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Henry Scott Riddell. The hoary wing of ages hath Pass'd o'er this world of woe and crime , Since slept the holy Bards in death Who woke thy harmonies sublime ; But time , which sheds its darkness o'er The pride of all created things ...
Henry Scott Riddell. The hoary wing of ages hath Pass'd o'er this world of woe and crime , Since slept the holy Bards in death Who woke thy harmonies sublime ; But time , which sheds its darkness o'er The pride of all created things ...
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... but the fading laurels claim To wreathe a wither'd heart . The charm , bless'd Lyre , that springs of thee , Shall live when time hath ceased to be . And o'er thy chords though never more May fall that SONGS OF THE ARK .
... but the fading laurels claim To wreathe a wither'd heart . The charm , bless'd Lyre , that springs of thee , Shall live when time hath ceased to be . And o'er thy chords though never more May fall that SONGS OF THE ARK .
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... Hath marr'd the good which reason bids him plan- I've seen how warnings from the mouth of God Stay'd not his steps upon the path he trode , Nor turn'd the wayward spirit to believe The words of Him who cannot e'er deceive . " Oh , that ...
... Hath marr'd the good which reason bids him plan- I've seen how warnings from the mouth of God Stay'd not his steps upon the path he trode , Nor turn'd the wayward spirit to believe The words of Him who cannot e'er deceive . " Oh , that ...
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... hath been my interceding , The cup of crime has overflow'd , And Heaven seems angry with Man , and the works below the sun , my pleading . Shall have no friendly hand to aid them ; For it repents the Holy One , And grieves his heart ...
... hath been my interceding , The cup of crime has overflow'd , And Heaven seems angry with Man , and the works below the sun , my pleading . Shall have no friendly hand to aid them ; For it repents the Holy One , And grieves his heart ...
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... hath thy spirit in penitence found them , Though the omens of death and dismay are around them . Even now to our spirits a sign hath been given , That speaks of the will and the wisdom of Heaven ; But though thy dread thunders a ...
... hath thy spirit in penitence found them , Though the omens of death and dismay are around them . Even now to our spirits a sign hath been given , That speaks of the will and the wisdom of Heaven ; But though thy dread thunders a ...
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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...