The works of Thomas Moore, comprehending all his melodies, ballads, etc, Volume 51823 |
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... . Nor was it long , ere by her side I found myself , whole happy days , Listening to words , whose music vied With our own Eden's seraph lays , When seraph lays are warm'd by love , But wanting FIRST ANGEL'S STORY . 13.
... . Nor was it long , ere by her side I found myself , whole happy days , Listening to words , whose music vied With our own Eden's seraph lays , When seraph lays are warm'd by love , But wanting FIRST ANGEL'S STORY . 13.
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... happy stainless star , where she Dwelt in her bower of purity ! One minute did he look , and then— As though he felt some deadly pain From its sweet light through heart and brain— Shrunk back , and never look'd again . Who was the ...
... happy stainless star , where she Dwelt in her bower of purity ! One minute did he look , and then— As though he felt some deadly pain From its sweet light through heart and brain— Shrunk back , and never look'd again . Who was the ...
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... his bright listeners , thus resumed : - Days , months elapsed , and , though what most On earth I sigh'd for was mine , all , - Yet - was I happy ? God , thou know'st , Howe'er they smile , and feign , and boast , SECOND ANGEL'S STORY . 53.
... his bright listeners , thus resumed : - Days , months elapsed , and , though what most On earth I sigh'd for was mine , all , - Yet - was I happy ? God , thou know'st , Howe'er they smile , and feign , and boast , SECOND ANGEL'S STORY . 53.
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... happy - to reflect Whatever beams still round me play'd Of former pride , of glory wreck'd , On her , my Moon , whose light I made , And whose soul worshipp'd even my shade- This was , I own , enjoyment — this My sole , last lingering ...
... happy - to reflect Whatever beams still round me play'd Of former pride , of glory wreck'd , On her , my Moon , whose light I made , And whose soul worshipp'd even my shade- This was , I own , enjoyment — this My sole , last lingering ...
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... Happy enthusiast ! still , oh still , Spite of my own heart's mortal chill , Spite of that double - fronted sorrow , Which looks at once before and back , Beholds the yesterday , the morrow , And sees both 60 THE LOVES OF THE ANGELS .
... Happy enthusiast ! still , oh still , Spite of my own heart's mortal chill , Spite of that double - fronted sorrow , Which looks at once before and back , Beholds the yesterday , the morrow , And sees both 60 THE LOVES OF THE ANGELS .
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Air.-STEVENSON angels Angels eyes beam beautiful beneath bird bless bless'd bliss bloom blush Book of Enoch Book of Job bosom bower breath bright brow burn caught charm Cherubs cloud curaçoa dark dear Fanny Derry divine dreams earth Eternal eyes fair fancy feel flame flowers fond glorious glory happy hath heart Heaven holy hour JEHOVAH light lips look look'd LORD LORD WELLINGTON loud Timbrel Love's maid Manetho MIRIAM'S SONG ne'er never night o'er oh purest Papists pass'd passion plume pride proud pure quæ rose round seem'd Sephiroths seraph shine shining book shone sigh silent to Thee skies smile song soul Sound the loud spirit star sunny sweet tears tell Temple of Jerusalem Tertullian There's thine things thou thought throne trembling to Thee turn'd Twas twill weep wild wings woman's words young
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Page 124 - When youthful spring around us breathes, Thy spirit warms her fragrant sigh ; And every flower the summer wreathes Is born beneath that kindling eye. Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine.
Page 130 - When hastening fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies Where idle warblers roam. But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay, Where nothing earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way.
Page 137 - Praise to the Conqueror, praise to the Lord, His word was our arrow, His breath was our sword! Who shall return to tell Egypt the story Of those she sent forth in the hour of her pride ? For the Lord hath looked out from His pillar of glory, And all her brave thousands are dashed in the tide. Sound the loud timbrel o'er Egypt's dark sea! Jehovah has triumphed ! His people are free ! Thomas Moore.
Page 107 - And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth : and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Page 130 - But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay, Where nothing earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way. So grant me, GOD, from every care And stain of passion free, Aloft, through Virtue's purer air, To hold my course to Thee ! No sin to cloud, no lure to stay My Soul, as home she springs ; — Thy Sunshine on her joyful way, Thy Freedom in her wings ! FALLEN IS THY THRONE.
Page 137 - And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians...
Page 124 - ... o'ershadows all the earth and skies like some dark beauteous bird whose plume is sparkling with unnumbered eyes that sacred gloom those fires divine so grand so countless Lord are thine...
Page 143 - And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 136 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 145 - ... they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall ; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.