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... hear , and see , A mother's love - how sweet the name , And is there care in heaven ? and is there love , And Rachel lies in Ephrath's land , Page . 123 • 166 171 27 44 98 203 A Parish Priest was of the pilgrim train , As the good ...
... hear , and see , A mother's love - how sweet the name , And is there care in heaven ? and is there love , And Rachel lies in Ephrath's land , Page . 123 • 166 171 27 44 98 203 A Parish Priest was of the pilgrim train , As the good ...
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... hear thee speak of a better land , I love to muse , when none are nigh , I love to see the falling leaf , I love the organ's joyous swell , 207 107 269 101 23 219 153 190 116 102 198 212 In sleep's serene oblivion laid , 96 In the cross ...
... hear thee speak of a better land , I love to muse , when none are nigh , I love to see the falling leaf , I love the organ's joyous swell , 207 107 269 101 23 219 153 190 116 102 198 212 In sleep's serene oblivion laid , 96 In the cross ...
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... could not with his threaten'd sting Thy purpose move : Conqueror of death , and pledge of life to rise , Joy of the earth , and heir of subject skies . Shepherd ! with joy we hear thy call That leads 2 THE Good Shepherd, John Taylor Page.
... could not with his threaten'd sting Thy purpose move : Conqueror of death , and pledge of life to rise , Joy of the earth , and heir of subject skies . Shepherd ! with joy we hear thy call That leads 2 THE Good Shepherd, John Taylor Page.
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A Collection of Religious Poetry. Shepherd ! with joy we hear thy call That leads to heaven : Let none from that salvation fall , So freely given ! But , as thy sacred records long foretold , Be the wide - peopled earth " one happy fold ...
A Collection of Religious Poetry. Shepherd ! with joy we hear thy call That leads to heaven : Let none from that salvation fall , So freely given ! But , as thy sacred records long foretold , Be the wide - peopled earth " one happy fold ...
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... hear the voice I love , nor read again In thy serenest eyes the tender thought . Will not thy own meek heart demand me there ? That heart whose fondest throbs to me were given ? My name on earth was ever in thy prayer , Shall it be ...
... hear the voice I love , nor read again In thy serenest eyes the tender thought . Will not thy own meek heart demand me there ? That heart whose fondest throbs to me were given ? My name on earth was ever in thy prayer , Shall it be ...
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Page 186 - THOU art, O God, the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from thee. Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine.
Page 267 - When even at last the solemn hour shall come, And wing my mystic flight to future worlds, I cheerful will obey; there, with new powers, Will rising wonders sing.
Page 87 - Bear His mild yoke, they serve Him best • His state Is kingly. Thousands at His bidding speed, And post o'er land and ocean without rest : They also serve who only stand and wait.
Page 138 - Tis night, and the landscape is lovely no more ; I mourn, but, ye woodlands, I mourn not for you; For morn is approaching, your charms to restore, Perfumed with fresh fragrance, and glittering with dew: Nor yet for the ravage of Winter I mourn ; Kind Nature the embryo blossom will save. But when shall Spring visit the mouldering urn? O, when shall it dawn on the night of the grave?
Page 265 - The impetuous song, and say from whom you rage. His praise, ye brooks, attune, ye trembling rills; And let me catch it as I muse along. Ye headlong torrents, rapid and profound; Ye softer floods, that lead the humid maze Along the vale; and thou, majestic main, A secret world of wonders in thyself, Sound His stupendous praise, whose greater voice Or bids you roar, or bids your roarings fall.
Page 171 - What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown ; The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone...
Page 262 - In the cross of Christ I glory, Towering o'er the wrecks of time; All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime.
Page 265 - These, as they change, Almighty Father, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of thee.
Page 203 - 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 oh, when stoops on Judah's path In shade and storm the frequent night, Be Thou, long-suffering, slow to wrath, A burning and a shining light! 101 Our harps we left by Babel's...
Page 36 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set -but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...