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... decay : And though I ne'er may trace that land Which gave thy sacred anthems birth , How were I bless'd to reach it , and To kneel upon its earth— That earth which holier feet have trod , Than those that bore the Ark of God ! To share ...
... decay : And though I ne'er may trace that land Which gave thy sacred anthems birth , How were I bless'd to reach it , and To kneel upon its earth— That earth which holier feet have trod , Than those that bore the Ark of God ! To share ...
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... decay , The wings which bore it o'er the scene of day . There runs , methinks , through all immortal mind , A chain that vibrates , though it may not bind ; And when in heaven above or earth below , The causes come of powerful joy or ...
... decay , The wings which bore it o'er the scene of day . There runs , methinks , through all immortal mind , A chain that vibrates , though it may not bind ; And when in heaven above or earth below , The causes come of powerful joy or ...
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... decay , Where ' neath the wind - worn cliffs , sublimely piled , The fair flower flourish'd by the fountain wild , How bless'd - how lovely were the freshness found , Amid the wide and howling wastes around ! Yet fairer far , and ...
... decay , Where ' neath the wind - worn cliffs , sublimely piled , The fair flower flourish'd by the fountain wild , How bless'd - how lovely were the freshness found , Amid the wide and howling wastes around ! Yet fairer far , and ...
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... decay To all of earth below , might pass away , And mercy rise in its own hallow'd light , And bar the coming of a darker night , For evermore to shed its rays abroad , And light earth's guilty wanderers home to God . die ? - And when ...
... decay To all of earth below , might pass away , And mercy rise in its own hallow'd light , And bar the coming of a darker night , For evermore to shed its rays abroad , And light earth's guilty wanderers home to God . die ? - And when ...
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... decay of man ; Nor thought can ween , nor accent tell , Of feelings , since my Song began , That scenes of pain have caused to start Athwart the region of the heart : For ere the soul of Bard may choose The image that his thought ...
... decay of man ; Nor thought can ween , nor accent tell , Of feelings , since my Song began , That scenes of pain have caused to start Athwart the region of the heart : For ere the soul of Bard may choose The image that his thought ...
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abode afar amid Ararat aught awful bless'd bliss bore bosom bower breast breath breeze bright brow calm cease charm cold dark dawn dead death decay deep dread dream dwell e'er earth eternity evermore fair faith fear feelings flower gloom glory glow green grey hath heart heaven heaving holy hope hour Japheth Jehovah Lelah light lips live lone melted mercy mind moorland morning mortal mountain ne'er neath never night Noah o'er the world own'd pain pass'd peace power of pain prayer radiance rills roll'd round scene seem'd shade shadows shed Shem sigh simoom sleep smile song sorrow sought soul spirit star starless night strife sublime sung surely shalt die tempest thee thine thou surely shalt thought throne tide trembling Twas vale voice wake wander waters waves wayward weary wild wilderness winds wont
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Page 325 - And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son ; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
Page 310 - And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning.
Page 22 - pear'd the shadow of the curse That hung, to deepen, o'er the universe — The arm, prepared to work the works of hell, Shorn of its power, in palsied frailty fell ; And lips, that wont so fiercely to dispute In words of blasphemy, grew pale and mute, As startled looks, with wilder'd meaning fraught, From heart to heart convey'd the sudden thought, That from some dread, unalterable decree, Unwonted doom had been, or soon should be ; Even nature show'da strange and wild dismay, As if her secret laws...
Page 22 - As if her secret laws hud roll'd astray. " The azure sky, that scarce a cloud had known Since first its glowing lamps in glory shone— Since first, amid its airy regions hung, The morning stars in joy together sung, ] Began to mingle with its native blue, A wildly sicken'd, melancholy hue, Pale as the light that tampers with the gloom Around the precincts of the whiten'd tomb, When morn its earliest glimmering renews Athwart the wild weeds and the churchyard dews.
Page 270 - Japheth's wife, so brisk of mood, Amid the mountain's solitude, With airy form and footstep light, Pursued afar the raven's flight, That she might gain a jewel gay, Which, snatching, he had borne away ; Yet still as she, in hope, would gain His resting-place, and search'd in vain, Returning, he would near her perch, And boldly aid that eager search ; And gledge and downward cast his eye, And tear the mud and moss around, As if he would with her outvie In ft tiding what coutd not be found.
Page 21 - ... opinion of the merits of this poem is, it contains several passages that indicate higher powers than we should have, from its general tenor, inclined to give the author credit for possessing. Among these, Is the impressive prelude to the deluge : " When the secret council of the sky Was spread in open light before their eye, And from Jehovah's will the thought went forth, That told through heaven the destiny of earth, Emotion of Inexplicable kind Trembled afar through all created mind. " The...
Page 255 - These ringlets yet are dark and long, And the eye has lost not all its light, Though it might not aye its tears among Be all so blue and all so bright, As yet it seem'd, ere the lily white...