Moral and Religious Quotations from the Poets: Topically Arranged, Comprising Choice Selections from Six Hundred Authors |
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... sacred era to reflection dear ? That peaceful shore where passion dies away , Like the last wave that ripples o'er the bay ? O , if old age were cancelled from our lot , Full soon would man deplore the unhallowed blot ! Life's busy day ...
... sacred era to reflection dear ? That peaceful shore where passion dies away , Like the last wave that ripples o'er the bay ? O , if old age were cancelled from our lot , Full soon would man deplore the unhallowed blot ! Life's busy day ...
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... Sacred , substantial , never - fading bliss ! THOMSON . All my thoughts , which upward winging Bathe where Thy own light is springing , All my yearnings to be free , Are as echoes answering Thee . WHITTIER . O who the speed of bird and ...
... Sacred , substantial , never - fading bliss ! THOMSON . All my thoughts , which upward winging Bathe where Thy own light is springing , All my yearnings to be free , Are as echoes answering Thee . WHITTIER . O who the speed of bird and ...
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... sacred head . Cling to the Crucified ! C. WESLEY . - Jesus is come , an offering for sinners ; The sins of the whole world beareth this Lamb ; He is the sufferer , we are the winners ; Our full redemption to purchase he came . Love ! in ...
... sacred head . Cling to the Crucified ! C. WESLEY . - Jesus is come , an offering for sinners ; The sins of the whole world beareth this Lamb ; He is the sufferer , we are the winners ; Our full redemption to purchase he came . Love ! in ...
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... sacred rite of thine We yield our spirits now , Shine o'er the waters , Dove divine , And seal the cheerful vow . O may we die to earth and sin , Beneath the mystic flood ; And when we rise , may we begin To live anew for God ! S. F. ...
... sacred rite of thine We yield our spirits now , Shine o'er the waters , Dove divine , And seal the cheerful vow . O may we die to earth and sin , Beneath the mystic flood ; And when we rise , may we begin To live anew for God ! S. F. ...
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... sacred : here Can come no evil thing . BLINDNESS . Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day , or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn , Or sight of vernal bloom , or summer's rose , Or flocks , or herds , or human ...
... sacred : here Can come no evil thing . BLINDNESS . Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day , or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn , Or sight of vernal bloom , or summer's rose , Or flocks , or herds , or human ...
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