Lives of the English Sacred Poets, Volumen 2Parker, 1839 - 376 páginas |
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... night that brings the quiet pause From painful travails of the weary day , Prolongs my careful thoughts , and makes me blame The slow Aurore , that so for love or shame Doth long delay to show her blushing face ; And now the day renews ...
... night that brings the quiet pause From painful travails of the weary day , Prolongs my careful thoughts , and makes me blame The slow Aurore , that so for love or shame Doth long delay to show her blushing face ; And now the day renews ...
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... thoughts , surveys . By influence of the light divine , Let thy own light to others shine ; Reflect all heaven's ... night long unwearied sing High praise to the eternal King . I wake ! I wake ! ye heavenly choir , May your devotion me ...
... thoughts , surveys . By influence of the light divine , Let thy own light to others shine ; Reflect all heaven's ... night long unwearied sing High praise to the eternal King . I wake ! I wake ! ye heavenly choir , May your devotion me ...
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... Night Thoughts . His father was rector of the parish . The poet's life commenced under flattering auguries . Jacob says , writing in 1720 , that the “ queen stood godmother to him ; " a mark of peculiar respect to the parent , and an ...
... Night Thoughts . His father was rector of the parish . The poet's life commenced under flattering auguries . Jacob says , writing in 1720 , that the “ queen stood godmother to him ; " a mark of peculiar respect to the parent , and an ...
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... Night Thoughts . The rhetorician , however , is too - often visible , and the writer's love of antithesis , by degenerating into mannerism , becomes tedious . He also printed a Sermon on the Martyrdom of Charles the First , delivered ...
... Night Thoughts . The rhetorician , however , is too - often visible , and the writer's love of antithesis , by degenerating into mannerism , becomes tedious . He also printed a Sermon on the Martyrdom of Charles the First , delivered ...
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... Night III . This lady , the Narcissa of the Night Thoughts , died of consumption at Lyons , in her way to Nice , in 1736. The following passage has a personal interest . While sinful flesh relented , spirit nurst In blind ...
... Night III . This lady , the Narcissa of the Night Thoughts , died of consumption at Lyons , in her way to Nice , in 1736. The following passage has a personal interest . While sinful flesh relented , spirit nurst In blind ...
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