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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... mighty lord ; But , yielding to the overwhelming tide Of sweet fraternal love , his mighty heart That scarce allows the faltering tongue the time To give its burstings utterance , cries aloud , With streaming eyes and eager outstretch'd ...
... mighty lord ; But , yielding to the overwhelming tide Of sweet fraternal love , his mighty heart That scarce allows the faltering tongue the time To give its burstings utterance , cries aloud , With streaming eyes and eager outstretch'd ...
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... mighty world began to roll , Has made it still an awful faithful witness Of its avenging hand ; and thus this world , So vast in bulk , so wondrous in itself , Lies in the hand of HIM who at a word Can change it into chaos . Awful ...
... mighty world began to roll , Has made it still an awful faithful witness Of its avenging hand ; and thus this world , So vast in bulk , so wondrous in itself , Lies in the hand of HIM who at a word Can change it into chaos . Awful ...
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... mighty hand Struck by Temptation's dark satanic chief , Fell on that great prophetic man of old Th ' immortal Uzzite , by conspiring fiends In all their frightful forms and subtlest wiles , Prest to deny the providence of Him Who kept ...
... mighty hand Struck by Temptation's dark satanic chief , Fell on that great prophetic man of old Th ' immortal Uzzite , by conspiring fiends In all their frightful forms and subtlest wiles , Prest to deny the providence of Him Who kept ...
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... mighty soul , And thus proclaims his greatness and his God : " Shall Heaven send naught but smiles upon " " Imperfect service of weak erring man , " And cheat him with the false appearances " Of approbation on his very faults ? " Ah ...
... mighty soul , And thus proclaims his greatness and his God : " Shall Heaven send naught but smiles upon " " Imperfect service of weak erring man , " And cheat him with the false appearances " Of approbation on his very faults ? " Ah ...
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... mighty debtor to his hand Who ow'd ten thousand talents ! Mute he stood Before his wrong'd , offended Creditor ; And having nothing left whereby to hope E'er to discharge th ' immense the monstrous debt , Trembled with fear nor dared to ...
... mighty debtor to his hand Who ow'd ten thousand talents ! Mute he stood Before his wrong'd , offended Creditor ; And having nothing left whereby to hope E'er to discharge th ' immense the monstrous debt , Trembled with fear nor dared to ...
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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.