory trod ; Who out of weakness valiant wax'd in fight , And singly turn'd the alien camps to flight : Still march they on , a mighty victor host Whose foremost ranks the stream of death have cross ...
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... living splendours ; but anon Gloom settles on those silent wastes of snow ; The colours fade like dreams , and all is wan , Save intermittent starlight , dimly glimmering on . XIII . Thus rose and sank those myths of by - gone ages ...
... living splendours ; but anon Gloom settles on those silent wastes of snow ; The colours fade like dreams , and all is wan , Save intermittent starlight , dimly glimmering on . XIII . Thus rose and sank those myths of by - gone ages ...
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... living man drew breath In that vast host of slain - that silent camp of death . XXVI . But woe to thee , Assyria , who hast striven To mock Jehovah with thine impious tongue ; Guard thine own city from the bolts of heaven ! Thy hour is ...
... living man drew breath In that vast host of slain - that silent camp of death . XXVI . But woe to thee , Assyria , who hast striven To mock Jehovah with thine impious tongue ; Guard thine own city from the bolts of heaven ! Thy hour is ...
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... living creatures inexpressible " . Of human likeness seem'd they , clad with wings Of Cherubim , like burning coals of fire Or lamps that flash'd as lightnings to and fro ; Straight moving , where the Spirit will'd . Beneath Wheels rush ...
... living creatures inexpressible " . Of human likeness seem'd they , clad with wings Of Cherubim , like burning coals of fire Or lamps that flash'd as lightnings to and fro ; Straight moving , where the Spirit will'd . Beneath Wheels rush ...
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Page 253 - I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Page 294 - After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful, and terrible, and strong exceedingly, and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it; and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.