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Page 140 - There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem Apparelled in celestial light, The glory and the freshness of a dream. It is not now as it hath been of yore; — Turn wheresoe'er I may, By night or day, The things which I have seen I now can see no more.
Page 134 - Each in his hidden sphere of joy or woe Our hermit spirits dwell, and range apart, Our eyes see all around in gloom or glow Hues of their own, fresh borrowed from the heart.
Page 122 - How quiet shews the woodland scene ! Each flower and tree, its duty done, Reposing in decay serene, Like weary men when age is won, Such calm old age as conscience pure And self-commanding hearts ensure, Waiting their summons to the sky, Content to live, but not afraid to die.
Page 106 - And dear the autumnal eve ; But few delights can summer bring A Poet's crown to weave. Her bowers are mute, her fountains dry, And ever Fancy's wing Speeds from beneath her cloudless sky To autumn or to spring. Sweet is the infant's waking smile, And sweet the old man's rest — But middle age by no fond wile, No soothing calm, is blest. Still in the world's hot restless gleam She plies her weary task, While vainly for some pleasant dream Her wandering glances ask.
Page 84 - Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O LORD; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Page 22 - ... statutes, and be every day improving in my obedience to them. And cast an eye of pity on my poor infant, which is not able to pray for itself, preserve it to be a useful instrument of Thy glory. Grant it the grace of Baptismal Regeneration, that being received into covenant with Thee, it may be stedfast in faith, joyful through hope, and rooted in charity...