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... sorrow , But pluck with Contentment a daisy to - day ; Nay , even a sprig will feed Hope for the morrow , The humblest that nods to the zephyr of May . Let others dispute , I'll avoid their dissention , Religious , political , moral ...
... sorrow , But pluck with Contentment a daisy to - day ; Nay , even a sprig will feed Hope for the morrow , The humblest that nods to the zephyr of May . Let others dispute , I'll avoid their dissention , Religious , political , moral ...
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... sorrow's smart , In thee the soothing power is found , To heal the lacerated heart , Extract affliction's venom'd dart , And close the rankling wound . Friendship When pierc'd by grief's chill tempest through , The 20 Moral and WOODWORTH'S ...
... sorrow's smart , In thee the soothing power is found , To heal the lacerated heart , Extract affliction's venom'd dart , And close the rankling wound . Friendship When pierc'd by grief's chill tempest through , The 20 Moral and WOODWORTH'S ...
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... sorrow Fills Anna's lovely breast ! She sees the Hudson's wave Become her Henry's grave ; And Anna weeps , for Henry sleeps Beneath the weeping willow tree . The Tomb of Henry . She tears her flowing tresses 22 Moral and WOODWORTH'S .
... sorrow Fills Anna's lovely breast ! She sees the Hudson's wave Become her Henry's grave ; And Anna weeps , for Henry sleeps Beneath the weeping willow tree . The Tomb of Henry . She tears her flowing tresses 22 Moral and WOODWORTH'S .
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... sorrows existence must cease , For rent is the heart of poor Edwin Delisle ! " Eliza ! my angel ! fate dooms us to sever , Tho ' brought to the climate that fosters thy charms ; In sight of my country , I lose it for ever , In view of ...
... sorrows existence must cease , For rent is the heart of poor Edwin Delisle ! " Eliza ! my angel ! fate dooms us to sever , Tho ' brought to the climate that fosters thy charms ; In sight of my country , I lose it for ever , In view of ...
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... sorrow which nothing avail'd . Compassion beheld - and to regions above , In the incense of sighs her petition convey'd ; . Infinity heard , and the answer was — Love , Who came in the garb of an angel array'd . Her presence made cruel ...
... sorrow which nothing avail'd . Compassion beheld - and to regions above , In the incense of sighs her petition convey'd ; . Infinity heard , and the answer was — Love , Who came in the garb of an angel array'd . Her presence made cruel ...
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Page 279 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the high God ? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, With calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 270 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 275 - Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto ; whom no man hath seen, nor can see : to whom be honour and power everlasting.
Page 276 - The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 277 - Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his. shoulders, and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.
Page 274 - And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Page 275 - If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also, and from henceforth ye know him and have seen him. . Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
Page 275 - And he said, Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me, and live.
Page 186 - air^drawn dagger " nigh ; And so the prince of Denmark stared, When first his father's ghost appeared. At length our hero silence broke, .And thus in wildest accents spoke : "Cut off my whiskers ! O ye gods ! I'd sooner lose my ears, by odds ; THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH.
Page 204 - He lingered ibr some time; till, at last, he called me, one day, and, gazing on me, while a faint smile played upon his lips he said, ' He believed death was more kind than his creditors.