The course of time: a poem, Volumes 1-2London, 1827 |
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age to age angels bard beneath blasphemy bliss blood blood divine breath burning busked chariots of fire curse damned dark death deeds deep divine earth earthly endless endless pain eternal everlasting evermore face fair faith fear fell fools gave gazed glorious glory God's grace grew groan hand happiness harp hast heard heart heaven heavenly hell hills holy honour hope horrid immortal infinite Jehovah light living looked loud lyre mercy Messiah morn mortal mortal vision ne'er night numbers o'er Omnipotent peace praise redeemed retired righteous ROBERT POLLOK rolled rose round sacred saints Satan seemed seen seraph sighs sight sincere sing smiled song sought soul stars stood sung sweet taught thee things thou thought thro throne thunders took truth Twas utter vale virtue voice walked weep wicked winds wing wisdom withered wonder wondrous words wrath youth
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Page 40 - Star of eternity ! the only star By which the bark of man could navigate The sea of life, and gain the coast of bliss Securely...
Page 193 - Hail love ! first love, thou word that sums all bliss ! The sparkling cream of all Time's blessedness : The silken down of happiness complete ; Discerner of the ripest grapes of joy — She gathered, and selected with her hand. All finest relishes, all fairest sights ; All rarest odours, all divinest sounds ; All thoughts, all feelings dearest to the soul ; And brought the holy mixture home, and filled The heart with all superlatives of bliss.
Page 197 - With glory crowned of righteous actions won, The sacred thorn to memory dear, first sought The youth, and found it at the happy hour, Just when the damsel kneeled herself to pray. Wrapt in devotion, pleading with her God, She saw him not, heard not his foot approach.
Page 112 - He was a man Who stole the livery of the court of heaven, To serve the devil in...
Page 44 - In horrible suspense all mortals stood : And as they stood, and listened, chariots were heard Rolling in heaven : revealed in flaming fire, The angel of God appeared in stature vast, Blazing ; and lifting up his hand on high, By Him that lives for ever, swore, that Time Should be no more. — Throughout creation heard And sighed...
Page 219 - Our sighs were numerous, and profuse our tears, For she, we lost, was lovely, and we loved Her much. Fresh in our memory, as fresh As yesterday, is yet the day she died. It was an April day ; and blithely all The youth of nature leaped beneath the sun...
Page 68 - That morning, thou, that slumbered not before, Nor slept, great Ocean ! laid thy waves to rest, And hushed thy mighty minstrelsy. No breath Thy deep composure stirred, no...
Page 173 - It scarce deserved his verse. With nature's self He seemed an old acquaintance, free to jest At will with all her glorious majesty. He laid his hand upon the
Page 178 - Proof this, beyond all lingering of doubt, That not with natural or mental wealth, Was God delighted, or his peace secured ; That not in natural or mental wealth, Was human happiness or grandeur found. Attempt how monstrous, and how surely vain ! With things of earthly sort, with aught but God, With aught but moral excellence, truth, and love, To satisfy and fill the immortal soul ! Attempt, vain inconceivably ! attempt, To satisfy the Ocean with a drop, To marry Immortality to Death, And with the...
Page 175 - And seemed to mock the ruin he had wrought. As some fierce comet of tremendous size, To which the stars did reverence, as it passed : So he through learning, and through fancy took His flight sublime ; and on the loftiest top Of Fame's dread mountain sat : not soiled and worn, As if he from the earth had laboured up, But as some bird of heavenly plumage fair, He looked, which down from higher regions came, And perched it there, to see what lay beneath.