Elegant Extracts in Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons |
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... Thee is placed , Peace and delight perpetual taste , Sav'd by thy care , in songs of joy Their ever grateful voice employ , And share the gifts on those bestow'd , Him wouldst thou please ? With rev'rend awe Who love the name of Jacob's ...
... Thee is placed , Peace and delight perpetual taste , Sav'd by thy care , in songs of joy Their ever grateful voice employ , And share the gifts on those bestow'd , Him wouldst thou please ? With rev'rend awe Who love the name of Jacob's ...
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... thee alone they turn their waiting eyes ; For them thou open'st thy exhaustless store , Till the capacious wish can ... thee my ardent praises shall be borne On the first breeze that wakes the blushing morn ; The latest star shall hear ...
... thee alone they turn their waiting eyes ; For them thou open'st thy exhaustless store , Till the capacious wish can ... thee my ardent praises shall be borne On the first breeze that wakes the blushing morn ; The latest star shall hear ...
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... thee e'en to death , nor there stops short . Strange persecution ! when the grave itself Is no protection from rude ... thee : thy charms expung'd , Thy roses faded , and thy lilies soil'd , What hast thou more to boast of ? Will thy ...
... thee e'en to death , nor there stops short . Strange persecution ! when the grave itself Is no protection from rude ... thee : thy charms expung'd , Thy roses faded , and thy lilies soil'd , What hast thou more to boast of ? Will thy ...
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... Thee ! ” Miss Carter . $ 33 . Ode to Wisdom . THE solitary bird of night Through the pale shades now wings his flight , And quits the time - shook tow'r , Where , shelter'd from the blaze of day , In philosophic gloom he lay , Beneath ...
... Thee ! ” Miss Carter . $ 33 . Ode to Wisdom . THE solitary bird of night Through the pale shades now wings his flight , And quits the time - shook tow'r , Where , shelter'd from the blaze of day , In philosophic gloom he lay , Beneath ...
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... thee , Almighty Maker , seek their prey , Nor from thy hand unsated go away : To thee for meat the callow ravens cry , Supported by thy all - preserving eye : From thee the feather'd natives of the plain , Or those who range the field ...
... thee , Almighty Maker , seek their prey , Nor from thy hand unsated go away : To thee for meat the callow ravens cry , Supported by thy all - preserving eye : From thee the feather'd natives of the plain , Or those who range the field ...
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Common terms and phrases
æther arms art thou beauty behold beneath blessings blest bliss blood bloom breast breath bright charms chyle courser crowd dæmon death deep delight divine dread e'en earth eternal ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fear fire fix'd flame flow'rs fool form'd gen'rous glory grace grove hand happy heart heaven honor hope hour immortal Jebusites kings light lord lov'd lyre maid mind mortal Muse nature nature's ne'er night numbers Nut-Brown Maid nymph o'er once pain passion peace plain pleas'd pleasure poison'd pow'r praise pride proud rage rapture reign rills rise round sacred scene sense shade shine sigh skies smile soft song soul spleen stream sweet tears tempest Thalestris thee Theseus thine thou thought throne toil tow'ring train trembling truth Twas vale vex'd virtue voice wild wind wings wise wretch youth