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... thou Patron - God ! Thou God and mortal ! thence more God to man ! Man's theme eternal ! man's eternal theme ! Thou can'st not ' scape uninjured from our praise . Uninjured from our praise can He escape , Who , disembosom'd from the ...
... thou Patron - God ! Thou God and mortal ! thence more God to man ! Man's theme eternal ! man's eternal theme ! Thou can'st not ' scape uninjured from our praise . Uninjured from our praise can He escape , Who , disembosom'd from the ...
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... Thou art so witty , profligate , and thin , Thou seem'st a Milton with his Death and Sin . " His satires abound in similar effusions of wit and humour , directed against the folly of being devoted to Fashion , and of aiming to appear ...
... Thou art so witty , profligate , and thin , Thou seem'st a Milton with his Death and Sin . " His satires abound in similar effusions of wit and humour , directed against the folly of being devoted to Fashion , and of aiming to appear ...
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... thou pleased the wondrous theme to try , And find the thought of man could rise so high ! Beyond this world the labour to pursue , And open all eternity to view ! But thou art best delighted to rehearse Heaven's holy dictates in exalted ...
... thou pleased the wondrous theme to try , And find the thought of man could rise so high ! Beyond this world the labour to pursue , And open all eternity to view ! But thou art best delighted to rehearse Heaven's holy dictates in exalted ...
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... Thou , who didst put to flight Primeval Silence , when the morning stars , Exulting , shouted o'er the rising ball ; O Thou , whose word from solid darkness struck strike wisdom from my soul ; That spark , the sun ; 30 35 40 28. Silence ...
... Thou , who didst put to flight Primeval Silence , when the morning stars , Exulting , shouted o'er the rising ball ; O Thou , whose word from solid darkness struck strike wisdom from my soul ; That spark , the sun ; 30 35 40 28. Silence ...
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... thou shalt pluck him from his sphere . Amidst such mighty plunder , why exhaust Thy partial quiver on a mark so mean ? 210 Why thy peculiar rancour wreak'd on me ? Insatiate archer ! could not one suffice ? Thy shaft flew thrice , and ...
... thou shalt pluck him from his sphere . Amidst such mighty plunder , why exhaust Thy partial quiver on a mark so mean ? 210 Why thy peculiar rancour wreak'd on me ? Insatiate archer ! could not one suffice ? Thy shaft flew thrice , and ...
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Page 363 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed — in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark heaving, boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of eternity — the throne Of the Invisible ; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made ; each zone Obeys thee ; thou goest forth, dread fathomless alone.
Page 185 - tis said) Before was never made, But when of old the sons of morning sung, While the Creator great His constellations set, And the well-balanced world on hinges hung. And cast the dark foundations deep, And bid the weltering waves their oozy channel keep.
Page 397 - And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven : and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it...
Page 124 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.
Page 363 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy...
Page 378 - This was the most unkindest cut of all ; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors...
Page 270 - Pure as the expanse of heaven I thither went With unexperienced thought and laid me down On the green bank to look into the clear Smooth lake that to me seemed another sky. As I bent down to look just opposite A shape within the watery gleam appeared Bending to look on me. I started back It started back but pleased I soon returned Pleased it returned as soon with answering looks Of sympathy and love.
Page 77 - An heir of glory! a frail child of dust! Helpless immortal! insect infinite! A worm! a god! I tremble at myself, . And in myself am lost ! at home a stranger, Thought wanders up and down, surprised, aghast, And wondering at her own: how reason reels!
Page 375 - Prone on the ground, as since, but on his rear, Circular base of rising folds, that tower'd Fold above fold a surging maze, his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes ; With burnish'd neck of verdant gold, erect Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass Floated redundant...
Page 75 - To reason, and on reason build resolve, (That column of true majesty in man) Assist me : I will thank you in the grave ; The grave, your kingdom : There this frame shall fall A victim sacred to your dreary shrine.