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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... wound , and ease the pains Of racking agony . Ah , then it is You feel yourselves , all mortal as you are , As beings of the skies ; as ministers Deputed by the Lord of heaven and earth , To make his bounties known , and to declare His ...
... wound , and ease the pains Of racking agony . Ah , then it is You feel yourselves , all mortal as you are , As beings of the skies ; as ministers Deputed by the Lord of heaven and earth , To make his bounties known , and to declare His ...
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... wounds And turn their evils all to endless good . In yonder grand and stately rising pile , Begirt with thousands waiting for his nod , See Joseph standing with his brethren round , Unknown himself , but well remembering them . There ...
... wounds And turn their evils all to endless good . In yonder grand and stately rising pile , Begirt with thousands waiting for his nod , See Joseph standing with his brethren round , Unknown himself , but well remembering them . There ...
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... wounds that pierced his gentle heart ; Till prostrate in the dust the monarch lies The deepest among Nature's weeping children . In comes the first and cries " The lurking foe " Have seized on all the labours of the field- Thy toiling ...
... wounds that pierced his gentle heart ; Till prostrate in the dust the monarch lies The deepest among Nature's weeping children . In comes the first and cries " The lurking foe " Have seized on all the labours of the field- Thy toiling ...
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... wounds , and brought him safe On his own beast to a secure asylum , ' Twas then indeed , when he had spent his all Upon the hapless stranger , he perceiv'd , Unthinking of his own necessities , Which yielded all to pity , that he ...
... wounds , and brought him safe On his own beast to a secure asylum , ' Twas then indeed , when he had spent his all Upon the hapless stranger , he perceiv'd , Unthinking of his own necessities , Which yielded all to pity , that he ...
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... wounds Staunch'd , and returning life just beaming forth In his convulsed eyes , -while Reason yet Is scarce reseated - gazing on his face As a redeeming angel , -then the voice Of gratitude breaks forth , till , drown'd in sobs Far ...
... wounds Staunch'd , and returning life just beaming forth In his convulsed eyes , -while Reason yet Is scarce reseated - gazing on his face As a redeeming angel , -then the voice Of gratitude breaks forth , till , drown'd in sobs Far ...
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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.