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... thee on the night When death is waiting for thy numbered hours To take their swift and everlasting flight ; are to act in an imperfect and corrupt world ; and we must only contemplate per- fection enough to ennoble our natures , but not ...
... thee on the night When death is waiting for thy numbered hours To take their swift and everlasting flight ; are to act in an imperfect and corrupt world ; and we must only contemplate per- fection enough to ennoble our natures , but not ...
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... thee alone we know Justly to value things below . J. Thomson . Somerville So do the winds and thunder cleanse the air ; So working bees settle and purge the wine ; So lopp'd and pruned trees do flourish ; So doth the fire the drossy ...
... thee alone we know Justly to value things below . J. Thomson . Somerville So do the winds and thunder cleanse the air ; So working bees settle and purge the wine ; So lopp'd and pruned trees do flourish ; So doth the fire the drossy ...
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... Thee the first - born sons of light , In choral symphonies , Praise by day , day without night , And never , never cease : Angels and archangels , all Praise the mystic Three in One ; Sing , and stop , and gaze , and fall O'erwhelm'd ...
... Thee the first - born sons of light , In choral symphonies , Praise by day , day without night , And never , never cease : Angels and archangels , all Praise the mystic Three in One ; Sing , and stop , and gaze , and fall O'erwhelm'd ...
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... Thee , O God ! My soul thirsteth for God , for the living God when shall I come and appear before God ? ASSOCIATION - Law of . Psalms . trine of the Spirit's witness , freely and fully ; and their preaching was attended by spiritual ...
... Thee , O God ! My soul thirsteth for God , for the living God when shall I come and appear before God ? ASSOCIATION - Law of . Psalms . trine of the Spirit's witness , freely and fully ; and their preaching was attended by spiritual ...
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... Thee have I seen righteous before Me in this generation . " Abraham was called " the friend of God . " Job knew that his Redeemer lived , and that he should see Him , & c . Moses spake face to face with God . David in his Psalms gives ...
... Thee have I seen righteous before Me in this generation . " Abraham was called " the friend of God . " Job knew that his Redeemer lived , and that he should see Him , & c . Moses spake face to face with God . David in his Psalms gives ...
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Page 327 - Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? — God ! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, God!
Page 187 - Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom...
Page 294 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Page 237 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Page 239 - Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due, and sacred song...
Page 329 - If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me, Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Page 195 - THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted...
Page 369 - The appearance, instantaneously disclosed, Was of a mighty city — boldly say A wilderness of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a wondrous depth, Far sinking into splendor — without end ! Fabric it seemed of diamond and of gold, With alabaster domes, and silver spires, And blazing terrace upon terrace, high Uplifted...
Page 195 - And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem...
Page 267 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?