PoemsC. and E.B. Gill, 1830 - 192 páginas |
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... spirits , if a theme so high Mock the weak notes of mortal minstrelsy ; Yet , might your aid this anxious breast inspire With one faint spark of Milton's seraph fire , Then should my Muse ascend with bolder flight , And wave her eagle ...
... spirits , if a theme so high Mock the weak notes of mortal minstrelsy ; Yet , might your aid this anxious breast inspire With one faint spark of Milton's seraph fire , Then should my Muse ascend with bolder flight , And wave her eagle ...
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... spirits of the warrior dead , Whose giant force Britannia's armies led , Whose bickering falchions , foremost in the fight , Still poured confusion on the Soldan's might ; Lords of the biting axe and beamy spear , Wide conquering Edward ...
... spirits of the warrior dead , Whose giant force Britannia's armies led , Whose bickering falchions , foremost in the fight , Still poured confusion on the Soldan's might ; Lords of the biting axe and beamy spear , Wide conquering Edward ...
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... Spirit , ' I cried , ' dread teacher , yet declare , In that good fight , shall Albion's arm be there ? Can Albion , brave , and wise , and proud , refrain To hail a kindred soul , and link her fate with Spain ? Too long her sons ...
... Spirit , ' I cried , ' dread teacher , yet declare , In that good fight , shall Albion's arm be there ? Can Albion , brave , and wise , and proud , refrain To hail a kindred soul , and link her fate with Spain ? Too long her sons ...
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... spirit throbbed in Miriam's breast . She , with bare arms , and fixing on the sky The dark transparence of her lucid eye , Poured on the winds of heaven her wild sweet harmony . ' Where now , ' she sang , ' the tall Egyptian spear ...
... spirit throbbed in Miriam's breast . She , with bare arms , and fixing on the sky The dark transparence of her lucid eye , Poured on the winds of heaven her wild sweet harmony . ' Where now , ' she sang , ' the tall Egyptian spear ...
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... spirits speak In every flush that tints the student's cheek , As , wearied with the world , he seeks again The page of better times and greater men ; If with pure worship we your steps pursue , And youth , and health , and rest forget ...
... spirits speak In every flush that tints the student's cheek , As , wearied with the world , he seeks again The page of better times and greater men ; If with pure worship we your steps pursue , And youth , and health , and rest forget ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Adrastus Alpheus ancient 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 Syracusa 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
Pasajes populares
Página 89 - They climbed the steep ascent of heaven Through peril, toil, and pain : O God, to us may grace be given To follow in their train.
Página 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?
Página 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.
Página 143 - BENEATH our feet and o'er our head Is equal warning given ; Beneath us lie the countless dead, Above us is the heaven. 2 Their names are graven on the stone, Their bones are in the clay ; And ere another day is done, Ourselves may be as they.
Página 126 - Lo, the lilies of the field, How their leaves instruction yield ! Hark to Nature's lesson, given By the blessed birds of heaven ! Every bush and tufted tree Warbles sweet philosophy : — " Mortal, fly from doubt and sorrow : God provideth for the morrow...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 95 - BY cool Siloam's shady rill How sweet the lily grows, How sweet the breath beneath the hill Of Sharon's dewy rose. Lo, such the child whose early feet The paths of peace have trod ; Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, Is upward drawn to God.
Página 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.
Página 82 - So, in the last and dreadful day, When earth and heaven shall melt away, Thy flock, redeemed from sinful stain, Shall swell the sound of praise again : Hosanna ! Lord ! Hosanna in the highest ! SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT.