Miscellaneous Poems: On Moral and Religious Subjects |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 11
Page 3
... caused impressions never to be eradicated : As a small expression of my feeling , per- mit me , Sir , thus publickly to dedicate to you my thanks , together with this little volume , which , however it may fail in intrinsick merit , is ...
... caused impressions never to be eradicated : As a small expression of my feeling , per- mit me , Sir , thus publickly to dedicate to you my thanks , together with this little volume , which , however it may fail in intrinsick merit , is ...
Page 33
... cause to mourn . " Then pray for him , while you forgive , " And pray in accents mild , " That he - while yet repentance lives , " Become its humble child . " RELIGION . SOFT as azure , clear as May , POEMS BY OSANDER . 333.
... cause to mourn . " Then pray for him , while you forgive , " And pray in accents mild , " That he - while yet repentance lives , " Become its humble child . " RELIGION . SOFT as azure , clear as May , POEMS BY OSANDER . 333.
Page 39
... cause , Then roar'd- " AUDACIOUS SUN - NOW VENGEANCE Swift he flew , his pow'rs condensing , While he fierce exclaim'd " Too oft hast thou insulted calm forgiving Comets , " I'll repay ” —then rush'd with horror- -Down part of the ...
... cause , Then roar'd- " AUDACIOUS SUN - NOW VENGEANCE Swift he flew , his pow'rs condensing , While he fierce exclaim'd " Too oft hast thou insulted calm forgiving Comets , " I'll repay ” —then rush'd with horror- -Down part of the ...
Page 62
... causes and conclusions ; With both hands full of may beʼs and perhapses Her eye was cast askance , And look'd , with such suspicious meaning , As if ' twould say- " can that be so ! " She wore a mirror that reflected inward , And ...
... causes and conclusions ; With both hands full of may beʼs and perhapses Her eye was cast askance , And look'd , with such suspicious meaning , As if ' twould say- " can that be so ! " She wore a mirror that reflected inward , And ...
Page 74
... cause you many a smiling day . " Cringe to no bird that wings the air , " Tho ' like the hawk he death prepare ; " But modestly respect you'll pay " To your superiors in the way , " And every one , with aspect mild " Regard , and mark ...
... cause you many a smiling day . " Cringe to no bird that wings the air , " Tho ' like the hawk he death prepare ; " But modestly respect you'll pay " To your superiors in the way , " And every one , with aspect mild " Regard , and mark ...
Common terms and phrases
azure balm band beam beauteous blessings bliss bosom breath breeze bright Cæsar celestial Chaos cherub Comet dar'd dark dear death delight dire dwells earth ev'ning fear float flow flow'd give glide glorious glory glow golden bowl Greenlanders grove Halleluiahs happy happy band harp haste heart Heav'nly Heaven hope horror hung hydra Jehovah JESUS joys of social Lansingburgh light mercy mild mind monster morning mortal murmur nigh night o'er OSANDER pain pass'd passion peace pleasure pow'r praise pray'r pure rais'd rapture rich rill rise roll round rove SAMUEL BLATCHFORD Satan Saviour scene seem'd seraph shed shine sing skies smile soft softly song soon soul storm sweet sweetly swell syren tear tempests tender thee thou thought thro throne treasure trembling twas Twill shew vile vision wander'd Warbling wave youth zephyrs
Popular passages
Page 2 - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 2 - Congress of the United States, entitled "an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned." And also to an act entitled "an act supplementary to an act entitled an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the...
Page 30 - Lost in clouds, in tempests tost,'" Anxious hopes some friendly coast, Which shall calm and shelter give, Where he peacefully may live : But the coast that I have found, Is not common eartlily ground ; His is mortal, mine's eternal, His is barren, mine is Heaven?
Page 124 - Perchanc'd against a rock to bounce With force as if with sudden pounce He'd lighted on a timid hare That fleetly wing'd the nether air. Quick rising up, the sudden blow...
Page 15 - tis the ruler of the hosts on high : Some trivial exercise of power divine, For purposes — to him best known — but wise, For wisdom is the daughter of Divinity.
Page 36 - O'ER fields of green the flocks are spread, The oak extends its sylvan shade, The root puts forth its tender blade And says 'tis May.
Page 175 - The bee collecting honied wine ; And with a friend, whose every sigh Is wing'd for Heaven, low to lie Where we may with JESUS meet — Oh ! is not this divinely sweet ? XLJII.
Page 15 - See it blackens ! Clouds roll in dark magnificence, And Gothick grandeur mounts— — As if some spirit, from the nether dell Of Chaos, having torn the volving fragments...
Page 144 - OH see those fair celestial heights, How bright they shine, how glorious glow, They shine, oh ye who act aright, They glow, oh Christians, but for you ! OJV SEEING A PJSSWG VESSEL.
Page 2 - Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and liooks to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.