Woman in Sacred History: A Series of Sketches Drawn from Scriptural, Historical and Legendary Sources, by Harriet Beecher Stowe |
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... this anxious breast inspire With one faint spark of Milton's seraph fire , Then should my muse ascend with bolder flight , And wave her eagle plumes exulting in the light . 10 PAST AND FUTURE . O , happy once in Heaven's.
... this anxious breast inspire With one faint spark of Milton's seraph fire , Then should my muse ascend with bolder flight , And wave her eagle plumes exulting in the light . 10 PAST AND FUTURE . O , happy once in Heaven's.
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... light ; Not , when fierce conquest urged the onward war , And hurled stern Canaan from his iron car ; Nor , when five monarchs led to Gibeon's fight , In rude array , the harnessed Amorite : Yes , in that hour , by mortal accents stayed ...
... light ; Not , when fierce conquest urged the onward war , And hurled stern Canaan from his iron car ; Nor , when five monarchs led to Gibeon's fight , In rude array , the harnessed Amorite : Yes , in that hour , by mortal accents stayed ...
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... light chisel brushed the Parian stone ; Yet here fair Science nursed her infant fire , Fanned by the artist aid of friendly Tyre . Then towered the palace , then in awful state The Temple reared its everlasting gate : No workman steel ...
... light chisel brushed the Parian stone ; Yet here fair Science nursed her infant fire , Fanned by the artist aid of friendly Tyre . Then towered the palace , then in awful state The Temple reared its everlasting gate : No workman steel ...
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... light ; Lo , star - led chiefs Assyrian odors bring , And bending Magi seek their infant King ! Marked ye where , hovering o'er his radiant head , The dove's white wings celestial glory shed ? Daughter of Sion ! virgin queen ! rejoice ...
... light ; Lo , star - led chiefs Assyrian odors bring , And bending Magi seek their infant King ! Marked ye where , hovering o'er his radiant head , The dove's white wings celestial glory shed ? Daughter of Sion ! virgin queen ! rejoice ...
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... light , To their loved altars paid a parting groan , And in their country's woes forgot their own . Still o'er her sky the clouds of anger roll , And God's revenge hangs heavy on her soul . Yet shall she rise ; but not by war restored ...
... light , To their loved altars paid a parting groan , And in their country's woes forgot their own . Still o'er her sky the clouds of anger roll , And God's revenge hangs heavy on her soul . Yet shall she rise ; but not by war restored ...
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