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... hear the bleat Of their own mothers ; cannot suffer heat , Or cold , or thirst , or hunger , weariness , Or want , again . " " How dost thou know all this ? " THE LEGEND OF THE DEAD LAMBS 27 Ask'd Adam . 26 SELECTIONS FOR HOMES AND SCHOOLS.
... hear the bleat Of their own mothers ; cannot suffer heat , Or cold , or thirst , or hunger , weariness , Or want , again . " " How dost thou know all this ? " THE LEGEND OF THE DEAD LAMBS 27 Ask'd Adam . 26 SELECTIONS FOR HOMES AND SCHOOLS.
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... Hear ye my voice , belovèd of my tent ; Dear ones of Lamech , listen to my speech . For Eve made answer , " Cain , my son , my own , Oh , if I cursed thee , O my child , I sinned , And He that heard me , heard and said me nay ; My first ...
... Hear ye my voice , belovèd of my tent ; Dear ones of Lamech , listen to my speech . For Eve made answer , " Cain , my son , my own , Oh , if I cursed thee , O my child , I sinned , And He that heard me , heard and said me nay ; My first ...
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THE SONG OF LAMECH Hear ye my voice , Adah and Zillah , hear ; Ye wives of Lamech , listen to my speech . 33 For Cain replied not . But an hour more sat Where the night through he sat ; his knit brows seen , Scarce seen amid the ...
THE SONG OF LAMECH Hear ye my voice , Adah and Zillah , hear ; Ye wives of Lamech , listen to my speech . 33 For Cain replied not . But an hour more sat Where the night through he sat ; his knit brows seen , Scarce seen amid the ...
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... Hear ye my voice , Adah and Zillah , hear ; Children of Lamech , listen to my speech ; And , son of Zillah , sound the solemn string . For Adam laid upon the head of Cain 35 His hand , and Cain bowed down , and slept and died . And a ...
... Hear ye my voice , Adah and Zillah , hear ; Children of Lamech , listen to my speech ; And , son of Zillah , sound the solemn string . For Adam laid upon the head of Cain 35 His hand , and Cain bowed down , and slept and died . And a ...
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... hear him ere his words are o'er . Not as my father's or his father's days , As Isaac's days or Abraham's have been mine ; Not as the days of those that in the field Walked at the eventide to meditate , And haply , to the tent returning ...
... hear him ere his words are o'er . Not as my father's or his father's days , As Isaac's days or Abraham's have been mine ; Not as the days of those that in the field Walked at the eventide to meditate , And haply , to the tent returning ...
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Abraham Absalom Adam ALEXANDER KOHUT Angel art Thou Bath-sheba beautiful behold Belshazzar BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST beneath blessed bosom breast breath bright brow Cain child cloud cried dark David dead death deep doth earth eyes face father fear flame foes gazed glorious glory God's gold grace GUSTAV GOTTHEIL hand hath hear heard heart Heaven Henry Lucas holy host HYMN II Samuel Israel king lambs Lamech land lifted light lips look Lord mercy mighty morning Moses murmur night Nimrud o'er peace Pharaoh praise prayed prayer pride PSALM Rabbi rest RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES ROBERT STEPHEN HAWKER rose Saul shalt silent sing SIR EDWIN ARNOLD sleep smile Solomon song sons soul sound spake spear stars stood sweet swell sword Talmud tears tent thee Thine Thou art throne thunder Twas unto voice watch wave weary weep wild wonder word Zimri
Popular passages
Page 171 - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.
Page 336 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Page 335 - Let us (said he) pour on him all we can: Let the world's riches, which dispersed lie, Contract into a span. So strength first made a way; Then beauty flowed, then wisdom, honour, pleasure: When almost all was out, God made a stay, Perceiving that alone of all his treasure Rest in the bottom lay. For if I should...
Page 171 - Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen; Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay wither'd and strown. For the Angel of Death...
Page 336 - GOD moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. Deep in unfathomable mines Of never-failing skill, He treasures up his bright designs, And works his sovereign will.
Page 176 - PRAISE to God, immortal praise, For the love that crowns our days : Bounteous Source of every joy, Let thy praise our tongues employ, — 2...
Page 290 - Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the Presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The Vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord Answered, " The names of those who love the Lord !
Page 325 - TELL me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.
Page 216 - Thy bountiful care, what tongue can recite? It breathes in the air, it shines in the light, It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain, And sweetly distils in the dew and the rain.
Page 357 - TEACH me, my God and King, In all things Thee to see, And what I do in anything, To do it as for Thee...