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... soul once scarr'd with sin . Brother , thou wert ever to me as a young and golden mist Floating through blue liquid heavens , with the morning sun- light kiss'd ; Which the eye looks up and blesses , lingering on 2 THE TWO BROTHERS .
... soul once scarr'd with sin . Brother , thou wert ever to me as a young and golden mist Floating through blue liquid heavens , with the morning sun- light kiss'd ; Which the eye looks up and blesses , lingering on 2 THE TWO BROTHERS .
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... thou ; Life and light and love , all blended , like soft rainbows , on our brow . And like us in blest communion kneeling , singing as we sung , On the hand of each of us a gentler lovelier angel hung . Often since I've mused , my ...
... thou ; Life and light and love , all blended , like soft rainbows , on our brow . And like us in blest communion kneeling , singing as we sung , On the hand of each of us a gentler lovelier angel hung . Often since I've mused , my ...
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And Other Poems Edward Henry Bickersteth. Weep not , brother ! thou hast found that angel of the far - off land , Whom our mother saw there kneeling , gently clinging to thy hand . I , too , have a tale to tell thee ( would that it may ...
And Other Poems Edward Henry Bickersteth. Weep not , brother ! thou hast found that angel of the far - off land , Whom our mother saw there kneeling , gently clinging to thy hand . I , too , have a tale to tell thee ( would that it may ...
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... thou wilt : Broken hearts and gentle bosoms , once serene and pure as thine- Woe , woe ! broken now and withering soon to fall and die like mine- But I reck'd not , for my spirit seem'd alternate fire and night , Like a cloud - robed ...
... thou wilt : Broken hearts and gentle bosoms , once serene and pure as thine- Woe , woe ! broken now and withering soon to fall and die like mine- But I reck'd not , for my spirit seem'd alternate fire and night , Like a cloud - robed ...
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... Thou art weary , way - worn , storm - tost - darker spots are on thy soul : " Jesus died - fear not , dear wanderer - storms must bend to His control . " Oh , that word ! I scarce had heard it since in music erst it fell From our ...
... Thou art weary , way - worn , storm - tost - darker spots are on thy soul : " Jesus died - fear not , dear wanderer - storms must bend to His control . " Oh , that word ! I scarce had heard it since in music erst it fell From our ...
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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.