Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations: Principally Designed for the Use of Young Persons, Volume 5S. Walker, 1826 - English letters |
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Page 46
... wings Involve the dusky globe ; Praise him who , when the heav'ns he spread , Darkness his thick pavilion made , And light his regal robe . Praise him , ye lightnings , as ye fly Wing'd with his vengeance thro ' the sky , And red with ...
... wings Involve the dusky globe ; Praise him who , when the heav'ns he spread , Darkness his thick pavilion made , And light his regal robe . Praise him , ye lightnings , as ye fly Wing'd with his vengeance thro ' the sky , And red with ...
Page 106
... wings of love and praise , My soul above the starry vault I raise , Lur'd by some vain conceit , or shameful lust , I flag , I drop , and flutter in the dust . The tow'ring lark thus , from her lofty strain , Stoops to an emmet , or a ...
... wings of love and praise , My soul above the starry vault I raise , Lur'd by some vain conceit , or shameful lust , I flag , I drop , and flutter in the dust . The tow'ring lark thus , from her lofty strain , Stoops to an emmet , or a ...
Page 310
... wings . The swallow sweeps The slimy pool , to build his hanging house Intent . And often , from the careless back Of herds and flocks a thousand tugging bills Pluck hair and wool ; and oft , when unob- serv'd , Steal from the barn a ...
... wings . The swallow sweeps The slimy pool , to build his hanging house Intent . And often , from the careless back Of herds and flocks a thousand tugging bills Pluck hair and wool ; and oft , when unob- serv'd , Steal from the barn a ...
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