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... soon - with all thy might ; An angel's wing would droop if long at rest , And God himself , inactive , were no longer blest . Some high or humble enterprise of good Contemplate , till it shall possess thy mind , Become thy study ...
... soon - with all thy might ; An angel's wing would droop if long at rest , And God himself , inactive , were no longer blest . Some high or humble enterprise of good Contemplate , till it shall possess thy mind , Become thy study ...
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... soon forget that thou didst e'er exist . Rouse to some work of high and holy love , And thou an angel's happiness shalt know , - Shalt bless the earth while in the world above ; The good begun by thee shall onward flow In many a ...
... soon forget that thou didst e'er exist . Rouse to some work of high and holy love , And thou an angel's happiness shalt know , - Shalt bless the earth while in the world above ; The good begun by thee shall onward flow In many a ...
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... published last year by Mr. Samuel F. B. Morse . An interesting review f the volume appeared soon after in the London Quarterly : we are not When the broad orb of heaven is bright , And COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF POETRY . 235 25.
... published last year by Mr. Samuel F. B. Morse . An interesting review f the volume appeared soon after in the London Quarterly : we are not When the broad orb of heaven is bright , And COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF POETRY . 235 25.
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... soon ! A ship ! and all on fire ! -hull , yards and mart ! Her sheets are sheets of flame ! -She's nearing fast ! And now she rides , upright and still , Shedding a wild and lurid light Around the cove on inland hill , Waking the gloom ...
... soon ! A ship ! and all on fire ! -hull , yards and mart ! Her sheets are sheets of flame ! -She's nearing fast ! And now she rides , upright and still , Shedding a wild and lurid light Around the cove on inland hill , Waking the gloom ...
Page 34
... soon ! Mother , in mercy , stay ! Despair and death are with him ; and canst thou , With that kind , earthward look , go leave him now ? O , thou wast born for things of love ; Making more lovely in thy shine Whate'er thou look'st on ...
... soon ! Mother , in mercy , stay ! Despair and death are with him ; and canst thou , With that kind , earthward look , go leave him now ? O , thou wast born for things of love ; Making more lovely in thy shine Whate'er thou look'st on ...
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