Horæ Lyricæ: Poems, Chiefly of the Lyric Kind, in Three Books. ... By I. Watts, D.D. |
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... thou ? He bids the Heavens drop down from above , and let the Skies pour down Righteoufnefs . He commands the Sun , and it rifeth not , and be fealeth up the Stars . It is be A 6 that that faith to the Deep , Be dry , and The PREFACE : xi.
... thou ? He bids the Heavens drop down from above , and let the Skies pour down Righteoufnefs . He commands the Sun , and it rifeth not , and be fealeth up the Stars . It is be A 6 that that faith to the Deep , Be dry , and The PREFACE : xi.
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... Command of an harmonious Pen , whofe every Line makes a Part of the Reader's Faith , and is the very Life or Death of his Soul . If the trifling and incredible Tales that fur- nifh out a Tragedy , are fo armed by Wit and Fancy , as to ...
... Command of an harmonious Pen , whofe every Line makes a Part of the Reader's Faith , and is the very Life or Death of his Soul . If the trifling and incredible Tales that fur- nifh out a Tragedy , are fo armed by Wit and Fancy , as to ...
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... commands thy Breaft , Infpire thee with himself ? With JESUS dwells , Knit in myfterious Bands , the Paraclete , The Breath of GOD , the everlafting Source Of Love : And what is Love in Souls like thine , - But Air , and Incense to the ...
... commands thy Breaft , Infpire thee with himself ? With JESUS dwells , Knit in myfterious Bands , the Paraclete , The Breath of GOD , the everlafting Source Of Love : And what is Love in Souls like thine , - But Air , and Incense to the ...
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... Command Over the Defert and the Deep ; Old Boreas with his freezing Pow'rs Turns the Earth Iron , makes the Ocean Glass , Arrests the dancing Riv'lets as they pass , And chains them moveless to their Shores ; The The grafing Ox lows to ...
... Command Over the Defert and the Deep ; Old Boreas with his freezing Pow'rs Turns the Earth Iron , makes the Ocean Glass , Arrests the dancing Riv'lets as they pass , And chains them moveless to their Shores ; The The grafing Ox lows to ...
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... Command , Waiting the Signal of his Hand , And Magazines of Froft , and Magazines of Flame . Dress thee in Steel to meet his Wrath ; His sharp Artillery from the North Shall pierce thee to the Soul , and shake thy mortal Frame Sublime ...
... Command , Waiting the Signal of his Hand , And Magazines of Froft , and Magazines of Flame . Dress thee in Steel to meet his Wrath ; His sharp Artillery from the North Shall pierce thee to the Soul , and shake thy mortal Frame Sublime ...
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Page 7 - God. 2 Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown, Hang on His firm decree; He sits on no precarious throne, Nor borrows leave, TO BE. 3 Chained to His throne a volume lies, With all the fates of men; With every angel's form and size, Drawn by th
Page x - Among the bushes they brayed ; Under the nettles they were gathered together. They were children of fools, Yea, children of base men : They were viler than the earth. And now am I their song, Yea, I am their byword.
Page 11 - Through all these spacious works of thine. 3 Still restless nature dies and grows, From change to change the creatures run : Thy being no succession knows, And all thy vast designs are one.
Page 119 - Then let us taste the Saviour's love ; Come, faith, and feed upon the Lord ; With glad consent our lips shall move, And sweet hosannas crown the board.
Page 181 - Glittering stones, and golden things, Wealth and honours that have wings, Ever fluttering to be gone, I could never call my own: Riches that the world bestows, She can take, and I can lose; But the treasures that are mine Lie afar beyond her line. When I view my spacious soul, And survey myself a whole, And enjoy myself alone, I'ma kingdom of my own.
Page 152 - Through all his meadows roll, He's but a wretch, with all his lands, That wears a narrow soul.
Page 77 - Now let me mount and join their song, And be an angel too ; My heart, my hand, my ear, my tongue — Here's joyful work for you.
Page 4 - The riches of the fields, and honours of the woods ; Storms, that ravage o'er the deep, And bury millions in the waves ; ( Earthquakes, that in...
Page 218 - Twixt her wild passions and her will ; Haunted and hagg'd where'er she roves, By purling streams and silent groves, Or with her Furies, or her Loves. Then our own native land we hate, Too cold, too windy, or too wet ; Change the thick climate, and repair To France or Italy for air : In vain we change, in vain we fly ; Go, Sylvia, mount the whirling sky, Or...
Page 14 - FATHER! how wide thy glory shines! How high thy wonders rise ! Known through the earth by thousand signs,— By thousand through the skies. 2 Those mighty orbs proclaim thy power, Their motions speak thy skill ; And on the wings of every hour, We read thy patience still.