Meditationsand contemplations, by J. Hervey, transposed into blank verse1813 |
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... dwell ? " His purity confine to mortal walls , 65 " Though supplicated by an earnest spirit ? " Yet he has promis'd where true worship reigns , " His spirit shall with us make his abode . " Who would not such devotion rather chuse ...
... dwell ? " His purity confine to mortal walls , 65 " Though supplicated by an earnest spirit ? " Yet he has promis'd where true worship reigns , " His spirit shall with us make his abode . " Who would not such devotion rather chuse ...
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... dwell in peace ; 50 53 All thoughts of malice dropt , and foes forgotten ; Who from each other stood aloof , now mix , Most likely , and embrace . Let us from these 60 True friendship learn , and as the peaceful dead , Be dead to all ...
... dwell in peace ; 50 53 All thoughts of malice dropt , and foes forgotten ; Who from each other stood aloof , now mix , Most likely , and embrace . Let us from these 60 True friendship learn , and as the peaceful dead , Be dead to all ...
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... dwell where health and youth will never fade . The glory of a life well - spent , appears On our death - beds , and opens to our view , 50 An everlasting peace from hopes well fix'd , → Fix'd on endeavours ever to shun ills . No longer ...
... dwell where health and youth will never fade . The glory of a life well - spent , appears On our death - beds , and opens to our view , 50 An everlasting peace from hopes well fix'd , → Fix'd on endeavours ever to shun ills . No longer ...
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... dwell ; There with good angels mingle , and rejoice , Around the lamb , and God's eternal throne . Fools may their lives a madness count , who give Their thoughts to God , and seek in earthly fame , Or subtle projects rightly call'd ...
... dwell ; There with good angels mingle , and rejoice , Around the lamb , and God's eternal throne . Fools may their lives a madness count , who give Their thoughts to God , and seek in earthly fame , Or subtle projects rightly call'd ...
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... dwell untax'd , uncharg'd with sin . This warrior risk'd his life for fame , reward , His king , and kingdom's gains ; which might have been So circumstanc'd ignoble to refuse : 40 But Christ , thouh potentate and Lord of all , Or held ...
... dwell untax'd , uncharg'd with sin . This warrior risk'd his life for fame , reward , His king , and kingdom's gains ; which might have been So circumstanc'd ignoble to refuse : 40 But Christ , thouh potentate and Lord of all , Or held ...
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Page 196 - Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean : Thou shalt wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Page 51 - A dungeon horrible on all sides round As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 233 - Come forth, O man, yon azure Round survey, And view those Lamps which yield eternal Day. Bring forth thy Glasses: clear thy wond'ring Eyes; Millions beyond the former Millions rise : Look farther :— Millions more blaze from remoter Skies: . . . And canst thou think, poor Worm!
Page 221 - At last his sail-broad vans He spreads for flight, and, in the surging smoke Uplifted, spurns the ground ; thence many a league, As in a cloudy chair, ascending rides Audacious ; but, that seat soon failing, meets A vast vacuity ; all unawares, Fluttering his...
Page 17 - How lov'd, how valued once avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the world shall be.
Page 236 - Compar'd with them, — they deck'd their rohes with stars. See how they glitter through the void! They form Night's richest dress, — they on her...
Page 75 - Christ hy the most delicate Flowers: Beauties in the Creature lead us to the Creator. Diversity of Flowers, in their aim, hahits, attitudes, and lineaments ; Wisdom of the Almighty Maker.
Page 236 - Like gems of richest lustre sparkle ; spread So in extent, no nation so remote...