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... Might bury me , which fed me from my birth . A fabulous country of antiquity whence frankincense was said to be procured . It here signifies Arabia . Blest with a healthful age , a quiet mind , 6 GEORGE SANDYS . ཚ ། 61.
... Might bury me , which fed me from my birth . A fabulous country of antiquity whence frankincense was said to be procured . It here signifies Arabia . Blest with a healthful age , a quiet mind , 6 GEORGE SANDYS . ཚ ། 61.
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For Three Centuries Rufus Wilmot Griswold. Blest with a healthful age , a quiet mind , Content with little , to this work designed , Which I at length have finished by thy aid , And now my vows have at thy altar paid . HYMN . WRITTEN AT ...
For Three Centuries Rufus Wilmot Griswold. Blest with a healthful age , a quiet mind , Content with little , to this work designed , Which I at length have finished by thy aid , And now my vows have at thy altar paid . HYMN . WRITTEN AT ...
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... blest life is this , - With chaste and pure desire , To turn unto the load - star of all bliss ; On God the mind to rest , Burnt up by sacred fire , Possessing Him , to be by Him possessed : " When to the balmy east , Sun doth his light ...
... blest life is this , - With chaste and pure desire , To turn unto the load - star of all bliss ; On God the mind to rest , Burnt up by sacred fire , Possessing Him , to be by Him possessed : " When to the balmy east , Sun doth his light ...
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... all our offences we entreat , Most Good , most Great ! Grant that our willing , though unworthy quest , May through thy grace admit us ' mongst the blest . 13 RICHARD CRASHAW Was born in London , but the year THOMAS HEYWOOD . 145.
... all our offences we entreat , Most Good , most Great ! Grant that our willing , though unworthy quest , May through thy grace admit us ' mongst the blest . 13 RICHARD CRASHAW Was born in London , but the year THOMAS HEYWOOD . 145.
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... blest gods vouchsafe us not a thought , But unconcerned , let all below them slide , As fortune does , or human wisdom , guide . Religion thus removed , the sacred yoke , And band of all society , is broke : What use of oaths , of ...
... blest gods vouchsafe us not a thought , But unconcerned , let all below them slide , As fortune does , or human wisdom , guide . Religion thus removed , the sacred yoke , And band of all society , is broke : What use of oaths , of ...
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