The Loves of Othniel and Achsah, Volumen2

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J. Wilkie, 1769
 

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Página 100 - To men, to angels, to cceleltial minds, 345 For ever leads the generations on To higher fcenes of being; while fupply'd From day to day with his enlivening breath, .Inferior orders in fucceffion rife 1 To fill the void below.
Página 100 - The beft and faireft. of unnumber'd worlds 335 That lay from everlafting in the ftore Of his divine conceptions. Nor content, By one exertion of creative power His goodnefs to reveal ; through every age, Through every moment up the traft of time 340 His parent-hand with ever-new increafe Of happinefs and virtue has adorn'd The vaft harmonious frame...
Página 99 - But in the end , lest the world should » be plunged in an eternal abyss of confusion , » God , the author of the primitive order , will » appear again and resume the reins of empire. » Then he will change , amend ., embellish » and restore the whole frame of nature, and » put an end to decay of age , to diseases and
Página 101 - To fill the void below. As flame afcends, 350 As bodies to their proper centre move, As the pois'd ocean to the attrafting moon Obedient fwells, and every headlong ftream Devolves its winding waters to the main ; So all things which have life afpire to God, 355 The fun of being, boundlefs, unimpair'd, Centre of fouls ! Nor does the faithful voice Of nature ceafe to prompt their eager fteps Aright ; nor is the care of heaven withheld From granting to the tafk proportion'd aid ; 360 That in their ftations...

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