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... see thee clad In all the majesty of darknefs there . birth Sleeping I lay , and rip'ning to my Yet , Lord , thy outstretch'd arm preferv'd me there ; Before I mov'd to entity , and trod The verge of being . To thy hallow'd name I'll pay ...
... see thee clad In all the majesty of darknefs there . birth Sleeping I lay , and rip'ning to my Yet , Lord , thy outstretch'd arm preferv'd me there ; Before I mov'd to entity , and trod The verge of being . To thy hallow'd name I'll pay ...
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... See Nature haftes her earlieft wreathes to bring ,. With all the incenfe of the breathing fpring ; See lofty Lebanon his head advance , See nodding forefts on the mountains Jance , See fpicy clouds from lowly Sharon rife , And Carmel's ...
... See Nature haftes her earlieft wreathes to bring ,. With all the incenfe of the breathing fpring ; See lofty Lebanon his head advance , See nodding forefts on the mountains Jance , See fpicy clouds from lowly Sharon rife , And Carmel's ...
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... see Thy future manlion . Why that start of horror ? From thy flack hand why drops th ' uplifted fteel ? Didit thou not think fuch vengeance must await The wretch that with his crimes all fresh about Rushes irreverent , unprepar'd ...
... see Thy future manlion . Why that start of horror ? From thy flack hand why drops th ' uplifted fteel ? Didit thou not think fuch vengeance must await The wretch that with his crimes all fresh about Rushes irreverent , unprepar'd ...
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... See how he tugs for life , and lays about him , Mad with his pain ! eager he catches hold Of what comes next to hand , and grafps it hard , Juft like a creature drowning ! hideous fight ! Oh how his eyes stand out , and ftare full ...
... See how he tugs for life , and lays about him , Mad with his pain ! eager he catches hold Of what comes next to hand , and grafps it hard , Juft like a creature drowning ! hideous fight ! Oh how his eyes stand out , and ftare full ...
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... See yonder maker of the dead man's bed , The fexton , hoary - headed chronicle ! Of hard unmeaning face , down which ne'er stole A gentle tear ; with mattock in his hand Digs thro ' whole rows of kindred and acquaint- ance By far his ...
... See yonder maker of the dead man's bed , The fexton , hoary - headed chronicle ! Of hard unmeaning face , down which ne'er stole A gentle tear ; with mattock in his hand Digs thro ' whole rows of kindred and acquaint- ance By far his ...
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