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... fell in his way . The limits to which such exercises must necessarily be confined , forbade the full deve- lopment of the design of the poem : and he has not felt himself at liberty , in preparing it for the press , to make any material ...
... fell in his way . The limits to which such exercises must necessarily be confined , forbade the full deve- lopment of the design of the poem : and he has not felt himself at liberty , in preparing it for the press , to make any material ...
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... fell Ambition , merciless and grim ; And ruthless War , before whose torch of wrath Hope's heavenly orb grows dim ; Nor hath the mad career of godless Power The frenzied revel of an earthly hour , Fit theme for Christian hymn : - Much ...
... fell Ambition , merciless and grim ; And ruthless War , before whose torch of wrath Hope's heavenly orb grows dim ; Nor hath the mad career of godless Power The frenzied revel of an earthly hour , Fit theme for Christian hymn : - Much ...
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... fell ; Nor to their weak degenerate sons belong , Their glorious strains , their harps ' seraphic swell : -- And should the muse , in memory of these , Disdain our childish numbers , -let it be ! Some strain , perchance , of those old ...
... fell ; Nor to their weak degenerate sons belong , Their glorious strains , their harps ' seraphic swell : -- And should the muse , in memory of these , Disdain our childish numbers , -let it be ! Some strain , perchance , of those old ...
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... Fell darkling , whelm'd in everlasting night ; - Through many an earthly age of blood and gloom Hath that bold spirit striven to resume O'er human hearts disastrous mastery , With open force , or secret craftiness , By lies , hypocrisy ...
... Fell darkling , whelm'd in everlasting night ; - Through many an earthly age of blood and gloom Hath that bold spirit striven to resume O'er human hearts disastrous mastery , With open force , or secret craftiness , By lies , hypocrisy ...
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... fell , While tower'd aloft , in domination vast O'er all those mighty empires of the past , O'er realms barbaric , mad with lust of blood The pride of that arch enemy of God . XII . Then howl'd the fiends of war In revel 22 MICHAEL ...
... fell , While tower'd aloft , in domination vast O'er all those mighty empires of the past , O'er realms barbaric , mad with lust of blood The pride of that arch enemy of God . XII . Then howl'd the fiends of war In revel 22 MICHAEL ...
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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.