The Poetry of Life, Volume 2Carey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1835 - Life |
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Page 88
... Philistines trembled , after rending the lion , and scat- tering thousands with his single arm , stooping to the dalliance of a false and worthless woman - three times deceived - wantonly and wickedly deceived , yet trust- ing her at ...
... Philistines trembled , after rending the lion , and scat- tering thousands with his single arm , stooping to the dalliance of a false and worthless woman - three times deceived - wantonly and wickedly deceived , yet trust- ing her at ...
Page 90
... Philistines . Thus far we find him obedient as a man , and faithful as a sovereign ; for his heart was yet uncorrupted by the temptations which surround a throne : but the power of leading and governing others , soon produced its ...
... Philistines . Thus far we find him obedient as a man , and faithful as a sovereign ; for his heart was yet uncorrupted by the temptations which surround a throne : but the power of leading and governing others , soon produced its ...
Page 92
... . And there was war again : and David went out and fought with the Philistines , and slew them with a great slaughter ; and they fled from him . And the evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul 92 THE POETRY OF LIFE .
... . And there was war again : and David went out and fought with the Philistines , and slew them with a great slaughter ; and they fled from him . And the evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul 92 THE POETRY OF LIFE .
Page 95
... Philistines and to - morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me : the Lord also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines . Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth , and was sore afraid , because of the ...
... Philistines and to - morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me : the Lord also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines . Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth , and was sore afraid , because of the ...
Page 96
... Philistines arose and fought against Israel , and " followed hard after Saul and his sons , and the Philistines slew Jonathan , and Abinadab , and Melchi - shua , Saul's sons ; " And the battle went sore against Saul , and the archers ...
... Philistines arose and fought against Israel , and " followed hard after Saul and his sons , and the Philistines slew Jonathan , and Abinadab , and Melchi - shua , Saul's sons ; " And the battle went sore against Saul , and the archers ...
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Page 32 - I have of late — but wherefore I know not — lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Page 156 - Some heavenly music, (which even now I do,) To work mine end upon their senses, that This airy charm is for, I'll break my staff, Bury it certain fathoms in the earth, And, deeper than did ever plummet sound, I'll drown my book.
Page 169 - He, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower. His form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than Archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Page 82 - And Cain talked with Abel his brother : and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
Page 102 - There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. The eternal God is thy refuge; and underneath are the everlasting arms; and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee, and shall, say, Destroy them.
Page 89 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest I will lodge : thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: " Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 153 - All hail, great master! grave sir, hail ! I come To answer thy best pleasure ; be't to fly, To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride On the curl'd clouds ; to thy strong bidding, task Ariel, and all his quality.
Page 101 - The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation : he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation ; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Page 176 - I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amorist or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her siren daughters...
Page 170 - Me miserable ! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.