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... Sing , fing ye heav'nly quire . II . Thousands of thousands ftand around Thy throne , O God moft high , Ten thoufand times ten thousand found Thy praife ; but who am I III . Thy brightest rays to them appear , While I thy footsteps ...
... Sing , fing ye heav'nly quire . II . Thousands of thousands ftand around Thy throne , O God moft high , Ten thoufand times ten thousand found Thy praife ; but who am I III . Thy brightest rays to them appear , While I thy footsteps ...
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... SING Our ftate no alteration knows ; But , when we have refign'd our breath , Th ' immortal fpirit goes To endless joys , or everlasting woes : Wife is that man who labours to fecure The mighty and important ftake ; And , by all methods ...
... SING Our ftate no alteration knows ; But , when we have refign'd our breath , Th ' immortal fpirit goes To endless joys , or everlasting woes : Wife is that man who labours to fecure The mighty and important ftake ; And , by all methods ...
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... Sing angels , fing ! and let new harps be ftrung , To echo confort to a new made fong ! Sing you , that fee bright love's myterious face ! Love that involv'd them in defigns of grace ; That fee the grace that all their fins out - reach ...
... Sing angels , fing ! and let new harps be ftrung , To echo confort to a new made fong ! Sing you , that fee bright love's myterious face ! Love that involv'd them in defigns of grace ; That fee the grace that all their fins out - reach ...
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... Sing and adore , and by the fongs you raife Atone for their unpardonable want of praife . X. But while I greedily furvey The little globe , where I my being gain'd , Methinks , I'm feiz'd upon the way , And forcibly detain'd By yonder ...
... Sing and adore , and by the fongs you raife Atone for their unpardonable want of praife . X. But while I greedily furvey The little globe , where I my being gain'd , Methinks , I'm feiz'd upon the way , And forcibly detain'd By yonder ...
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... Sing th ' unfathom'd depths of love ; For who the wonders done by love can tell , By love , which is itself all miracle ? Here in vaft endless circles may'ft thou rove ,. And like the trav'ling planet of the day , In an orb unbounded ...
... Sing th ' unfathom'd depths of love ; For who the wonders done by love can tell , By love , which is itself all miracle ? Here in vaft endless circles may'ft thou rove ,. And like the trav'ling planet of the day , In an orb unbounded ...
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Page 212 - But peaceful was the night Wherein the Prince of Light His reign of peace upon the earth began...
Page 210 - THIS is the month, and this the happy morn Wherein the Son of Heaven's Eternal King Of wedded maid and virgin mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring...
Page 34 - Hark! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers: Prepare the way! a God, a God appears! A God, a God! the vocal hills reply, The rocks proclaim th
Page 105 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well: Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Page 212 - Whispering new joys to the mild ocean, Who now hath quite forgot to rave, While birds of calm sit brooding on the charmed wave. The stars with deep amaze, Stand fix'd in steadfast gaze, Bending one way their precious influence, And will not take their flight, For all the morning light, Or Lucifer that often warn'd them thence; But in their glimmering orbs did glow, Until their Lord Himself bespake, and bid them go...
Page 213 - Perhaps their loves, or else their sheep, Was all that did their silly thoughts so busy keep.
Page 196 - Ye softer floods, that lead the humid maze Along the vale ; and thou, majestic main, A secret world of wonders in thyself, Sound his stupendous praise whose greater voice Or bids you roar, or bids your roarings fall.
Page 88 - Who God doth late and early pray, More of his grace than gifts to lend, And entertains the harmless day, With a religious book or friend. This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all.
Page 214 - Vanity Will sicken soon and die, And leprous Sin will melt from earthly mould ; And Hell itself will pass away, And leave her dolorous mansions to the peering day.
Page 110 - The mean, suspicious wretch, whose bolted door Ne'er mov'd in duty to the wandering poor ; With him I left the cup, to teach his mind That Heaven can bless, if mortals will be kind.