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... imitative lay , With lingering footsteps stray , Though o'er our path Mnemosyne should fling , The brightest flowers of life's studious spring . II . We wander not through realms of ancient years 2 MICHAEL AGONISTES PART FIRST.
... imitative lay , With lingering footsteps stray , Though o'er our path Mnemosyne should fling , The brightest flowers of life's studious spring . II . We wander not through realms of ancient years 2 MICHAEL AGONISTES PART FIRST.
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... ancient years Where , like the faint gleam of some trembling star , Through the red mists of morn discern'd afar , Th ' uncertain light of History appears Struggling through lurid clouds of blood and tears ; — Where , o'er his demon ...
... ancient years Where , like the faint gleam of some trembling star , Through the red mists of morn discern'd afar , Th ' uncertain light of History appears Struggling through lurid clouds of blood and tears ; — Where , o'er his demon ...
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... ancient Dragon dark and grim . " X. And still , though then , as lightning riven , Sank all his pride before th ' Archangel's might ; And his rebellious host , as stars from heav'n , Fell darkling , whelm'd in everlasting night ...
... ancient Dragon dark and grim . " X. And still , though then , as lightning riven , Sank all his pride before th ' Archangel's might ; And his rebellious host , as stars from heav'n , Fell darkling , whelm'd in everlasting night ...
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... ancient bounds to ruin hurl'd Rush the dominions of the ancient world ; Earth bides her crisis - time , but what are ye Grim instruments of Roman tyranny ? Behold , where in the frozen North afar Glares the OR , THE CONTEST OF THE ...
... ancient bounds to ruin hurl'd Rush the dominions of the ancient world ; Earth bides her crisis - time , but what are ye Grim instruments of Roman tyranny ? Behold , where in the frozen North afar Glares the OR , THE CONTEST OF THE ...
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... ancient home , With impious boast , ' till then unknown To lord it over Christendom ; And strives , with bold and harsh essay To bring the world beneath his sway . Welded with fire of purgatorial pain , Grows , link on link , the ...
... ancient home , With impious boast , ' till then unknown To lord it over Christendom ; And strives , with bold and harsh essay To bring the world beneath his sway . Welded with fire of purgatorial pain , Grows , link on link , the ...
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Michael Agonistes, Or the Contests of the Spirits: A Song of the Church ... John Walker Brown No preview available - 2017 |
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æcumenical Synods afar altars angels Anti-Christ Anti-Christian age Apostles ATHEISM baptismal Bishop blood bold bright Cæsar celestial Christ Christian Church Church of England clouds Constantinople courser dark darkest display'd divine doom dreadful Dryads earth earthly Ephesus error eternal faith faith's unclouded sight faithless fall fast fell fierce fiery fire foes foul fount French Revolution gloom glories glorious glowing God's godless golden grace hath heart heaven heavenly holy hosts hour idolatry impious Jesus legions light Lord lust lyre Macedon martyrs meek MICHAEL AGONISTES midst moral Muses nature's neath night noblest o'er oppressor's own'd PHI BETA KAPPA Plotinus poem POLYCARP Porphyry pride prophetic radiant realms Reformed reign roll'd Rome sacred saints Satan scourge Seraphim shone shrine skies song soul spirit spouse strain strength strife succors swelling Te Deum tears thee thine thou threat'ning throne throng'd tone Trajan true truth victory voice word wreck zeal
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Page 92 - BAPTISM is not only a sign of profession, and mark of difference, whereby Christian men are discerned from others that be not christened ; but it is also a sign of regeneration, or new birth, whereby, as by an instrument, they that receive baptism rightly are grafted into the Church ; the promises of the forgiveness of sin, and of our adoption to be. the sons of God by the Holy Ghost, are visibly signed and sealed; faith is confirmed and grace increased by virtue of prayer unto God.
Page 12 - O EVERLASTING God, who hast ordained and constituted the services of Angels and men in a wonderful order ; Mercifully grant, that as thy holy Angels always do thee service in heaven, so by thy appointment they may succour and defend us on earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 52 - To serve to wicked men, to serve His wicked foe! How oft do they their silver bowers leave To come to succour us that succour want ! How oft do they with golden...
Page 5 - And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Page 52 - How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come to succour us that succour want ! How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies like flying pursuivant, Against foul fiends to aid us militant ! They for us fight ; they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant ; And all for love and nothing for reward : Oh why should heavenly God to men have such regard) THE SEASONS.
Page 93 - BAPTISM is a sacrament of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus Christ, not only for the solemn admission of the party baptized into the visible church, but also to be unto him a sign and seal of the covenant of grace, of his ingrafting into Christ, of regeneration, of remission of sins, and of his giving up unto God through Jesus Christ, to walk in newness of life : which sacrament is, by Christ's own appointment, to be continued in his church until the end of the world.
Page 52 - They for us fight, they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant,— And all for love and nothing for reward: Oh, why should Heavenly God to men have such regard ? FQ, Bk.
Page 93 - And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Page 5 - There was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels. And prevailed not; neither was their place found anymore in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Page 6 - BIDE thou thy time ! Watch with meek eyes the race of pride and crime, Sit in the gate, and be the heathen's jest, Smiling and self-possest.