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... found great favour in the sight Of the MOST HIGH , and , for his love , all things That walked and crawled upon the earth - of flight- And all the finny tribes the river brings Or the great sea contains , to man were given 6.
... found great favour in the sight Of the MOST HIGH , and , for his love , all things That walked and crawled upon the earth - of flight- And all the finny tribes the river brings Or the great sea contains , to man were given 6.
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... sight ; The vain Idolators , in hasty scorn , Placed it within their Temple , by the side Of their great Worship ; early in the morn , They enter ; and , —behold ! the Deified Was fallen upon his face ; they reverent raise And set him ...
... sight ; The vain Idolators , in hasty scorn , Placed it within their Temple , by the side Of their great Worship ; early in the morn , They enter ; and , —behold ! the Deified Was fallen upon his face ; they reverent raise And set him ...
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... sight is fixed - the River standeth still ; The Cliff is moving swift towards the Fall ! The brain is giddy , and the blood is chill- The eye - lid closes - Lo ! ' tis fancy , all ! The dream is past ! See , look again , ' tis there ...
... sight is fixed - the River standeth still ; The Cliff is moving swift towards the Fall ! The brain is giddy , and the blood is chill- The eye - lid closes - Lo ! ' tis fancy , all ! The dream is past ! See , look again , ' tis there ...
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... sight , The sense , the heart ! -the scale of Justice ! make The discontented smile in gratitude , That richest recompence , to him shall break The galling chain of hopeless servitude ; Point to sure occupation , shall confer The ...
... sight , The sense , the heart ! -the scale of Justice ! make The discontented smile in gratitude , That richest recompence , to him shall break The galling chain of hopeless servitude ; Point to sure occupation , shall confer The ...
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... , and vanish from the sight ; Or floating sink upon those lovely Flowers Exhale their perfume to the blessed light That paints and nourishes their beauty ! -- Powers , Above , that gift mankind with subtilty To almost imitate 45.
... , and vanish from the sight ; Or floating sink upon those lovely Flowers Exhale their perfume to the blessed light That paints and nourishes their beauty ! -- Powers , Above , that gift mankind with subtilty To almost imitate 45.
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Ashdod Austria beauteous beauty behold blasphemy breath bright brightly broad roof curled Chap Cherubim children of Israel cloud cold blood slain commandment Covenant and Praise Crystal Palace curse Dagon crumbled dead dew Of Providence doomed dread DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE dwell E'en earth earthly Egypt evermore Exodus favour form of sweetest glorious glory GoD's blessed ground grace hast hath heard Heaven inspired fancy Heavenly helpless Holy impious Judea Land length LORD loud MAKER's midst mighty Moses Nations Noah Noah's Ark NOTE o'er-canopy the whole peaceful perfect Philistines reign O'er repentant rest rich Sacred Ark sacred blood GoD's Save when rose seeks shalt not kill sight silent slay smiling Sons of Erin soul spread stood a miracle sweet sweetest manna Sword Temple thee things thou second King Thou shalt Throne tide toil Transept trees trumpets Truth Twas Noah's unto waters Whence whosoever wond'rous wonders wood on fire World's Fair
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Page 58 - And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna : for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
Page 59 - And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
Page 60 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in dang-er of the judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be in danger of the judgment...
Page 58 - Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink.
Page 59 - And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD.
Page 60 - But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
Page 59 - And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD ; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold ; only 1 the stump of Dagon was left to him.
Page 60 - Blessed are the peace makers : for they shall be called the children of God, Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Page 60 - But now the Lord my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent. And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God , as the Lord spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.
Page 59 - And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.