From Thomas the Rhymer to Richard GallHarper & brothers, 1875 - English poetry |
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... Thou dant thy toung that power hes and Thou steik thy ene fra warldis vanitie , Refraine thy lust and harkin quhat I say Graip or tho slyde , and keip furth the hi Thou hald the fast upon thy God and man And for ilk inche He will thé ...
... Thou dant thy toung that power hes and Thou steik thy ene fra warldis vanitie , Refraine thy lust and harkin quhat I say Graip or tho slyde , and keip furth the hi Thou hald the fast upon thy God and man And for ilk inche He will thé ...
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... thou sould sterv That will not luke on thee in eild , Frae that thou hast nae hair to heild Thy heid frae harming that it hes , Quben pen and purse and all ar peild , Tak then a meis of Mouth - thankless . It may be in example sene ...
... thou sould sterv That will not luke on thee in eild , Frae that thou hast nae hair to heild Thy heid frae harming that it hes , Quben pen and purse and all ar peild , Tak then a meis of Mouth - thankless . It may be in example sene ...
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... thou not eiten of the tree , That knowledge had not bein in thee , Nor yit nae sic excuse . The helper , Lord , thou gaife to me , Has cawsit me to transgress . Sayd scho , the serpent subtillie Persuaded me nae less , Intreiting , be ...
... thou not eiten of the tree , That knowledge had not bein in thee , Nor yit nae sic excuse . The helper , Lord , thou gaife to me , Has cawsit me to transgress . Sayd scho , the serpent subtillie Persuaded me nae less , Intreiting , be ...
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... thou To follow art inclined . That which will leave thee ' gainst thy will Thou freely shouldst forsake ; And wisely choose those better things Which none from thee can take . What comfort can that mortal have Who earth's whole wealth ...
... thou To follow art inclined . That which will leave thee ' gainst thy will Thou freely shouldst forsake ; And wisely choose those better things Which none from thee can take . What comfort can that mortal have Who earth's whole wealth ...
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... thou , without grief and tears , Think on these impious wounds Which thou didst cause , through which to thee Salvation free rebounds ? Thou , who shun'st all fatigue , and gives Thyself to soft delight , With what assurance canst thou ...
... thou , without grief and tears , Think on these impious wounds Which thou didst cause , through which to thee Salvation free rebounds ? Thou , who shun'st all fatigue , and gives Thyself to soft delight , With what assurance canst thou ...
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Page 142 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied GOD ! The rolling year Is full of Thee. Forth in the pleasing Spring Thy beauty walks, Thy tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart, is joy.
Page 339 - Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays : Hope "springs exulting on triumphant wing," That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear; While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Page 339 - And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide; But chiefly, in their hearts with grace divine preside.
Page 339 - Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme: How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed; How He Who bore in Heaven the second name Had not on earth whereon to lay His head; How His first followers and servants sped; The precepts sage they wrote to many a land; How he, who lone in Patmos banished, Saw in the sun a mighty angel stand, And heard great Bab'lon's doom pronounced by Heaven's command. Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays; Hope 'springs...
Page 354 - For a' that, and a' that; Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher ranks than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may,— As come it will for a' that,— That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a
Page 142 - And every sense, and every heart is joy; Then comes thy glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent. Then thy sun Shoots full perfection through the swelling year...
Page 340 - O'er a' the ills o' life victorious ! But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed ! Or like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place : Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide ; The hour approaches Tam maun ride ; That hour, o...
Page 339 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare; .Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And ' Let us worship God !* he says, with solemn air.
Page 449 - O woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou...
Page 439 - Wild is thy lay, and loud, Far in the downy cloud; Love gives it energy, love gave it birth. Where, on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying? Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth.