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... Heav'n , that it burns down to Earth , And in the furious inquest , that it makes On God's behalf , lays waste his fairest works . The very elements , though each be meant The minister of man , to serve his wants , Conspire against him ...
... Heav'n , that it burns down to Earth , And in the furious inquest , that it makes On God's behalf , lays waste his fairest works . The very elements , though each be meant The minister of man , to serve his wants , Conspire against him ...
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... Heav'n all were ! But hark - the doctor's voice ! -fast wedg'd be- tween Two empirics he stands , and with swoln cheeks Inspires the news , his trumpet . Keener far Than all invective is his bold harangue , While through that public ...
... Heav'n all were ! But hark - the doctor's voice ! -fast wedg'd be- tween Two empirics he stands , and with swoln cheeks Inspires the news , his trumpet . Keener far Than all invective is his bold harangue , While through that public ...
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... Heav'n would sure grow weary of a world Productive only of a race like ours , A monitor is wood - plank shaven thin . We wear it at our backs . There , closely brac'd And neatly fitted , it compresses hard The prominent and most ...
... Heav'n would sure grow weary of a world Productive only of a race like ours , A monitor is wood - plank shaven thin . We wear it at our backs . There , closely brac'd And neatly fitted , it compresses hard The prominent and most ...
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... Heav'n's peculiar grace , escape . There we grow early gray , but never wise ; There form connexions , but acquire no friend ; Solicit pleasure hopeless of success ; Waste youth in occupations only fit For second childhood , and devote ...
... Heav'n's peculiar grace , escape . There we grow early gray , but never wise ; There form connexions , but acquire no friend ; Solicit pleasure hopeless of success ; Waste youth in occupations only fit For second childhood , and devote ...
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... Heav'n.- So fare we in this prisonhouse the World ; And ' tis a fearful spectacle to see So many maniacs dancing in their chains . They gaze upon the links , that hold them fast , With eyes of anguish , execrate their lot , Then shake ...
... Heav'n.- So fare we in this prisonhouse the World ; And ' tis a fearful spectacle to see So many maniacs dancing in their chains . They gaze upon the links , that hold them fast , With eyes of anguish , execrate their lot , Then shake ...
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Page 262 - One song employs all nations, and all cry, ' Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us ! ' The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy : Till nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Page 251 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs, Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Page 60 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, ** And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 365 - I see, The same that oft in childhood solaced me ; Voice only fails, else how distinct they say, " Grieve not, my child, chase all thy fears away...
Page 369 - I would not trust my heart — the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might. But no — what here we call our life is such, So little to be loved, and thou so much, That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound spirit into bonds again.
Page 91 - My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades. ^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers. In his side he bore And in his hands and feet the cruel scars. With gentle force soliciting the darts He drew them forth, and healed and bade me live.
Page 352 - Then the progeny that springs From the forests of our land, Armed with thunder, clad with wings, Shall a wider world command. ' Regions Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway, Where his eagles never flew, None invincible as they.
Page 139 - Made vocal for the amusement of the rest ; The sprightly lyre, whose treasure of sweet sounds The touch from many a trembling chord shakes out; And the clear voice symphonious, yet distinct, And in the charming strife triumphant still ; Beguile the night, and set a keener edge On female industry : the threaded steel Flies swiftly, and unfelt the task proceeds.
Page 224 - The night was winter in his roughest mood ; The morning sharp and clear. But now at noon Upon the southern side of the slant hills, And where the woods fence off the northern blast, The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without a cloud, and white without a speck The dazzling splendour of the scene below.
Page 100 - Few know thy value, and few taste thy sweets; Though many boast thy favours, and affect To understand and choose thee for their own.