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Page 36
... glory stealest o'er the ear of man To rive his bosom with thy thousand darts , Disrobed of pomp and circumstance , stand forth , And show thy written league with sin and death . Yes , ere ambition's heart is sear'd and sold , And ...
... glory stealest o'er the ear of man To rive his bosom with thy thousand darts , Disrobed of pomp and circumstance , stand forth , And show thy written league with sin and death . Yes , ere ambition's heart is sear'd and sold , And ...
Page 38
... eye ? What brighter throne can brightness find To reign on than an infant's mind , Ere sin destroy , or error dim , The glory of the Seraphim ? PROFESSOR WILSON . NIGHT . NIGHT is the time for rest ; How 38 YOUNG LADY'S.
... eye ? What brighter throne can brightness find To reign on than an infant's mind , Ere sin destroy , or error dim , The glory of the Seraphim ? PROFESSOR WILSON . NIGHT . NIGHT is the time for rest ; How 38 YOUNG LADY'S.
Page 67
... with her a sea Of glory streams along the Alpine height Of blue Friuli's mountains ; Heaven is free From clouds , but of all colours seem to be Melted to one vast Iris of the West , Where BOOK OF POETRY . 67 An Italian Sunset.
... with her a sea Of glory streams along the Alpine height Of blue Friuli's mountains ; Heaven is free From clouds , but of all colours seem to be Melted to one vast Iris of the West , Where BOOK OF POETRY . 67 An Italian Sunset.
Page 70
... glory or gloom , Beyond the world's precincts , beyond the dark tomb . Look to thyself then , ere past is Hope's reign , And looking and longing alike are in vain ; Lest thou deem it a bliss to have been or to be But a fluttering leaf ...
... glory or gloom , Beyond the world's precincts , beyond the dark tomb . Look to thyself then , ere past is Hope's reign , And looking and longing alike are in vain ; Lest thou deem it a bliss to have been or to be But a fluttering leaf ...
Page 102
But lost , dissolved in thy superior rays , One tide of glory , one unclouded blaze , O'erflow thy courts : the Light himself shall shine Reveal'd , and God's eternal day be thine ! The seas shall waste , the skies in smoke decay ...
But lost , dissolved in thy superior rays , One tide of glory , one unclouded blaze , O'erflow thy courts : the Light himself shall shine Reveal'd , and God's eternal day be thine ! The seas shall waste , the skies in smoke decay ...
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