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... thou from sorrow find a sweet relief ? Or is thy heart oppressed with woes untold ? Balm wouldst thou gather for corroding grief ? Pour blessings round thee like a shower of gold.— ' Tis when the rose is wrapt in many a fold Close to ...
... thou from sorrow find a sweet relief ? Or is thy heart oppressed with woes untold ? Balm wouldst thou gather for corroding grief ? Pour blessings round thee like a shower of gold.— ' Tis when the rose is wrapt in many a fold Close to ...
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... thou , from sloth , that would appear But lowliness of mind , with joy proclaim Thy want of worth ; a charge thou couldst not hear From other lips , without a blush of shame , Or pride indignant ; then be thine the blame , And make ...
... thou , from sloth , that would appear But lowliness of mind , with joy proclaim Thy want of worth ; a charge thou couldst not hear From other lips , without a blush of shame , Or pride indignant ; then be thine the blame , And make ...
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... 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 branching stream , and ...
... 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 branching stream , and ...
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... Thou canst not break or ' scape the power In kindness given in thy first breathing hour : Thou canst not slay its life : it must create ; And , good or ill , there ne'er will come a date To its tremendous energies . The trust , Thus ...
... Thou canst not break or ' scape the power In kindness given in thy first breathing hour : Thou canst not slay its life : it must create ; And , good or ill , there ne'er will come a date To its tremendous energies . The trust , Thus ...
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... thou . God's Book , thou doubter , holds the plain record . Dar'st talk of hopes and doubts against that Word ? Dar'st palter with it in a quibbling sense ? That Book shall judge thee when thou passest hence . Then , with thy spirit ...
... thou . God's Book , thou doubter , holds the plain record . Dar'st talk of hopes and doubts against that Word ? Dar'st palter with it in a quibbling sense ? That Book shall judge thee when thou passest hence . Then , with thy spirit ...
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