The Poetical Works of Isaac Watts and Henry Kirke White, Volume 63Houghton, Mifflin, 1881 |
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... Sounds of an Eolian Harp 185 186 Sonnet - " What art thou , Mighty One ! and where thy seat ? " 186 To Capel Lofft , Esq . 187 To the Moon 188 Written at the Grave of a Friend 188 To Misfortune · 189 Sonnet " As thus oppressed with many ...
... Sounds of an Eolian Harp 185 186 Sonnet - " What art thou , Mighty One ! and where thy seat ? " 186 To Capel Lofft , Esq . 187 To the Moon 188 Written at the Grave of a Friend 188 To Misfortune · 189 Sonnet " As thus oppressed with many ...
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... sound of heresy , fled from the polluted house to a separate society ; but where no oppo- sition was made , and all remained without a mur- mur in the original place . In numerous instances the preacher , full of the wisdom of the ...
... sound of heresy , fled from the polluted house to a separate society ; but where no oppo- sition was made , and all remained without a mur- mur in the original place . In numerous instances the preacher , full of the wisdom of the ...
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... sound . " From such testimonies to the effect of his poems Watts must have received more heartfelt satisfac- tion than the highest degree of critical approba- tion and popular applause could have communi- cated to a mind like his . Dr ...
... sound . " From such testimonies to the effect of his poems Watts must have received more heartfelt satisfac- tion than the highest degree of critical approba- tion and popular applause could have communi- cated to a mind like his . Dr ...
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... sound of so much Greek were not terri- fying to a nice reader . But some of the latter poets of the Pagan world have debased this divine gift ; and many of the writers of the first rank , in this our age of national Christians , have ...
... sound of so much Greek were not terri- fying to a nice reader . But some of the latter poets of the Pagan world have debased this divine gift ; and many of the writers of the first rank , in this our age of national Christians , have ...
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... sound , and delicacy of expres sion , they have given a relish to blasphemies of the harshest kind ; and when they rant at their Maker in sonorous numbers , they fancy them- selves to have acted the hero well . Thus almost in vain have ...
... sound , and delicacy of expres sion , they have given a relish to blasphemies of the harshest kind ; and when they rant at their Maker in sonorous numbers , they fancy them- selves to have acted the hero well . Thus almost in vain have ...
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Page 213 - Go, lovely Rose ! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That had'st thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired : Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. Then die ! that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee, —...
Page 225 - It was my guide, my light, my all, it bade my dark forebodings cease ; and through the storm and danger's thrall it led me to the port of peace. Now safely moored — my perils o'er, I'll sing, first in night's diadem, for ever and for evermore, the Star— The Star of Bethlehem...
Page 339 - In works of labour or of skill I would be busy too; For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. In books, or work, or healthful play, Let my first years be past ; That I may give for every day Some good account at last.
Page lxxxix - Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet. He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
Page 366 - Twas to save thee, child, from dying, Save my dear from burning flame, Bitter groans and endless crying, That thy blest Redeemer came.
Page 364 - How much better thou'rt attended Than the- Son of God could be, When from heaven He descended And became a child like thee...
Page 15 - Here the whole Deity is known ; Nor dares a creature guess, — Which of the glories brightest shone, The justice, or the grace.
Page 358 - I'll not be proud of my youth or my beauty, Since both of them wither and fade; But gain a good name by well doing my duty, This will scent like a rose when I'm dead.
Page lxxxix - Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
Page 227 - Henry Kirke White died at Cambridge in October, 1806, in consequence of too much exertion in the pursuit of studies that would have matured a mind which disease and poverty could not impair, and which death itself destroyed rather than sub dued.