The Infirmary; Or Sketches of Practical Benevolence. A Poem, EtcG.B. Whittaker ... W. Joy ... J. Nisbet ... J. Webb and C.B. Merry ... Dicey and Smithson, 1828 - English poetry - 112 pages |
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... bright . Alas , he fell From that bright eminence ; and with him all His glory , innocence , and joy , and peace , Fell like himself to ruin ! -Guilt assumed The sceptre of his breast ; infusing all His direful pestilence - disease and ...
... bright . Alas , he fell From that bright eminence ; and with him all His glory , innocence , and joy , and peace , Fell like himself to ruin ! -Guilt assumed The sceptre of his breast ; infusing all His direful pestilence - disease and ...
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... bright . Oh , speak the pleasure , ye whose generous hearts Delight to revel in the work divine Of charity and mercy , say what joy Thrills through your nerves whene'er you pour the balm Into the bleeding wound , and ease the pains Of ...
... bright . Oh , speak the pleasure , ye whose generous hearts Delight to revel in the work divine Of charity and mercy , say what joy Thrills through your nerves whene'er you pour the balm Into the bleeding wound , and ease the pains Of ...
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... Bright with the rays of science , fancy , art , Benevolence delights - ' tis hers to walk Alike in humbler ground ; untaught in all The wisdom of the schools , she drinks delight Within herself , from the pure fount of life That Love ...
... Bright with the rays of science , fancy , art , Benevolence delights - ' tis hers to walk Alike in humbler ground ; untaught in all The wisdom of the schools , she drinks delight Within herself , from the pure fount of life That Love ...
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... bright realities that Mercy yields , Compared with all the haloes of deceit That Vanity pursues ! delusive still , And dangerous as the erring meteor's light That leads the nightly wanderer far astray To hidden dangers , while he thinks ...
... bright realities that Mercy yields , Compared with all the haloes of deceit That Vanity pursues ! delusive still , And dangerous as the erring meteor's light That leads the nightly wanderer far astray To hidden dangers , while he thinks ...
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... bright battalions ! forward still ! press toward the prize of your high calling ! Still ' Tis true your way is upward , and your foes Possess the vantage - ground ; then scorn alike To look behind or to recede a step . One backward ...
... bright battalions ! forward still ! press toward the prize of your high calling ! Still ' Tis true your way is upward , and your foes Possess the vantage - ground ; then scorn alike To look behind or to recede a step . One backward ...
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ampton angels Aspley awful balm beams Bedford Behold BENEVOLENCE bestow'd Bethesda bids blessings blest bliss bounteous bounties breast breathes bright burst camels CANTO II celestial Conscience conscious guilt conscious heart cries crown'd cruelty curse dare death delight divine dreadful dust e'en e'er earth END OF CANTO everlasting eyes faint faith fate fear feel frowns gates gentle glorious glory gracious groaning guilty heart Hackney hand happiness Harden'd head Heaven heavenly hope House 2 copies INFIRMARY judgment Justice Kempston kindling light living Lord love divine Maker's mercy Mercy's mighty mortal nature Nature's naught ne'er never Northampton o'er peace pleasure poor praise prostrate receiv'd repent righteous round Samaritan scenes seem'd shut skies smiles songs soul stands stings strife sweet sweet Mercy's tears thee thou toil treasure trembling triumphant trust Twas voice wants waste Wisdom word wounds wrath wretch wretchedness yield
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Page 2 - For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
Page 2 - Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep-market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.