Tupper's Complete Poetical Works: Containing "Proverbial Philosophy", "A Thousand Lines", EtcPhillips, Sampson, 1853 - 486 pages |
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... holy , the Lord hath blessed that nation ; If they be lewd and impious , chastisement hath come upon that people : For the bitterest scourge of a land is ungodliness in them that govern it , And the guilt of the sons of Josiah drove ...
... holy , the Lord hath blessed that nation ; If they be lewd and impious , chastisement hath come upon that people : For the bitterest scourge of a land is ungodliness in them that govern it , And the guilt of the sons of Josiah drove ...
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... holy chosen few , Or grovel there a wretch condemned , to die among the million . And verily for ultimate results , there be but good and bad ; Heaven hath no dusky twilight ; hell is not gladdened with a dawn . Yet looking round among ...
... holy chosen few , Or grovel there a wretch condemned , to die among the million . And verily for ultimate results , there be but good and bad ; Heaven hath no dusky twilight ; hell is not gladdened with a dawn . Yet looking round among ...
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... holy , When goodness is sitting in the dust , and wickedness enthroned on Babel ? Doth pity condemn guilt ? —is justice not a feeling but a law Appealing to the line and to the plummet , incognizant of moral sense ? Thou that condemnest ...
... holy , When goodness is sitting in the dust , and wickedness enthroned on Babel ? Doth pity condemn guilt ? —is justice not a feeling but a law Appealing to the line and to the plummet , incognizant of moral sense ? Thou that condemnest ...
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... holy One and just , is the horn of thy foul foe so high exalted ? - And , alas ! for this our groaning world , for that grief and guilt are here ; Alas ! for that Earth is the battle - field , where good must combat with evil : Angels ...
... holy One and just , is the horn of thy foul foe so high exalted ? - And , alas ! for this our groaning world , for that grief and guilt are here ; Alas ! for that Earth is the battle - field , where good must combat with evil : Angels ...
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... holy pilgrimage ; A rent in the sacred veil , whereby God left his temple . Therefore , consider thyself , thou that dost not sorrow for thy guilt : Fear evil , or face its enemy : dread sin , or dare justice . Yea , saith the Spirit ...
... holy pilgrimage ; A rent in the sacred veil , whereby God left his temple . Therefore , consider thyself , thou that dost not sorrow for thy guilt : Fear evil , or face its enemy : dread sin , or dare justice . Yea , saith the Spirit ...
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