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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... thoughts Of infants prattling round their long - lost sire Who left them sick or wounded , now restored To health and all the social fond endearments Of sweet connubial and parental love , Sound in his mind ; and make him feel himself ...
... thoughts Of infants prattling round their long - lost sire Who left them sick or wounded , now restored To health and all the social fond endearments Of sweet connubial and parental love , Sound in his mind ; and make him feel himself ...
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... thoughts . He sees around Ten thousand rolling worlds all form'd alike By Mercy's heavenly hand ; and as his eye Glances from orb to orb , from world to world , His intellectual sight beholds the bliss Unerring Wisdom plans for THE ...
... thoughts . He sees around Ten thousand rolling worlds all form'd alike By Mercy's heavenly hand ; and as his eye Glances from orb to orb , from world to world , His intellectual sight beholds the bliss Unerring Wisdom plans for THE ...
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... thought , What is the interest , what the great concern , Th ' immortal hope of Man ? βHe so unlike His fellow - beings that surround his path ; Whose every faculty fulfils its use And drops again to nothing ! He alone , Bless'd with ...
... thought , What is the interest , what the great concern , Th ' immortal hope of Man ? βHe so unlike His fellow - beings that surround his path ; Whose every faculty fulfils its use And drops again to nothing ! He alone , Bless'd with ...
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... thoughts of conscious guilt ! Though fate , though nature Might act upon his frame , yet what could shake His stubborn will but proud unruly self ? Tyrants may strike , and falling rocks may crush , 38 [ CANTO II . THE INFIRMARY .
... thoughts of conscious guilt ! Though fate , though nature Might act upon his frame , yet what could shake His stubborn will but proud unruly self ? Tyrants may strike , and falling rocks may crush , 38 [ CANTO II . THE INFIRMARY .
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... thought ! Then what is Reason's path ? is it not this- To lift its eyes on high , forewarn'd by all These monumental records of the world Whose vain philosophy , like it , must end In final nothingness ; assume its right Of intellectual ...
... thought ! Then what is Reason's path ? is it not this- To lift its eyes on high , forewarn'd by all These monumental records of the world Whose vain philosophy , like it , must end In final nothingness ; assume its right Of intellectual ...
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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.β
Page 2 - Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep-market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.β