Poetical Works CompleteCarey & Hart, 1838 - 345 pages |
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... spirit's bitterest pain To love , to be beloved again ; And yet between a gulf which ever The hearts that burn to meet must sever . And he was vowed to one sweet star , Bright yet to him , but bright afar . O'er some , Love's shadow may ...
... spirit's bitterest pain To love , to be beloved again ; And yet between a gulf which ever The hearts that burn to meet must sever . And he was vowed to one sweet star , Bright yet to him , but bright afar . O'er some , Love's shadow may ...
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... spirit seen in dreams . I threw me on a couch to rest , Loosely I flung my long black hair ; It seem'd to soothe my troubled breast To drink the quiet evening air . I look'd upon the deep - blue sky , And it was all hope and harmony ...
... spirit seen in dreams . I threw me on a couch to rest , Loosely I flung my long black hair ; It seem'd to soothe my troubled breast To drink the quiet evening air . I look'd upon the deep - blue sky , And it was all hope and harmony ...
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... Spirit of Love ! soon thy rose - plumes wear The weight and the sully of canker and care : Falsehood is round thee ; Hope leads thee on , Till every hue from thy pinion is gone . But the bright moment is all thine own , The one ere thy ...
... Spirit of Love ! soon thy rose - plumes wear The weight and the sully of canker and care : Falsehood is round thee ; Hope leads thee on , Till every hue from thy pinion is gone . But the bright moment is all thine own , The one ere thy ...
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... spirit and glow of its crimson light . CYDIPPE had turn'd from her column'd hall , Where , the queen of the feast , she was worshipp'd by all : Where the vases were burning with spices and flowers , And the odorous waters were playing ...
... spirit and glow of its crimson light . CYDIPPE had turn'd from her column'd hall , Where , the queen of the feast , she was worshipp'd by all : Where the vases were burning with spices and flowers , And the odorous waters were playing ...
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... spirit ! I do tell of thee , - Of all thy thousand hopes , thy many fears , Thy morning blushes , and thy evening tears ; What thou hast ever been , and still will be , - Life's best , but most betraying witchery ! It is a night of ...
... spirit ! I do tell of thee , - Of all thy thousand hopes , thy many fears , Thy morning blushes , and thy evening tears ; What thou hast ever been , and still will be , - Life's best , but most betraying witchery ! It is a night of ...
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Page 251 - And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
Page 250 - My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
Page 250 - And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. 13 AND when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word : for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
Page 248 - Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.
Page 256 - In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying ; Repent ye ; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Page 250 - When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt : and was there until the death of Herod : that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
Page 252 - Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying ; I have sinned, in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said ; What is that to us ? See thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed ; and went and hanged himself.
Page 250 - And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee : blessed art thou among women.
Page 251 - And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot : for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
Page 229 - While daily, some mid those pale bands, Droop, sicken, pine, and die. Good God ! to think upon a child That has no childish days, No careless play, no frolics wild, No words of prayer and praise ! Man from the cradle — 'tis too soon To earn their daily bread, And heap the heat and toil of noon Upon an infant's head. To labour ere their strength be come, Or starve, — is such the doom That makes of many an English home One long and living tomb...