Meditations and Contemplations, Volumes 1-2Solomon Wilbur, Jr., 1813 - Devotional literature |
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... earth below , To spheres , where planets roll , or comets glow . See him explore , with more than human eyes , The dreary sepulchre , where Grenville lies : Converse with stones , or monumental brass , The rude inscriptions - or the ...
... earth below , To spheres , where planets roll , or comets glow . See him explore , with more than human eyes , The dreary sepulchre , where Grenville lies : Converse with stones , or monumental brass , The rude inscriptions - or the ...
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... earth , thro ' æther , and the realms above : From things inanimate can direct the rod , * In just gradation , to ascend to God . Taught by thy lines , see hoary age grows wise , And all the rebel in his bosom dies : E'en thoughtless ...
... earth , thro ' æther , and the realms above : From things inanimate can direct the rod , * In just gradation , to ascend to God . Taught by thy lines , see hoary age grows wise , And all the rebel in his bosom dies : E'en thoughtless ...
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... earth trembles to th ' afrighted poles ; The virtuous mind , nor doubts nor fears assail ; For storms or zephyrs , or a gentler gale . And when disease obstructs the lab'ring breath , When the heart sickens , and each pulse is death ; E ...
... earth trembles to th ' afrighted poles ; The virtuous mind , nor doubts nor fears assail ; For storms or zephyrs , or a gentler gale . And when disease obstructs the lab'ring breath , When the heart sickens , and each pulse is death ; E ...
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... round the world , The earth in spring's embroid'ry drest , And ocean's ever - working breast ! And still no grateful honors raise To him who spreads D 2 ON HIS MEDITATIONS . Kindled those ardors in thy glowing breast. ...
... round the world , The earth in spring's embroid'ry drest , And ocean's ever - working breast ! And still no grateful honors raise To him who spreads D 2 ON HIS MEDITATIONS . Kindled those ardors in thy glowing breast. ...
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... earth , and path to GOD . HERVEY , proceed , for Nature yields Fresh treasure in her ample fields ; And in seraphic ecstacy Still bears us to the throne on high . Ocean's wild wonders next explore , His changing scenes , and secret ...
... earth , and path to GOD . HERVEY , proceed , for Nature yields Fresh treasure in her ample fields ; And in seraphic ecstacy Still bears us to the throne on high . Ocean's wild wonders next explore , His changing scenes , and secret ...
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Page 72 - Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Page 68 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Page 154 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 58 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies...
Page 105 - A dungeon horrible on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed ; yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes, That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 139 - There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead.
Page 152 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, And are counted as the small dust of the balance: Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 117 - What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heart-felt joy, Is virtue's prize: A better would you fix?
Page 95 - Behold, the name of the Lord cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy : his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire...
Page 87 - Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old ? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...