Elegant Extracts in Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons |
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... less perfect here ; ' tis man's dim eye That makes th ' obscurity . He is the same ; Alike in all his universe the same . Whether the mind along the spangled sky Measures her pathless walk , studious to view The works of vaster fabric ...
... less perfect here ; ' tis man's dim eye That makes th ' obscurity . He is the same ; Alike in all his universe the same . Whether the mind along the spangled sky Measures her pathless walk , studious to view The works of vaster fabric ...
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... less manifest , is not less mighty . Like heavy Saturn in th ' ethereal space , [ her , Begirt with an inexplicable ring . If such the operations of his power , Which at all seasons and in every place ( Rul'd by establish'd laws and ...
... less manifest , is not less mighty . Like heavy Saturn in th ' ethereal space , [ her , Begirt with an inexplicable ring . If such the operations of his power , Which at all seasons and in every place ( Rul'd by establish'd laws and ...
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... less , when properly defin'd , Than emanations of th ' Eternal Mind ! Hence triumphs truth beyond objection clear ( Let unbelief attend and shrink with fear ! ) That what for ever was - must surely be Beyond commencement , and from ...
... less , when properly defin'd , Than emanations of th ' Eternal Mind ! Hence triumphs truth beyond objection clear ( Let unbelief attend and shrink with fear ! ) That what for ever was - must surely be Beyond commencement , and from ...
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... less than him who marks their track , And guides their fiery wheels . Here must I stop , Or is there aught beyond ? What hand unseen Impels me onward thro ' the glowing orbs Of habitable nature , far remote , To the dread confines of ...
... less than him who marks their track , And guides their fiery wheels . Here must I stop , Or is there aught beyond ? What hand unseen Impels me onward thro ' the glowing orbs Of habitable nature , far remote , To the dread confines of ...
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... less than they ? § 48. The Sluggard . Watts . ' Tis the voice of a sluggard - I heard him complain , [ again . " " You have wak'd me too soon , I must slumber As the door on its hinges , so he on his bed [ head . Turns his sides and his ...
... less than they ? § 48. The Sluggard . Watts . ' Tis the voice of a sluggard - I heard him complain , [ again . " " You have wak'd me too soon , I must slumber As the door on its hinges , so he on his bed [ head . Turns his sides and his ...
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