Miscellaneous Poems: On Moral and Religious Subjects |
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... glow with grati- tude . Such an youth am I , Sir ; and the urbanity of your conduct toward me , joined to the solicitude by you ex- pressed for my welfare , has caused impressions never to be eradicated : As a small expression of my ...
... glow with grati- tude . Such an youth am I , Sir ; and the urbanity of your conduct toward me , joined to the solicitude by you ex- pressed for my welfare , has caused impressions never to be eradicated : As a small expression of my ...
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... glows , With all above , its riches roll : Before the blast from trump of fame , This rich possession I would chuse , Tho ' mounting on the burning beam , To darkest , deepest night it go : Give me a throne on Andes rais'd- -A sceptre o ...
... glows , With all above , its riches roll : Before the blast from trump of fame , This rich possession I would chuse , Tho ' mounting on the burning beam , To darkest , deepest night it go : Give me a throne on Andes rais'd- -A sceptre o ...
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... glowing morn and even , Around the fair celestial shrine And , Oh my God ! what is this treasure , Whose riches so surpass all measure ? Oh God ! what is it -- but thy smile !! 1 THE GEM . HOW sad and slow the moments fly POEMS BY ...
... glowing morn and even , Around the fair celestial shrine And , Oh my God ! what is this treasure , Whose riches so surpass all measure ? Oh God ! what is it -- but thy smile !! 1 THE GEM . HOW sad and slow the moments fly POEMS BY ...
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... glow at night : Among the stars they twinkling rove , As well as wander in the grove . Their flock , a little linnet pair , Was fitting to attempt the air . With parent hearts they also strove ( Combining both in mutual love , ) Advice ...
... glow at night : Among the stars they twinkling rove , As well as wander in the grove . Their flock , a little linnet pair , Was fitting to attempt the air . With parent hearts they also strove ( Combining both in mutual love , ) Advice ...
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... the pair . The young perceiv'd the golden glow , At once their notes began to flow , They sung of good in air that glides , The sweets that virtue still betides Their praises float in nether sky- They sung until they 78 POEMS BY OSANDER .
... the pair . The young perceiv'd the golden glow , At once their notes began to flow , They sung of good in air that glides , The sweets that virtue still betides Their praises float in nether sky- They sung until they 78 POEMS BY OSANDER .
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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'r give glide glorious glory glow golden bowl grace Greenlanders grove Halleluiahs happy happy band harp haste heart Heav'n Heav'nly Heaven hope horror hung hydra Jehovah JESUS joys of social Lansingburgh light mercy mild mind 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 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 Warbling wave youth zephyr
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Page 2 - District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " THE CHILD'S BOTANY," In conformity to the act of the 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 times therein mentioned...
Page 174 - WHEN Spring begems the dewy scene, How sweet to walk the velvet green, And hear the Zephyr's languid sighs, As o'er the scented mead he flies ! How sweet to mark the pouting vine, Ready to fall in tears of wine ; And with the maid, whose every sigh Is love and bliss, entranced to lie Where the embowering branches meet — Oh ! is not this divinely sweet? ODE XLII.
Page 173 - How I love the festive boy, Tripping wild the dance of joy! How I love the mellow sage, Smiling through the veil of age ! And whene'er this man of years In the dance of joy appears, Age is on his temples hung, But his heart — his heart is young ! ODE XL.
Page 180 - SPIRIT of Love, whose tresses shine Along the breeze, in golden twine ; Come, within a fragrant cloud. Blushing with light, thy votary shroud ; And, on those wings that sparkling play, Waft, oh, waft me hence away ! Love ! my soul is full of thee, Alive to all thy luxury. But she, the nymph for whom I glow, The pretty Lesbian, mocks my woe ; Smiles at the hoar and...
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 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, It not common earthly 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 wingM the nether air.
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 36 - O'ER fields of green the flocks arc spread, The oak extends its sylvan shade, The root puts forth its tender blade And says 'tis May.
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 J PJSSING VESSEL.