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... surpassed by others in our rich and flowing language , but if so , they have not yet met the writer's notice . Throughout the whole of these brief , but touching compositions , the deep - toned piety , social disposition viii PREFACE .
... surpassed by others in our rich and flowing language , but if so , they have not yet met the writer's notice . Throughout the whole of these brief , but touching compositions , the deep - toned piety , social disposition viii PREFACE .
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... could frame , My sister ! I think of thee - of those bright hours Rich in life's first and fairest flowers , When childhood's gay delights were ours , My sister ! Those sunny paths were all our own , And thou 4 To my Sister.
... could frame , My sister ! I think of thee - of those bright hours Rich in life's first and fairest flowers , When childhood's gay delights were ours , My sister ! Those sunny paths were all our own , And thou 4 To my Sister.
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... Rich recompense for all the poet's toil . That fav'ring smile , that brightened eye , That tells the heart's warm ecstasy , I have not seen - I may not see But , maiden kind ! thy gift shall be A more esteemed and cherished prize Than ...
... Rich recompense for all the poet's toil . That fav'ring smile , that brightened eye , That tells the heart's warm ecstasy , I have not seen - I may not see But , maiden kind ! thy gift shall be A more esteemed and cherished prize Than ...
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... rich and easy prize thou would'st appear , And all would strive to seize what none would fear . And why should'st thou another's arms require ? Thine own , untouched by foes , are yet entire : Thy well kept shield no scar of honor bears ...
... rich and easy prize thou would'st appear , And all would strive to seize what none would fear . And why should'st thou another's arms require ? Thine own , untouched by foes , are yet entire : Thy well kept shield no scar of honor bears ...
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... yet the mean And grudging rich oft give me to the poor , Who yet are not made richer than before ; The blindest see me , and the deafest hear , Cowards defy me , and the bravest fear : If you're a fool , you know me ; if A Riddle.
... yet the mean And grudging rich oft give me to the poor , Who yet are not made richer than before ; The blindest see me , and the deafest hear , Cowards defy me , and the bravest fear : If you're a fool , you know me ; if A Riddle.
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Page 33 - On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?
Page 68 - John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither : Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson my jo.
Page 32 - Oh say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming! And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Page 153 - Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies?
Page 172 - Praise, my soul, the God that sought thee, Wretched wanderer, far astray; Found thee lost, and kindly brought thee From the paths of death away...
Page 34 - Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto— "IN GOD IS OUR TRUST...
Page 33 - Their blood has wash'd out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Page 173 - Wretched wanderer, far astray ; Found thee lost, and kindly brought thee From the paths of death away ; Praise, with love's devoutest feeling, Him who saw thy guilt-born fear, And, the light of hope revealing, Bade the blood-stained cross appear. 3 Lord, this bosom's ardent feeling Vainly would my lips express...
Page 172 - I'd praise thee, -^ For the bliss thy love bestows; For the pardoning grace that saves me, And the peace that from it flows...
Page 153 - And I said, It is mine own infirmity : but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most Highest.