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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... Sure pledge of day , that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet , praise him in thy sphere , While day arises , that sweet hour of prime . Thou Sun , of this great world both eye and soul , Acknowledge him thy greater ...
... Sure pledge of day , that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet , praise him in thy sphere , While day arises , that sweet hour of prime . Thou Sun , of this great world both eye and soul , Acknowledge him thy greater ...
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... sure who build ) Shall with eternal justice be fulfill'd : Ye sons of life , to whose glad hope is giv'n The bright reversion of approaching Heav'n ; With grateful hearts his glorious praise recite , Whose love from darkness call'd you ...
... sure who build ) Shall with eternal justice be fulfill'd : Ye sons of life , to whose glad hope is giv'n The bright reversion of approaching Heav'n ; With grateful hearts his glorious praise recite , Whose love from darkness call'd you ...
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... sure effects ; Of action and reaction : he has found The source of the disease that nature feels , And bids the world take heart and banish fear . Thou fool ! will thy discov'ry of the cause Suspend the effect , or heal it ? Has not God ...
... sure effects ; Of action and reaction : he has found The source of the disease that nature feels , And bids the world take heart and banish fear . Thou fool ! will thy discov'ry of the cause Suspend the effect , or heal it ? Has not God ...
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... sure experience , on the slightest view , Shows us that the reverse of this is true ; For when the body oft expiring lies , Its limbs quite senseless , and half clos'd its eyes , The mind new force and eloquence acquires , And with ...
... sure experience , on the slightest view , Shows us that the reverse of this is true ; For when the body oft expiring lies , Its limbs quite senseless , and half clos'd its eyes , The mind new force and eloquence acquires , And with ...
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... sure defeat ? As bounded as my being be my wish . All is inverted , wisdom is a fool . Sense ! take the rein ; blind Passion ! drive us on ; And , Ignorance ! befriend us on his way ; Ye new , but truest patrons of our peace ! Yes ...
... sure defeat ? As bounded as my being be my wish . All is inverted , wisdom is a fool . Sense ! take the rein ; blind Passion ! drive us on ; And , Ignorance ! befriend us on his way ; Ye new , but truest patrons of our peace ! Yes ...
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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
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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.