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James Grahame. Month after month devising impost - laws , Give some small portion of your midnight vigils , To mitigate , if not remove the wrong . Relentless justice ! with fate - furrowed brow ! Wherefore to various crimes of various ...
James Grahame. Month after month devising impost - laws , Give some small portion of your midnight vigils , To mitigate , if not remove the wrong . Relentless justice ! with fate - furrowed brow ! Wherefore to various crimes of various ...
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... Give me thy woods , ( Exclaims the banished man ) thy barren woods , Poor SCOTLAND ! sweeter there the reddening haw , The sloe , or rowan's * bitter bunch , than here The purple grape ; dearer the redbreast's note , That mourns the ...
... Give me thy woods , ( Exclaims the banished man ) thy barren woods , Poor SCOTLAND ! sweeter there the reddening haw , The sloe , or rowan's * bitter bunch , than here The purple grape ; dearer the redbreast's note , That mourns the ...
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James Grahame. From sacred pinnacles are hung the flags , * That give the sign to slip the leash from slaughter . The bells , whose knoll a holy calmness poured Into the good man's breast , -whose sound solaced The sick , the poor , the ...
James Grahame. From sacred pinnacles are hung the flags , * That give the sign to slip the leash from slaughter . The bells , whose knoll a holy calmness poured Into the good man's breast , -whose sound solaced The sick , the poor , the ...
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... her bread , and freely give To those who were in want ; but now old age , And lingering disease , have made her helpless . Yet is she happy , aye , and she is wise , ( Philosophers may sneer , and pedants frown , ) 38 THE SABBATH .
... her bread , and freely give To those who were in want ; but now old age , And lingering disease , have made her helpless . Yet is she happy , aye , and she is wise , ( Philosophers may sneer , and pedants frown , ) 38 THE SABBATH .
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... give ; There fortitude in sickness , nursed by want ; There courage , that expects no tongue to praise ; There virtue lurks , like purest gold deep hid , With no alloy of selfish motive mixed . The poor man's boon , that stints him of ...
... give ; There fortitude in sickness , nursed by want ; There courage , that expects no tongue to praise ; There virtue lurks , like purest gold deep hid , With no alloy of selfish motive mixed . The poor man's boon , that stints him of ...
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Page 148 - Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer...
Page 206 - And when he heard that it •> was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me.
Page 39 - And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
Page 153 - And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
Page 7 - And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them : and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not : for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
Page 207 - And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow; and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still.
Page 22 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 151 - And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. 3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: 4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
Page 149 - And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up : and, as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
Page 202 - And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.