| English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...seers that tune the sacred lyre. XV. Perhaps the Christian Volume is the theme, How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed ; How He, who bore in Heaven...heard great Babylon's doom pronounced by Heaven's command. XVI. Then, kneeling down to HEAVEN'S ETERNAL Kixc. The saint, the father, and the husband,... | |
| Robert Burns, James Currie - Scotland - 1814 - 502 pages
...read a portion of teripture, and lastly to kneel down m prayer. How f,e, who hore in heaven the seeond name, Had not on earth whereon to lay his head; How his first followers and st rvants sped ; The preeepts sage, thty wrote to many a land; How ka, who, lone in Patmoa hanished,... | |
| Robert Burns - Scotland - 1815 - 364 pages
...seers that tune the saered lyre. Xv. Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme, How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed: How He, who bore in heaven the seeond name, Had not on earth whereon to lay his head : How his first followers and servants sped,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1816 - 342 pages
...to sing a psalm, then to read a portion of scripture5 and lastly 10 kneel down in prayer. How lie, who bore in heaven the second name, Had not on earth...sage they wrote to many a land , How he, who lone in Patmoi banished, ' Saw in the sun a mighty angel stand ; And heard great Babylon's doom pronounced,... | |
| Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...holy seers that tune the sacred lyre. Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme, How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed ; How He, who bore in Heaven...his first followers and servants sped ; The precepts spge they wrote to many a land : How he, who lone in Patmos banished, Saw in the sun a mighty angel... | |
| Robert Burns, James Currie - Scotland - 1820 - 484 pages
...holy seers that tune the sacred lyre. Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme, How guiltless blood, for guilty man was shed ; How he, who bore in heaven...second name, Had not on earth whereon to lay his head ; o 2 How * Names of tunes in Scottish psalmody. The tunes mentioned in this poem, are the three which... | |
| Theology - 1827 - 304 pages
...poverty. The Savior of the world was tl)3 friend of the poor man. Burns beautifully expresses this idea, He who bore in Heaven the second name, Had not on earth whereon to lay His head. What a consolation is this to the poor, that they have sucli a friend, at a time when, the grave shall... | |
| 1821 - 614 pages
...the Christian volume is the theme i. How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed : How //e, who bote in Heaven the second name, Had not on earth whereon...servants sped, The precepts sage they wrote to many aland ; How he, who lone in Patmos banished. Saw in the Sun a mighty angel stand ; And heard great... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...seen that tune the sacred lyre. XV. Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme, How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed ; How He, who bore in Heaven...in the sun a mighty angel stand : And heard great Bab'lon's doom pronounc'd by Heav'n's command. XVt. Then kneeling down, to Heaven's Eternal King, The... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 274 pages
...holy seers that tune the sacred lyre. Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme, How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed; How He, who bore in Heaven...in the sun a mighty angel stand ; And heard great Bab'lon's doom pronounc'd by Heav'n's command. Then kneeling down, to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint,... | |
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