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Page 128
Or , hear'st thou rather , pure ethereal stream , Whose fountain who shall tell ?
before the sun , Before the heav'ns thou wert , and at the voice Of God , as with a
mantle didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep , Won from the void
...
Or , hear'st thou rather , pure ethereal stream , Whose fountain who shall tell ?
before the sun , Before the heav'ns thou wert , and at the voice Of God , as with a
mantle didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep , Won from the void
...
Page 157
Nor think for these he pays the tribute due To Heav'n : of Heaven he never names
the name ; Save when with imprecations dark and dire He points his jest obscene
. Yet buxom Health Sits on his rosy cheek ; yet Honour gilds His high exploits ...
Nor think for these he pays the tribute due To Heav'n : of Heaven he never names
the name ; Save when with imprecations dark and dire He points his jest obscene
. Yet buxom Health Sits on his rosy cheek ; yet Honour gilds His high exploits ...
Page 161
Thither , lovely maid , Bear me , O bear me on thy soaring wing , And through the
adamantine gates of heav'n Conduct my steps , safe from the fiery gulph And
dark abyss , where Sin and Satan reign ! But can the Muse , her numbers all too ...
Thither , lovely maid , Bear me , O bear me on thy soaring wing , And through the
adamantine gates of heav'n Conduct my steps , safe from the fiery gulph And
dark abyss , where Sin and Satan reign ! But can the Muse , her numbers all too ...
Page 171
O when shall that eternal morn appear , “ These dreadful forms to chase , this
chaos dark to clear ! " O Thou , at whose creative smile , yon heaven , “ In all the
pomp of beauty , life , and light , “ Rose from th ' abyss ; when dark confusion ,
driven ...
O when shall that eternal morn appear , “ These dreadful forms to chase , this
chaos dark to clear ! " O Thou , at whose creative smile , yon heaven , “ In all the
pomp of beauty , life , and light , “ Rose from th ' abyss ; when dark confusion ,
driven ...
Page 186
In the dark prospect of Futurity Far other scenes than these may yet remain ;
Affliction there may aim her keenest shafts To tear the heart , while Pain and
Sickness waste The feeble frame by slow consuming pangs , And ease and
comfort lost ...
In the dark prospect of Futurity Far other scenes than these may yet remain ;
Affliction there may aim her keenest shafts To tear the heart , while Pain and
Sickness waste The feeble frame by slow consuming pangs , And ease and
comfort lost ...
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| Title | Poems Divine and Moral |
| Author | John Bowdler |
| Compiled by | John Bowdler |
| Publisher | C. & J. Rivington, 1823 |
| Original from | University of California Irvine |
| Digitized | 5 Jan 2017 |
| Length | 254 pages |
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