Elegant Extracts: A Copious Selection of Instructive, Moral, and Entertaining Passages, from the Most Eminent Poets. : Volume I[-VI] ...Kirk & Mercein, 22, Wall-Street., 1817 |
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... glory flow . Oh ! may some nobler thought my soul employ , Than empty , transient , sublunary joy : The stars shall drop , the Sun shall lose his flame , But thou , O God ! for ever shine the same . Gay . A THOUGHT ON ETERNITY . ERE the ...
... glory flow . Oh ! may some nobler thought my soul employ , Than empty , transient , sublunary joy : The stars shall drop , the Sun shall lose his flame , But thou , O God ! for ever shine the same . Gay . A THOUGHT ON ETERNITY . ERE the ...
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... glory scarce exceed . Great gluts of people Retard th ' unwieldy show ; whilst from the case- ments , And houses ' tops , ranks behind ranks , close wedg'd , Hang bellying o'er . But tell us , why this waste ? Why this ado in earthing ...
... glory scarce exceed . Great gluts of people Retard th ' unwieldy show ; whilst from the case- ments , And houses ' tops , ranks behind ranks , close wedg'd , Hang bellying o'er . But tell us , why this waste ? Why this ado in earthing ...
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... glory , and his GOD . - If mortal now , And sorely maim'd , no wonder . - Man has sinn'd . Sick of his bliss , and bent on new adventures , Evil he would needs try : nor tried in vain . ( Dreadful experiment ! destructive measure ...
... glory , and his GOD . - If mortal now , And sorely maim'd , no wonder . - Man has sinn'd . Sick of his bliss , and bent on new adventures , Evil he would needs try : nor tried in vain . ( Dreadful experiment ! destructive measure ...
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... glory , one unclouded blaze O'erflow thy courts : the Light himself shall shine Reveal'd , and God's eternal day be thine ! The seas shall waste , the skies in smoke decay , Rocks fall to dust , and mountains melt away ; But fix'd his ...
... glory , one unclouded blaze O'erflow thy courts : the Light himself shall shine Reveal'd , and God's eternal day be thine ! The seas shall waste , the skies in smoke decay , Rocks fall to dust , and mountains melt away ; But fix'd his ...
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... glory drown their sight . When Gabriel thus , ' Exult , ye swains , Jesus , your own Messiah , reigns ! Arise , the royal babe behold , Jesus , by ancient bards foretold . " To David's town direct your way , And shout , Salvation's born ...
... glory drown their sight . When Gabriel thus , ' Exult , ye swains , Jesus , your own Messiah , reigns ! Arise , the royal babe behold , Jesus , by ancient bards foretold . " To David's town direct your way , And shout , Salvation's born ...
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Términos y frases comunes
adore Almighty angels beam behold beneath bids birth bless bless'd bliss boundless breast breath bright brute celestial cloud dark death deep divine doth dread dust earth eternal ev'n ev'ry exalted fair fate fear fire fix'd flame glorious glory grave happy hast heart Heav'n heavenly hope human immortal Justice King light Lord lyre Manichæan mercy mind monsters drink mortal Muse nature Nature's ne'er night nought o'er Omnipotence pain peace poison'd pow'r praise pride rage reason reigns rise rising universe roll round ruling angels sacred sapience SATIRE OF JUVENAL scene seraph shade shalt shine sight silver plumes sing skies smiles Soame Jenyns song soul springs stream sweet tempest thee thine thou thought throne Thy hand toil tongue trembling truth universal store vex'd virtue voice whence wild wings Wisdom wise wretch
Pasajes populares
Página 239 - tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Página 41 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Página 252 - LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
Página 257 - Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.
Página 3 - Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Página 37 - Vast chain of being! which from God began Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from Infinite to thee, From thee to Nothing. On superior...
Página 258 - The march begins, in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes...
Página 143 - These, as they change, Almighty Father, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of thee.
Página 272 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Página 144 - tis nought to me, Since God is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full ; And where He vital breathes there must be joy.