National Hymns, Original and Selected: For the Use of Those who are "slaves to No Sect." |
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1st Voice.-Watchman 2d Voice.-Trav'ller ABNER KNEELAND awake beams beauty bids bigotry set blessings blest bliss blithe brave breast bright cease chain charms cheerful cheerily doth DOXOLOGIES dreams e'er earth endless pain ev'ry eyes fair faith fear feel flow flowers foes freedom freemen friend of human friends friendship glee glorious glory hail happy heart heart delight hosannas human join joyful knowledge land laws liberty life's light live merry mind moral morning native nature nature's ne'er night NUMBER o'er peace praise priests reason reign rise Rule Britannia scenes seek shine shore sigh sing skies slave smiles Snatch fleeting pleasures social song sons SONS of freedom sorrow soul sound spring star sublime Superstition superstition's sweet sword of truth tear temple ring thee thine timbrel tongue true truth tyrants universal song virtue virtue's voice wisdom woes
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Page 140 - That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure ; For often, at noon, when returned from the field, I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure, The purest and sweetest that nature can yield. How ardent I seized it, with hands that were glowing, And quick to the white-pebbled bottom it fell ; Then soon, with the emblem of truth overflowing, And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well : The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket arose from the well.
Page 76 - From Greenland's icy mountains ; From India's coral strand ; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river ; From many a palmy plain ; They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 140 - How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it, As poised on the curb it inclined to my lips ! Not a full blushing goblet could tempt me to leave it, Though filled with the nectar that Jupiter sips.
Page 140 - THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view! The orchard, the meadow, the...
Page 18 - JOY to the world ! the Lord is come ; Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare him room, And heaven and nature sing. 2 Joy to the earth ! the Saviour reigns ; Let men their songs employ ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains. Repeat the sounding joy. 3 No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground ; He comes to make his blessings flow Far as the curse is found. 4 He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of his righteousness,...
Page 140 - How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view ! The orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wild-wood, And every loved spot which my infancy knew!
Page 12 - With transports ever new. 3 Thy glory beams in every star Which gilds the gloom of night; And decks the smiling face of morn With rays -of cheerful light. 4 The lofty hill, the humble vale, With countless beauties shine : The silent grove, the awful shade, Proclaim thy power divine.
Page 139 - YE sons of freedom, wake to glory! Hark! hark! what myriads bid you rise! Your children, wives, and grandsires hoary, Behold their tears, and hear their cries! Shall hateful tyrants, mischief breeding, With hireling hosts, a ruffian band, Affright and desolate the land, While peace and liberty lie bleeding? To arms! to arms! ye brave! Th" avenging sword unsheath ; March on!
Page 138 - Mid the reign of mild peace, May your nation increase, With the glory of Rome, and the wisdom of Greece ; And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.
Page 100 - The Day of Judgment AN ODE ATTEMPTED IN ENGLISH SAPPHIC When the fierce north wind with his airy forces Rears up the Baltic to a foaming fury...