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... dost partly send , And up to th ' air dost partly bring ; Some in the waters deeply div'd , Some playing in the heav'ns above , That natures from one stock deriv'd May thus to several dwellings move . Upon thy servants grace bestow ...
... dost partly send , And up to th ' air dost partly bring ; Some in the waters deeply div'd , Some playing in the heav'ns above , That natures from one stock deriv'd May thus to several dwellings move . Upon thy servants grace bestow ...
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... dost only keep , Bidding the dry land forth to bring All kind of beasts which on it creep ; Who hast made subject to man's hand Great bodies of each mighty thing , That , taking life from thy command , They might in order serve their ...
... dost only keep , Bidding the dry land forth to bring All kind of beasts which on it creep ; Who hast made subject to man's hand Great bodies of each mighty thing , That , taking life from thy command , They might in order serve their ...
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... dost enclose us , till the day Put our amendment in our way , And give new wheels to our disorder'd clocks . I muse , which shows more love The day or night : that is the gale , this th ' harbour ; That is the walk , and this the arbour ...
... dost enclose us , till the day Put our amendment in our way , And give new wheels to our disorder'd clocks . I muse , which shows more love The day or night : that is the gale , this th ' harbour ; That is the walk , and this the arbour ...
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... dost pull And turn us round , to look on one , Whom , if we were not very dull , We could not choose but look on still ; Since there is no place , so alone , The which he doth not fill . Sundays the pillars are , On which heaven's ...
... dost pull And turn us round , to look on one , Whom , if we were not very dull , We could not choose but look on still ; Since there is no place , so alone , The which he doth not fill . Sundays the pillars are , On which heaven's ...
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... dost respect , We are thy servants , nay , than servants more Thy children ; yes , and children dearly bought : But what strange chance us of this lot bereaves ? Poor worthless wights , how lowly are we brought ! Whom grace once ...
... dost respect , We are thy servants , nay , than servants more Thy children ; yes , and children dearly bought : But what strange chance us of this lot bereaves ? Poor worthless wights , how lowly are we brought ! Whom grace once ...
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Page 87 - Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation : we do pray for mercy ; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
Page 14 - And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient.
Page 33 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust!
Page 140 - You haste away so soon: As yet the early-rising Sun Has not attain'd his noon. Stay, stay, Until the hasting day Has run But to the even-song; And, having pray'd together, we Will go with you along. We have short time to stay, as you, We have as short a Spring ! As quick a growth to meet decay As you, or any thing.
Page 106 - Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd...
Page 87 - It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : ' Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown ; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway ; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings ; It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice.
Page 67 - With blooming gold, and blushes like the morn. Each passing hour sheds tribute from her wings; And still new beauties meet his lonely walk, And loves unfelt attract him.
Page 90 - Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, ' Sister Spirit, come away ! ' What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my...
Page 61 - All may of Thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with this tincture " for Thy sake " Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, Makes that and the action fine. This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold : For that which God doth touch and own Cannot for less be told.