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... hymns of David , the prophetic denunciations of Isaiah , or the gorgeous visions of Ezekiel , an originality , a vastness of concep- tion , a depth and tenderness of feeling , and a touching simplicity in the mode of narration , which ...
... hymns of David , the prophetic denunciations of Isaiah , or the gorgeous visions of Ezekiel , an originality , a vastness of concep- tion , a depth and tenderness of feeling , and a touching simplicity in the mode of narration , which ...
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... hymn . The harmony was like the melting of musical dew- drops , and sung , without words , of sorrow and death . I opened my eyes , or , rather , sight came to them when closed , and dream was vision . Hundreds of creatures , no taller ...
... hymn . The harmony was like the melting of musical dew- drops , and sung , without words , of sorrow and death . I opened my eyes , or , rather , sight came to them when closed , and dream was vision . Hundreds of creatures , no taller ...
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... hymn , And wavering wildly float , ' Comes gushing o'er a sudden thought Of her who led the strain . How oft such music home she brought- But ne'er shall bring again . ' O say not so ! The springtide air Is fraught with whisperings ...
... hymn , And wavering wildly float , ' Comes gushing o'er a sudden thought Of her who led the strain . How oft such music home she brought- But ne'er shall bring again . ' O say not so ! The springtide air Is fraught with whisperings ...
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... hymns lose themselves in generalities ; and , last of all , it must be the perfection of form . It is very difficult to write a good hymn , and it is remarkable that even our best hymn writers , like Charles Wesley , have seldom ...
... hymns lose themselves in generalities ; and , last of all , it must be the perfection of form . It is very difficult to write a good hymn , and it is remarkable that even our best hymn writers , like Charles Wesley , have seldom ...
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... hymns . there is the Rev. H. F. Lyte's beautiful ' Abide with me , ' which should be confined to its five best stanzas ; and lastly , Dr. J. H. Newman's exquisite ' Lead , Kindly Light . ' I do not know any expression in English poetry ...
... hymns . there is the Rev. H. F. Lyte's beautiful ' Abide with me , ' which should be confined to its five best stanzas ; and lastly , Dr. J. H. Newman's exquisite ' Lead , Kindly Light . ' I do not know any expression in English poetry ...
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Page 45 - And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, "They are gone." The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
Page 45 - But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here; But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer!
Page 41 - Deserts of vast eternity. Thy beauty shall no more be found, Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound My echoing song; then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust: The grave's a fine and private place, But none, I think, do there embrace.
Page 40 - Had we but world enough, and time — This coyness, Lady, were no crime : We would sit down, and think which way To walk, and pass our long love's day. Thou by the Indian Ganges' side Should'st rubies find : I by the tide Of Humber would complain.
Page 100 - Who is on my side? who?" And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. And he said, "Throw her down." So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses : and he trode her under foot.
Page 12 - Except for love's sake only. Do not say ' I love her for her smile — her look — her way Of speaking gently, — for a trick of thought That falls in well with mine, and certes brought A sense of pleasant ease on such a day ' — For these things in themselves, Beloved, may Be changed, or change for thee, — and love, so wrought, May be unwrought so. Neither love me for Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry, — A creature might forget to weep, who bore Thy comfort long, and lose thy love...
Page 172 - ... though the whole plant was not larger than the top of one of my fingers, I could not contemplate the delicate conformation of its roots, leaves, and capsula, without admiration. Can that Being (thought I) who planted, watered, and brought to perfection, in this obscure part of the world, a thing which appears of so small importance, look with unconcern upon the situation and sufferings of creatures formed after his own image? — surely not!
Page 41 - Sits on thy skin like morning dew, And while thy willing soul transpires At every pore with instant...
Page 11 - IF thou must love me, let it be for nought Except for love's sake only. Do not say " I love her for her smile . . her look . . her way Of speaking gently, . . for a trick of thought That falls in well with mine, and certes brought A sense of pleasant ease on such a day...
Page 44 - To carry on the feelings of childhood into the powers of manhood; to combine the child's sense of wonder and novelty with the appearances, which every day for perhaps forty years had rendered familiar; With sun and moon and stars throughout the year, And man and woman; this is the character and privilege of genius, and one of the marks which distinguish genius from talents.