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Page 278 - He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown; But what fair dell or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown.
Page 199 - David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; 4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
Page 90 - Whereas my birth and spirit rather took The way that takes the town ; Thou didst betray me to a lingering
Page 199 - Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him; 4 How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
Page 253 - SINCE I am coming to that Holy room, Where, with thy Quire of Saints for evermore, I shall be made thy Music; as I come I tune the Instrument here at the door, And what I must do then, think here before.
Page 232 - Sir, I pray deliver this little book to my dear brother Ferrar, and tell him he shall find in it a picture of the many spiritual conflicts that have passed betwixt God and my soul, before I could subject mine to the will of Jesus my Master, in whose service I have now found perfect freedom...
Page 88 - ... always preaching to himself like an angel from a cloud, but in none; carning some, as St. Paul was, to Heaven in holy raptures, and enticing others by a sacred art and courtship to amend their lives: here picturing a vice so as to make it ugly to those that practised it; and a...
Page 224 - O'er Beauty's face; seeming to hide, More sweetly shews the blushing bride : A soul, whose intellectual beams No mists do mask, no lazy steams ? A happy soul, that all the way To Heaven, hath a Summer's day? Wouldst see a man whose...
Page 237 - Those of turtles, chaste, and true, Wakeful, and wise. Here is a friend shall fight for you, Hold but this book before your heart, Let prayer alone to play his part.
Page 234 - Much less think we it meet to seek the recommendation of the Muses, for that which himself was confident to have been inspired by a diviner breath than flows from Helicon.