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... heard thee mourn , Come , Disappointment , come ! Creature of air and light , Dear is the hallow'd morn to me , Dull Atheist ! could a giddy dance , Enthroned upon a hill of light , Fallen is thy throne , O Israel , Farewell , thou vase ...
... heard thee mourn , Come , Disappointment , come ! Creature of air and light , Dear is the hallow'd morn to me , Dull Atheist ! could a giddy dance , Enthroned upon a hill of light , Fallen is thy throne , O Israel , Farewell , thou vase ...
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... heard the song of the angel band , As o'er them was unrolled The starry glory ; and there came This burst of heavenly song From mellow tubes and lips of flame , In chorus loud and long : - " To God be glory ! for , this day , Hath shot ...
... heard the song of the angel band , As o'er them was unrolled The starry glory ; and there came This burst of heavenly song From mellow tubes and lips of flame , In chorus loud and long : - " To God be glory ! for , this day , Hath shot ...
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... heard , she knelt upon this sod , And gave her spirit back to God . That spirit , with an angel's wings , Went up , from the young mother's bed . So heavenward soars the lark and sings : - She's lost to earth and earthly things : - But ...
... heard , she knelt upon this sod , And gave her spirit back to God . That spirit , with an angel's wings , Went up , from the young mother's bed . So heavenward soars the lark and sings : - She's lost to earth and earthly things : - But ...
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... heard , and , bowing by the stone 1 That bears his mother's name , with none But God and guardian angels by , Shall say " This was my mother's choice For her own grave . O , be it mine ! Even now , methinks , I hear her voice Calling me ...
... heard , and , bowing by the stone 1 That bears his mother's name , with none But God and guardian angels by , Shall say " This was my mother's choice For her own grave . O , be it mine ! Even now , methinks , I hear her voice Calling me ...
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... heard . What though , with spirits crushed and broke , Thy tribes like desert exiles rove , Though Judah feels the stranger's yoke , And Ephraim is a heartless dove ; - Yet , yet shall Judah's LION wake , Yet shall the day of promise ...
... heard . What though , with spirits crushed and broke , Thy tribes like desert exiles rove , Though Judah feels the stranger's yoke , And Ephraim is a heartless dove ; - Yet , yet shall Judah's LION wake , Yet shall the day of promise ...
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Page 275 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 274 - Thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these Thy lowest works : yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ! for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Page 202 - And now, when comes the calm, mild day, as still such days will come, To call the squirrel and the bee from out their winter home...
Page 113 - GOD moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform ; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. Deep in unfathomable mines Of never-failing skill, He treasures up his bright designs, And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace ; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. His purposes will...
Page 205 - With priest's and warrior's voice between, No portents now our foes' amaze — Forsaken Israel wanders lone; Our fathers would not know Thy ways, And Thou hast left them to their own. But, present, still though now unseen, When brightly shines the prosperous day! Be thoughts of Thee a cloudy screen, To temper the deceitful ray. And O, when stoops on Judah's path In shade and storm the frequent night.
Page 176 - O'er mountain, tower, and town. Or, mirror'd in the ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down ! As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem. As when the. eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam. For, faithful to its sacred page, Heaven still rebuilds thy span, Nor lets the type grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man.
Page 279 - These, as they change, Almighty Father, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of thee.
Page 167 - To heaven he led his followers' way ; Dark clouds of gloomy night he broke, Unveiling an immortal day. 3 " Come, wanderers, to my Father's home ; Come, all ye weary ones, and rest.
Page 81 - It was my guide, my light, my all, It bade my dark forebodings cease; And through the storm and danger's thrall, It led me to the port of peace.
Page 275 - Of nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise. Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise From hill or steaming lake, dusky or gray, Till the sun paint your fleecy skirts with gold, In honor to the world's great Author rise...