Lives of Sacred Poets, Volumen1J.W. Parker, 1834 - 363 páginas |
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... thine ears to be lent . My soul , my soul is wholly bent To do thee condigne * service and amend ; To flee for refuge to thy wounded breast , To suck the balm of my salvation thence , In sweet repose to take eternal rest , As thy child ...
... thine ears to be lent . My soul , my soul is wholly bent To do thee condigne * service and amend ; To flee for refuge to thy wounded breast , To suck the balm of my salvation thence , In sweet repose to take eternal rest , As thy child ...
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Robert Aris Willmott. Ah ! sweet Content , where doth thine harbour hold ? Is it in churches with religious men Which praise the Gods with prayers manifold , And in their studies meditate it then ? Whether thou dost in heaven or earth ...
Robert Aris Willmott. Ah ! sweet Content , where doth thine harbour hold ? Is it in churches with religious men Which praise the Gods with prayers manifold , And in their studies meditate it then ? Whether thou dost in heaven or earth ...
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... thine ears which long have tarried Barred up , be now unbarred , That my cries may entrance gain , And being entered grace obtain . For Thou , darter of dread thunders , Thou art great , and workest wonders . Other gods are wood and ...
... thine ears which long have tarried Barred up , be now unbarred , That my cries may entrance gain , And being entered grace obtain . For Thou , darter of dread thunders , Thou art great , and workest wonders . Other gods are wood and ...
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... Thine easy ear unto the plowman's vow ; Long might he look , and look , and long in vain , Might load his harvest in an empty wain , And beat the woods to find the poor oak's hungry grain . The effect of the address of Justice is given ...
... Thine easy ear unto the plowman's vow ; Long might he look , and look , and long in vain , Might load his harvest in an empty wain , And beat the woods to find the poor oak's hungry grain . The effect of the address of Justice is given ...
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... thine- I would to God that I had his , Or else that he had mine . To poems like this , we may apply Dryden's remark , in the dedication of the Æneid , that the sweetest essences are always confined in the smallest glasses t . The Happy ...
... thine- I would to God that I had his , Or else that he had mine . To poems like this , we may apply Dryden's remark , in the dedication of the Æneid , that the sweetest essences are always confined in the smallest glasses t . The Happy ...
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Página 273 - Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; For those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow, Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me. From rest and sleep, which but thy...
Página 292 - They are all gone into the world of light! And I alone sit lingering here; Their very memory is fair and bright, And my sad thoughts doth clear.
Página 267 - SWEET Day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet Spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My Music shows ye have your closes, And all must die. Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd timber, never gives ; But though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly...
Página 79 - Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Página 292 - He that hath found some fledg'd bird's nest may know, At first sight, if the bird be flown; But what fair well or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul, when man doth sleep, So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep.
Página 194 - Cause my speech is now decayed, Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When, God knows, I'm tossed about Either with despair or doubt, Yet, before the glass be out, Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When the tempter me pursu'th With the sins of all my youth, And half damns me with untruth, Sweet Spirit, comfort me!
Página 246 - Whereas my birth and spirit rather took The way that takes the town, Thou didst betray me to a ling'ring book And wrap me in a gown.
Página 292 - Dear, beauteous death, the Jewel of the Just; Shining no where but in the dark! What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark.
Página 355 - Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts : and then shall every man have praise of God.
Página 234 - However, I need not their help to reprove the vanity of those many love-poems, that are daily writ, and consecrated to Venus ; nor to bewail that so few are writ, that look towards God and Heaven. For my own part, my meaning — dear Mother — is, in these Sonnets, to declare my resolution to be, that my poor abilities in Poetry, shall be all and ever consecrated to God's glory: and I beg you to receive this as one testimony.