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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Side 20
... beneath thy pow'r ; Thee could the ablest of thy creatures know , Lost were thy unity , for he were thou : Yet present to all sense thy pow'r remains , Reveal'd in nature , nature's Author reigns . In vain would error from conviction ...
... beneath thy pow'r ; Thee could the ablest of thy creatures know , Lost were thy unity , for he were thou : Yet present to all sense thy pow'r remains , Reveal'd in nature , nature's Author reigns . In vain would error from conviction ...
Side 22
... beneath the sea . Nor yet thy pow'r thy chosen train forsook , When through Arabia's sands their way they took : By day thy cloud was present to the sight , Thy fiery pillar led their march by night ; Thy hand amidst the waste their ...
... beneath the sea . Nor yet thy pow'r thy chosen train forsook , When through Arabia's sands their way they took : By day thy cloud was present to the sight , Thy fiery pillar led their march by night ; Thy hand amidst the waste their ...
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... beneath accumulated wrong : Soon , very soon , I trust , the galling yoke That clogs thee now , for ever shall be broke . It comes , thy freedom comes ; from grief arise ; Prepare , exulting , for thy native skies : Soon , very soon ...
... beneath accumulated wrong : Soon , very soon , I trust , the galling yoke That clogs thee now , for ever shall be broke . It comes , thy freedom comes ; from grief arise ; Prepare , exulting , for thy native skies : Soon , very soon ...
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... beneath , And reinthrones us in supremacy Of joy , ev'n here . Admit immortal life , And virtue is knight - errantry no more ; VOL . I. Each virtue brings in hand a golden dower , Far PART 1 . 61 DEVOTIONAL AND MORAL .
... beneath , And reinthrones us in supremacy Of joy , ev'n here . Admit immortal life , And virtue is knight - errantry no more ; VOL . I. Each virtue brings in hand a golden dower , Far PART 1 . 61 DEVOTIONAL AND MORAL .
Side 67
... this monumental sigh ! " Beneath the lumber of demolish'd worlds , Deep in the rubbish of the general wreck , Swept ignominious to the common mass Of matter , never dignified with life , Here lie PART I 67 DEVOTIONAL AND MORAL .
... this monumental sigh ! " Beneath the lumber of demolish'd worlds , Deep in the rubbish of the general wreck , Swept ignominious to the common mass Of matter , never dignified with life , Here lie PART I 67 DEVOTIONAL AND MORAL .
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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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Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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...
Side 143 - These, as they change, Almighty Father, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of thee.
Side 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.
Side 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.