Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages, from the Best English Authors and Translations, Volumes 5-6Benjamin B. Mussey, 1842 |
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... head In rich magnificence have spread ; The silent Moon , with waxing horn , Along th ' ethereal region borne ; The stars with vivid lustre crown'd , That nightly walk their destin'd round ; Lord ! What is Man , that in thy care His ...
... head In rich magnificence have spread ; The silent Moon , with waxing horn , Along th ' ethereal region borne ; The stars with vivid lustre crown'd , That nightly walk their destin'd round ; Lord ! What is Man , that in thy care His ...
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... head advance , See nodding forests on the mountains dance ; See spicy clouds from lowly Saron rise , And Carmel's flow'ry top perfumes the skies ! Hark ! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers ; Prepare the way ! a God , a God appears ...
... head advance , See nodding forests on the mountains dance ; See spicy clouds from lowly Saron rise , And Carmel's flow'ry top perfumes the skies ! Hark ! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers ; Prepare the way ! a God , a God appears ...
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... head , and show'd afar A happier scene of things ; the Promis'd Seed Trampling upon the Serpent's humbled crest ; Death of his sting disarm'd ; and the dark grave , Made pervious to the realms of endless day , No more the limit but the ...
... head , and show'd afar A happier scene of things ; the Promis'd Seed Trampling upon the Serpent's humbled crest ; Death of his sting disarm'd ; and the dark grave , Made pervious to the realms of endless day , No more the limit but the ...
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... head , and reddens at the tale . Here all the mighty troublers of the earth , Who swam to sov'reign rule thro ' seas of blood ; Th ' oppressive , sturdy , man - destroying villains , With anguish heavy laden ! let me trace it : Who ...
... head , and reddens at the tale . Here all the mighty troublers of the earth , Who swam to sov'reign rule thro ' seas of blood ; Th ' oppressive , sturdy , man - destroying villains , With anguish heavy laden ! let me trace it : Who ...
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... head ? What if the head , the eye , or ear , repin'd To serve mere engines to the ruling mind ? Just as absurd for any part to claim To be another in this general frame ; Just as absurd to mourn the tasks or pains The great directing ...
... head ? What if the head , the eye , or ear , repin'd To serve mere engines to the ruling mind ? Just as absurd for any part to claim To be another in this general frame ; Just as absurd to mourn the tasks or pains The great directing ...
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