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... , WHICH VIRTUE HELPED , WERE TITLED 66 NOT AMISS , THE MEDICINE OF THE MIND . " A NEW EDITION , WITH ADDITIONS . NINE STEEL PLATES . MILNER LONDON : AND SOWERBY , 44 , PATERNOSTER ROW . 14 5 RY A WORD TO THE READER . LITTLE.
... , WHICH VIRTUE HELPED , WERE TITLED 66 NOT AMISS , THE MEDICINE OF THE MIND . " A NEW EDITION , WITH ADDITIONS . NINE STEEL PLATES . MILNER LONDON : AND SOWERBY , 44 , PATERNOSTER ROW . 14 5 RY A WORD TO THE READER . LITTLE.
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... mind of the reader from the false and fleeting excitements of earth , to those more enduring pleasures that are to be found in the contemplation of the brighter and happier world hereafter to dawn . To those who can appreciate the ...
... mind of the reader from the false and fleeting excitements of earth , to those more enduring pleasures that are to be found in the contemplation of the brighter and happier world hereafter to dawn . To those who can appreciate the ...
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... mind obey , Though tuneless all it be ; Though words but mock the fond excess Of love , of hope , of tenderness , Which thou hast wrought in me ; And though my harp's degen'rate chords Faint echoes yield to powerless words . O could my ...
... mind obey , Though tuneless all it be ; Though words but mock the fond excess Of love , of hope , of tenderness , Which thou hast wrought in me ; And though my harp's degen'rate chords Faint echoes yield to powerless words . O could my ...
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Gems. 46 VERSES . Strong are the ties which still my mind entwine , And counteract the work of love divine . The world , the world its glittering baits prepares , Its friendship offers , and obtrudes its cares ; Still would intemperate ...
Gems. 46 VERSES . Strong are the ties which still my mind entwine , And counteract the work of love divine . The world , the world its glittering baits prepares , Its friendship offers , and obtrudes its cares ; Still would intemperate ...
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... mind o'erturn'd , Its loftiest heights in ruin laid , And Reason's lamp , which brightly burn'd , Obscur'd or quench'd in Frenzy's shade : A sight like this may well awake Our grief , our fear , -for Nature's sake . It is a painful ...
... mind o'erturn'd , Its loftiest heights in ruin laid , And Reason's lamp , which brightly burn'd , Obscur'd or quench'd in Frenzy's shade : A sight like this may well awake Our grief , our fear , -for Nature's sake . It is a painful ...
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Términos y frases comunes
admiring bands angels ANON aspen beam beauty behold beneath BERNARD BARTON birds bless blest bliss bosom breast breath bright brow child Christian clouds CONVICT SHIP CRUCIFIXION dark death dream dwell e'en earth earthly eternal fade fair fear fled flowers gloom glorious glory grave harp Hast thou hath heard heart heaven heavenly holy hope hour JAMES EDMESTONE Jehovah Jerusalem leaf leaves shall fall life's light lips live look'd Lord MARY HOWITT mercy mortal may know myrrh night nought o'er ODE TO DUTY pain pass'd peace pleasure praise prayer pride raptured repose rest rill round scene SECOND COMING shine sigh sing SISTER'S VOICE skies smile song sorrow soul sound spirit star sweet tears tempest thee thine Thou art thought throne thy victory tomb TOMB OF CYRUS tree truth Twas vanish'd wave weary weep wild winds wings youth
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Página 200 - 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, Living or dying, none were blest.
Página 57 - Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed...
Página 90 - The task, in smoother walks to stray; But thee I now would serve more strictly, if I may. Through no disturbance of my soul, Or strong compunction in me wrought, I supplicate for thy control, But in the quietness of thought.
Página 58 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord!
Página 163 - WHEN Israel, of the Lord beloved, Out from the land of bondage came, Her fathers' God before her moved, An awful guide in smoke and flame. By day, along the astonish'd lands, The cloudy pillar glided slow ; By night, Arabia's crimson'd sands Return'd the fiery column's glow.
Página 111 - Thou art gone to the grave ! we no longer behold thee, Nor tread the rough path of the world by thy side ; But the wide arms of Mercy are spread to enfold thee, And sinners may hope, since the Sinless has died.
Página 89 - STERN Daughter of the voice of God ! O Duty ! if that name thou love Who art a light to guide, a rod To check the erring, and reprove...
Página 57 - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.
Página 190 - Christ is born, the great Anointed, Heaven and earth his praises sing; O ! receive, whom God appointed, For your Prophet, Priest, and King. 5 Hasten, mortals, to adore Him, Learn his name and taste his joy; Till in heaven ye sing before Him, Glory be to God most high...
Página 232 - The changing spirit's rise and fall ; We know that these were felt by him, For these are felt by all. He suffer'd, — but his pangs are o'er ; Enjoy'd, — but his delights are fled ; Had friends, — his friends are now no more ; And foes, — his foes are dead.