The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper, Esq: Including the Hymns and Translations from Madame Guion, Milton, Etc., and Adam; a Sacred Drama; from the Italian of Gio. Battista Andreini, with a Memoir of the AuthorD. Appleton, 1856 - English poetry |
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... GLORY OF THE WORD . THE Spirit breathes upon the Word , And brings the truth to sight ; Precepts and promises afford A sanctifying light . A glory gilds the sacred page , Majestic like the sun ; It gives a light to every age , It gives ...
... GLORY OF THE WORD . THE Spirit breathes upon the Word , And brings the truth to sight ; Precepts and promises afford A sanctifying light . A glory gilds the sacred page , Majestic like the sun ; It gives a light to every age , It gives ...
Page 337
... GLORY drawn by a Giant , VOLAN , the Serpent , SATAN and SPIRITS . VAIN GLORY . King of Avernus , at this harp's glad sound I weave a starry garland for thy locks , For well I see thy lovely scales portend Honour to me , ruin and shame ...
... GLORY drawn by a Giant , VOLAN , the Serpent , SATAN and SPIRITS . VAIN GLORY . King of Avernus , at this harp's glad sound I weave a starry garland for thy locks , For well I see thy lovely scales portend Honour to me , ruin and shame ...
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... glory . My guide , I will obey thee ; Since , O benignant Lord , Thy service is dominion , And to obey thee , glory . If pain allow not that I speak the pain Which wounds my heart so deeply , Thou most indulgent Father Givest to the ...
... glory . My guide , I will obey thee ; Since , O benignant Lord , Thy service is dominion , And to obey thee , glory . If pain allow not that I speak the pain Which wounds my heart so deeply , Thou most indulgent Father Givest to the ...
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