Devotional PoemsLippincott, 1862 - 192 páginas |
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... breath ! —the shadows melt ; -God reigns alone ; The dream is fled ; -Alas , the dreamer is undone ! IX . A deathlier chill the gods of old inspire : Adramelech , whose incense was the gore Of infants hissing in his altar - fire ; 3 ...
... breath ! —the shadows melt ; -God reigns alone ; The dream is fled ; -Alas , the dreamer is undone ! IX . A deathlier chill the gods of old inspire : Adramelech , whose incense was the gore Of infants hissing in his altar - fire ; 3 ...
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... breath of some mysterious fate , Trembling with weakness , and subdued by grief , Man would , with prayers , that power propitiate . So prone his soul , in this his fallen state , He downward looks for God : but should some ray Uplift ...
... breath of some mysterious fate , Trembling with weakness , and subdued by grief , Man would , with prayers , that power propitiate . So prone his soul , in this his fallen state , He downward looks for God : but should some ray Uplift ...
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... Its charms no sage has praised , no bard has sung : What , then , wins man by this curse - cumber'd breath ? He mocks a Deity , and wins - ' tis all - a death . The Sabbath . Remember the sabbath day to keep it 34 DEVOTIONAL POEMS .
... Its charms no sage has praised , no bard has sung : What , then , wins man by this curse - cumber'd breath ? He mocks a Deity , and wins - ' tis all - a death . The Sabbath . Remember the sabbath day to keep it 34 DEVOTIONAL POEMS .
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... breathing quick and low to hear ; Explores his faint pulse , while she stays her own ; And , on her pallid lip , crushes the struggling groan . IX . Thus hour by hour , till wears the night away ; Thus day by day , till Life is shadow'd ...
... breathing quick and low to hear ; Explores his faint pulse , while she stays her own ; And , on her pallid lip , crushes the struggling groan . IX . Thus hour by hour , till wears the night away ; Thus day by day , till Life is shadow'd ...
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... breathing lessons of immortal truth , He taught our spirits with his own to soar , And gave to Virtue and to God our youth : Truth's courage , duty's rigor , mercy's ruth ; The aims that make life lovely in defeat ; The spirit - wealth ...
... breathing lessons of immortal truth , He taught our spirits with his own to soar , And gave to Virtue and to God our youth : Truth's courage , duty's rigor , mercy's ruth ; The aims that make life lovely in defeat ; The spirit - wealth ...
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