Specimens of sacred and serious poetry, from Chaucer to the present day; including Grahame's Sabbath [&c.] with biogr. notices and critical remarks, by J. JohnstoneJohn Johnstone 1827 |
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... meets The halleluiahs of the choir : Sublime , A thousand notes symphoniously ascend , As if the whole were one , suspended high In air , soaring heavenward : afar they float , Wafting glad tidings to the sick man's couch : Raised on ...
... meets The halleluiahs of the choir : Sublime , A thousand notes symphoniously ascend , As if the whole were one , suspended high In air , soaring heavenward : afar they float , Wafting glad tidings to the sick man's couch : Raised on ...
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... meet , in some deep dell By rocks o'er - canopied , to hear the voice , Their faithful pastor's voice : he by the gleam Of sheeted lightning oped the sacred book , And words of comfort spake : over their souls His accents soothing came ...
... meet , in some deep dell By rocks o'er - canopied , to hear the voice , Their faithful pastor's voice : he by the gleam Of sheeted lightning oped the sacred book , And words of comfort spake : over their souls His accents soothing came ...
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... meet His fellow - sufferers , to pray and praise : And many a prayer , as pure as e'er was breathed In holy fanes , is sighed in prison halls . Ah me ! that clank of chains , as kneel and rise The death - doomed row . But see , a smile ...
... meet His fellow - sufferers , to pray and praise : And many a prayer , as pure as e'er was breathed In holy fanes , is sighed in prison halls . Ah me ! that clank of chains , as kneel and rise The death - doomed row . But see , a smile ...
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... meet Than loss of life ! so said the law divine , That law beneficent , which mildly stretched , * " And it came to pass on the third day in the morning , that there were thunders and lightnings , and a thick cloud upon the Mount , and ...
... meet Than loss of life ! so said the law divine , That law beneficent , which mildly stretched , * " And it came to pass on the third day in the morning , that there were thunders and lightnings , and a thick cloud upon the Mount , and ...
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... meets his fate . Now let me trace the stream up to its source Among the hills ; its runnel by degrees Diminishing , the murmur turns a tinkle . Closer and closer still the banks approach , Tangled so thick with pleaching bramble ...
... meets his fate . Now let me trace the stream up to its source Among the hills ; its runnel by degrees Diminishing , the murmur turns a tinkle . Closer and closer still the banks approach , Tangled so thick with pleaching bramble ...
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ABRAHAM COWLEY ANDREW MARVEL angels beams beauty behold BEN JONSON blessed bliss born breast breath bright child clouds Cowper dark dead death deep delight didst died divine doth dread dust earth eternal eyes face fair faith father fear flowers FRANCIS QUARLES GILES FLETCHER give glory grave hand happy hast hath hear heart heaven heavenly holy honour humble hymns Isaac Walton King labour Lady light live looks Lord mercy MICHAEL DRAYTON Midian mind morning mother never night o'er pain peace PHINEAS FLETCHER poem poet poetry poor praise prayer rest rise ROBERT HENRYSOUN ROBERT HERRICK Sabbath sacred sacred poet Scotland shade shepherd shine sight sing skies smile song soul spirit spring sweet tears Tell thee thine thing THOMAS LODGE THOMAS PARNELL thou thought tomb truth unto Unwin verse voice wings youth
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Page 371 - Affectionate, a mother lost so long. 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she.
Page 421 - Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts — not so thou Unchangeable, save to thy wild waves
Page 482 - FRIEND after friend departs : Who hath not lost a friend ? There is no union here of hearts That finds not here an end: Were this frail world our only rest.
Page 111 - Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant ; even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer...
Page 451 - That day of wrath, that dreadful day, When heaven and earth shall pass away, What power shall be the sinner's stay? How shall he meet that dreadful day? When, shrivelling like a parched scroll, The flaming heavens together roll, When louder yet, and yet more dread, Swells the high trump that wakes the dead ! O, on that day, that wrathful day, When man to judgment wakes from clay, Be THOU the trembling sinner's stay, Though heaven and earth shall pass away!
Page 335 - Hark, they whisper ; angels say, " Sister spirit, come away ! " What is this absorbs me quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my...
Page 82 - He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee.
Page 420 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean— roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy...
Page 110 - And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Page 303 - O, source of uncreated light, The Father's promised Paraclete ! Thrice holy fount, thrice holy fire, Our hearts with heavenly love inspire ; Come, and thy sacred unction bring, To sanctify us while we sing.