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... chains of harmony the mightiest mind ; Thus music's empire in the soul began ; - The first - born poet ruled the first - born man . MONTGOMERY , " World before the Flood , " VI . DAVID PLAYING THE HARP BEFORE SAUL . 66 THEY talk vi ...
... chains of harmony the mightiest mind ; Thus music's empire in the soul began ; - The first - born poet ruled the first - born man . MONTGOMERY , " World before the Flood , " VI . DAVID PLAYING THE HARP BEFORE SAUL . 66 THEY talk vi ...
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... not , Albeit I cannot hate - strange sympathies Have bound us , sympathies of dreariest thought , Where the mind shudders o'er the forms it has begot . " " His beautiful eyes ! -they ill beseem the flash DAVID PLAYING BEFORE SAUL . 7.
... not , Albeit I cannot hate - strange sympathies Have bound us , sympathies of dreariest thought , Where the mind shudders o'er the forms it has begot . " " His beautiful eyes ! -they ill beseem the flash DAVID PLAYING BEFORE SAUL . 7.
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... mind's dark language on the written face , Will scarce mistake for pleasure's tranquil rose The brow that flushes , and the cheek that glows ; Or deem untutored and untrained by art The smile , that writhes above a broken heart . But ...
... mind's dark language on the written face , Will scarce mistake for pleasure's tranquil rose The brow that flushes , and the cheek that glows ; Or deem untutored and untrained by art The smile , that writhes above a broken heart . But ...
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... mind to hoard through many an after day . And so it fared with Saul : -that minstrel child Had led his spirit back to scenes gone by ; When , if he tuned to woe his numbers wild , " Twas but to borrow from her sullen sigh Contrasted ...
... mind to hoard through many an after day . And so it fared with Saul : -that minstrel child Had led his spirit back to scenes gone by ; When , if he tuned to woe his numbers wild , " Twas but to borrow from her sullen sigh Contrasted ...
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... mind , that round and round , Like feather upon faction's gale , is driven , — And now would hurl the mitre to the ground Which erst Jehovah's self on Aaron's brow had bound . Unfaithful multitude ! -but where the fool E'er dreamed of ...
... mind , that round and round , Like feather upon faction's gale , is driven , — And now would hurl the mitre to the ground Which erst Jehovah's self on Aaron's brow had bound . Unfaithful multitude ! -but where the fool E'er dreamed of ...
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Acts xvi amid angels ANTISTROPHE Astaroth beauty beneath bless blest bliss breast breath bright brow burst caught charm cheek Cherubim child Clare Hall clouds CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE dæmon dark dear death deemed deep dream Druids E'en earth Eolian eternal face faith fancy father feeling felt flower foes fond gazed gentle glance gloom glory glow grace grief happy hath heart heaven hills Himalaya holy hope hour hyæna Ishmael Kentmere king light lonely Lord lyre Maxentius mighty mountains Nature's night Numbers o'er OBTAINED THE SEATONIAN Patmos peace praise prayer Psalms rapture rest scene SEATONIAN PRIZE seraph shadows sigh sight silent sleep smile song sooth sorrow soul spake spirit stood strain stream sweet tears Thasos thee thine thought throne tone Twas unto visions voice West Bilney wild word
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Page 92 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 309 - Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee : and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing: and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee : and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Page 96 - And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes ; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
Page 309 - And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
Page 96 - And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
Page 223 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice
Page 94 - And this did she many days. But Paul being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
Page 92 - But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord : for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ...
Page 150 - And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
Page 25 - And Samuel said to all the people, "See ye him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people?" And all the people shouted, and said, "God save the king...