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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... light . A glory gilds the sacred page , Majestic like the sun ; It gives a light to every age , It gives , but borrows none . The hand that gave it still supplies The gracious light and heat : His truths upon the nations rise , They ...
... light . A glory gilds the sacred page , Majestic like the sun ; It gives a light to every age , It gives , but borrows none . The hand that gave it still supplies The gracious light and heat : His truths upon the nations rise , They ...
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... light Repose with God upon this glowing sphere ! Then let the stars descend , Descend the moon and sun , Forming bright steps to the empyreal world , And each rejoice that the supreme Creator Has deign'd to visit what his hand produced ...
... light Repose with God upon this glowing sphere ! Then let the stars descend , Descend the moon and sun , Forming bright steps to the empyreal world , And each rejoice that the supreme Creator Has deign'd to visit what his hand produced ...
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... light , to light raise the embattled browÄ… A symbol of the firm and generous heart That ardent dwells in the unconquer'd breast ! Must we then suffer such excessive wrong ? And shall we not with hands , thus talon - arm'd , Tear out the ...
... light , to light raise the embattled browÄ… A symbol of the firm and generous heart That ardent dwells in the unconquer'd breast ! Must we then suffer such excessive wrong ? And shall we not with hands , thus talon - arm'd , Tear out the ...
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