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... hour ; Not such their hope , when through the parted main The cloudy wonder led the warrior train : Not such their hope , when through the fields of night The torch of heaven diffused its friendly light : Not , when fierce Conquest ...
... hour ; Not such their hope , when through the parted main The cloudy wonder led the warrior train : Not such their hope , when through the fields of night The torch of heaven diffused its friendly light : Not , when fierce Conquest ...
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... hour Had felt on Praga's field a Frederic's power , And Gallia's vaunting train , and Mosco's horde , Had fleshed the maiden steel of Brunswic's sword . O ! yet , I deemed , that Fate , by Justice led , Might wreath once more the ...
... hour Had felt on Praga's field a Frederic's power , And Gallia's vaunting train , and Mosco's horde , Had fleshed the maiden steel of Brunswic's sword . O ! yet , I deemed , that Fate , by Justice led , Might wreath once more the ...
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... hour , Whose words were wisdom , and whose counsels power , Whom Earth applauded through her peopled shores , ( Alas ! whom Earth too early lost deplores ;-) Young without follies , without rashness bold , And greatly poor amidst a ...
... hour , Whose words were wisdom , and whose counsels power , Whom Earth applauded through her peopled shores , ( Alas ! whom Earth too early lost deplores ;-) Young without follies , without rashness bold , And greatly poor amidst a ...
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... hour , When pride and genius own a sterner power ; When the dimmed eyeball , and the struggling breath , And pain , and terror , mark advancing death ; — Still in that breast thy country held her throne , Thy toil , thy fear , thy ...
... hour , When pride and genius own a sterner power ; When the dimmed eyeball , and the struggling breath , And pain , and terror , mark advancing death ; — Still in that breast thy country held her throne , Thy toil , thy fear , thy ...
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... hours of glory's short - lived day . ' O peerless island , generous , bold , and free , Lost , ruined Albion , Europe mourns for thee . Hadst thou but known the hour in mercy given To stay thy doom , and ward the ire of heaven ; Bared ...
... hours of glory's short - lived day . ' O peerless island , generous , bold , and free , Lost , ruined Albion , Europe mourns for thee . Hadst thou but known the hour in mercy given To stay thy doom , and ward the ire of heaven ; Bared ...
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Adrastus Alpheus ancient Asturia beam beneath blessed blest blood bounteous bower brave breast bright bright promise brow chariot cherub coral strand coursers Cronian crown dare dark dead death Didst dread dwell E'en earth Edom falchion fame fear feeble fiery flame flood flower Freedom's glorious glory gods grave Greece harp hast hath heart hill holy hope Hosanna hour Israel Jesus Jove joy in heaven king Laius Latian light Lord lyre mercy mortal mourn muse nature's night numbers o'er ocean pale Pisa's pomp praise prayer pride proud Psaumis race reign rill saints Saviour Scythian shade shore Sicily song sons sorrow soul spear spirit spread SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY sway sweet swell sword tears Thebes thee Theron's thine throne thunder toil tomb tower train tyrant's victory warrior waves weeping wild wing world is grown wreath yonder youth zeal
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Page 88 - T^'HE Son of God goes forth to war, A kingly crown to gain ; His blood-red banner streams afar : Who follows in his train?
Page 139 - FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 95 - BY cool Siloam's shady rill, How sweet the lily grows ! How sweet the breath beneath the hill Of Sharon's dewy rose ! 2 Lo ! such the child whose early feet The paths of peace have trod ; Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, Is upward drawn to God...
Page 112 - Though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see, Only thou art holy, there is none beside thee, Perfect in power, in love, and...
Page 145 - And the lamp of his love is thy guide through the gloom ! Thou art gone to the grave ! we no longer behold thee, Nor tread the rough path of the world by thy side ; But the wide arms of Mercy are spread to enfold thee, And sinners may die, for the Sinless has died...
Page 95 - Lo, such the child whose early feet The paths of peace have trod ; Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, Is upward drawn to God. By cool Siloam's shady rill The lily must decay ; The rose that blooms beneath the hill Must shortly fade away.
Page 74 - GOD, that madest earth and heaven, Darkness and light, Who the day for toil hast given, For rest the night. May Thine angel guards defend us, Slumber sweet Thy mercy send us, Holy dreams and hopes attend us, This live-long night.
Page 68 - But when of morn and eve the star beholds me on my knee, I feel, though thou art distant far, thy prayers ascend for me.
Page 142 - BREAD of the world, in mercy broken, Wine of the soul, in mercy shed, By Whom th.e words of life were spoken, And in Whose death our sins are dead ; 2 Look on the heart by sorrow broken, Look on the tears by sinners shed ; And be Thy feast to us the token That by Thy grace our souls are fed.
Page 140 - Waft, waft, ye winds, His story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till o'er our ransomed nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.