Noon, Volume 1, Issue 3W. S. Lord., 1900 - Poetry |
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Page 51
... Light unsufferable , And that far - beaming blaze of Majesty Wherewith He wont at Heaven's high council - table To sit the midst of Trinal Unity , He laid aside ; and , here with us to be , Forsook the courts of everlasting day , And ...
... Light unsufferable , And that far - beaming blaze of Majesty Wherewith He wont at Heaven's high council - table To sit the midst of Trinal Unity , He laid aside ; and , here with us to be , Forsook the courts of everlasting day , And ...
Page 52
... light , And all the spangled host keep watch in squadrons bright ? See how from far , upon the eastern road , The star - led wizards haste with odours sweet ; O run , prevent them with thy humble ode And lay it lowly at His blessed feet ...
... light , And all the spangled host keep watch in squadrons bright ? See how from far , upon the eastern road , The star - led wizards haste with odours sweet ; O run , prevent them with thy humble ode And lay it lowly at His blessed feet ...
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... their sovran Lord was by . But peaceful was the night Wherein the Prince of Light His reign of peace upon the earth began ; The winds , with wonder whist , Smoothly the waters kist Whispering new joys to the mild ocean— Who now had.
... their sovran Lord was by . But peaceful was the night Wherein the Prince of Light His reign of peace upon the earth began ; The winds , with wonder whist , Smoothly the waters kist Whispering new joys to the mild ocean— Who now had.
Page 54
... light , Or Lucifer that often warn'd them thence : But in their glimmering orbs did glow Until their Lord Himself bespake , and bid them go . And though the shady gloom Had given day her room , The sun himself withheld his wonted speed ...
... light , Or Lucifer that often warn'd them thence : But in their glimmering orbs did glow Until their Lord Himself bespake , and bid them go . And though the shady gloom Had given day her room , The sun himself withheld his wonted speed ...
Page 55
... light That with long beams the shamefaced night array'd ; The helmed Cherubim And sworded Seraphim Are seen in glittering ranks with wings display'd , Harping in loud and solemn quire With unexpressive notes , to Heaven's new - born ...
... light That with long beams the shamefaced night array'd ; The helmed Cherubim And sworded Seraphim Are seen in glittering ranks with wings display'd , Harping in loud and solemn quire With unexpressive notes , to Heaven's new - born ...
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Abiding adored age of gold altar angels sing awful Babe Beautiful sing bending Beneath Bethlehem cradles blaze blessed bliss bright burning Carol child chill Christ CHRISTMAS DAY clouds Comes round cradles a king dark deep dread earth echoes EVANSTON Father fix'd furnace gentle air glorified glorious Glory glow greet harmony Harping haste Hath hear the angels heard hearts heat Heaven's heavenly HEIRS holy HYMN ILLINOIS laid LIBERAL DISCOUNTS light Lord loud lowly maids manger of Bethlehem mercy merry midnight morn mother mourn night noise NOON o'er pastoral peace poems quire rains its fire ring rude sage Savior shame sheep shepherds shrine sighing sleep solemn song sound star rains stood strife sudden swaddling bands sway sweet swiftly Thee There's thorns Thou thrilling throng toil trim Truth unto virgin voice wave weary Wherein wing wonted
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Page 52 - O run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blessed feet; Have thou the honour first thy Lord to greet And join thy voice unto the angel quire, From out his secret altar touched with hallowed fire. The Hymn It was the winter wild, While the Heaven-born Child All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies...
Page 64 - As I in hoary winter's night Stood shivering in the snow, Surprised I was with sudden heat Which made my heart to glow; And lifting up a fearful eye To view what fire was near, A pretty babe all burning bright Did in the air appear; Who, scorched with excessive heat, Such floods of tears did shed, As though His floods should quench His flames, Which with His tears were bred : "Alas!
Page 68 - It came upon the midnight clear, That glorious song of old, From angels bending near the earth, To touch their harps of gold : "Peace on the earth, goodwill to men, From heaven's all-gracious King!
Page 54 - But peaceful was the night Wherein the Prince of Light His reign of peace upon the earth began : The winds, with wonder whist, Smoothly the waters kist Whispering new joys to the mild ocean — Who now hath quite forgot to rave, While birds of calm sit brooding on the charmed wave.
Page 55 - That the mighty Pan Was kindly come to live with them below; Perhaps their loves, or else their sheep, Was all that did their silly thoughts so busy keep.
Page 53 - And on her naked shame, Pollute with sinful blame, The saintly veil of maiden white to throw, Confounded that her Maker's eyes Should look so near upon her foul deformities.
Page 52 - Muse, shall not thy sacred vein Afford a present to the Infant God? Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain, To welcome Him to this His new abode, Now while the Heaven, by the Sun's team untrod, Hath took no print of the approaching light, And all the spangled host keep watch in squadrons bright?
Page 56 - And speckled Vanity Will sicken soon and die, And leprous Sin will melt from earthly mould, And Hell itself will pass away, And leave her dolorous mansions to the peering day.
Page 59 - And sullen Moloch, fled, Hath left in shadows dread His burning idol all of blackest hue; In vain with cymbals' ring They call the grisly king, In dismal dance about the furnace blue; The brutish gods of Nile as fast, Isis, and Orus, and the dog Anubis, haste.
Page 56 - Ring out, ye crystal Spheres ! Once bless our human ears (If ye have power to touch our senses so...