Moral and Religious Quotations from the Poets: Topically Arranged, Comprising Choice Selections from Six Hundred Authors |
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... bliss above . In God's own might WILLIAMS . We gird us for the coming fight ; And strong in him whose cause is ours , In conflict with unholy powers , We grasp the weapons he has given- The light , and truth , and love of Heaven ...
... bliss above . In God's own might WILLIAMS . We gird us for the coming fight ; And strong in him whose cause is ours , In conflict with unholy powers , We grasp the weapons he has given- The light , and truth , and love of Heaven ...
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... bliss lies not on beds of down , And he that had no cross deserves no crown . FRANCIS QUARLES . Afflictions clarify the soul . FRANCIS QUARLES . Who sends affliction sends an end ; and He Best knows what's best for Him , what's best for ...
... bliss lies not on beds of down , And he that had no cross deserves no crown . FRANCIS QUARLES . Afflictions clarify the soul . FRANCIS QUARLES . Who sends affliction sends an end ; and He Best knows what's best for Him , what's best for ...
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... bliss ! Father of Jesus ! love's reward ! What rapture will it be Prostrate before thy throne to lie , And gaze and gaze on thee ! FABER . Are there not aspirations in each heart After a better , brighter world than this ? Longings for ...
... bliss ! Father of Jesus ! love's reward ! What rapture will it be Prostrate before thy throne to lie , And gaze and gaze on thee ! FABER . Are there not aspirations in each heart After a better , brighter world than this ? Longings for ...
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... bliss ! THOMSON . All my thoughts , which upward winging Bathe where Thy own light is springing , All my yearnings to be free , Are as echoes answering Thee . WHITTIER O ! who the speed of bird and wind And sunbeam's glance will lend to ...
... bliss ! THOMSON . All my thoughts , which upward winging Bathe where Thy own light is springing , All my yearnings to be free , Are as echoes answering Thee . WHITTIER O ! who the speed of bird and wind And sunbeam's glance will lend to ...
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... bliss . MRS . HALE . So beauty , armed with virtue , bows the soul With a commanding , but a sweet control , Making the heart all holiness and love , And lifting it to worlds that shine above . J. G. PERCIVAL . BENEFICENCE LENCE ...
... bliss . MRS . HALE . So beauty , armed with virtue , bows the soul With a commanding , but a sweet control , Making the heart all holiness and love , And lifting it to worlds that shine above . J. G. PERCIVAL . BENEFICENCE LENCE ...
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