Meditationsand contemplations, by J. Hervey, transposed into blank verse1813 |
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... lost so oft , beneath the school Sophistry's glitter , -charm of tempting use ? But shines amidst the mansions of the dead ! Though drown'd amidst the noise of mortal acts , Yet speaks distinctly here ! Behold me now , By providence ...
... lost so oft , beneath the school Sophistry's glitter , -charm of tempting use ? But shines amidst the mansions of the dead ! Though drown'd amidst the noise of mortal acts , Yet speaks distinctly here ! Behold me now , By providence ...
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... lost to mourn his fate , 35 Deplore the loss of his neglected state ; And blame , yea curse the day when he was fram'd . His brutish parents are not worthy name ; But in oblivion let their mem❜ry sink ; And let them seek the grave till ...
... lost to mourn his fate , 35 Deplore the loss of his neglected state ; And blame , yea curse the day when he was fram'd . His brutish parents are not worthy name ; But in oblivion let their mem❜ry sink ; And let them seek the grave till ...
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... lost in the strokes Of accidents , yet villainous the act ; As heinous , and of wisdom destitute , As would Uriah's , if he openly Had slain his king . But where no murd'ring hand 1s seen , then all seem accidental strokes , Where David ...
... lost in the strokes Of accidents , yet villainous the act ; As heinous , and of wisdom destitute , As would Uriah's , if he openly Had slain his king . But where no murd'ring hand 1s seen , then all seem accidental strokes , Where David ...
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... , the souls are fled , The vale of troubles lost , farewell the realms Of woe ; to heaven's calm regions they are gone , And welcom'd by a voice more sweet than strains Of softest notes , -the harmony of sounds ; A 26 MEDITATIONS.
... , the souls are fled , The vale of troubles lost , farewell the realms Of woe ; to heaven's calm regions they are gone , And welcom'd by a voice more sweet than strains Of softest notes , -the harmony of sounds ; A 26 MEDITATIONS.
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... lost , - In infinite and in eternity , Existencies that serve necessity ! Who can with meditations find their depth ? 229 What figures will compute , what numbers state , Eternity and infinite's extent ? Since we must launch into this ...
... lost , - In infinite and in eternity , Existencies that serve necessity ! Who can with meditations find their depth ? 229 What figures will compute , what numbers state , Eternity and infinite's extent ? Since we must launch into this ...
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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...