PoemsW. D. Ticknor, 1840 - 216 pages |
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Auld Lang Syne beam beauty bend blessed blest bliss bloom breath bright brow cheer cherished childhood's cloud crown death deep divine dream dwell earth earthly Eternal fair fair brow faith farewell Father fear feet FELICIA HEMANS fervent prayer flowers fond footsteps fount gathering band gaze gems gentle gift given gloom glorious glory glow golden grace gracious grief gushing hallowed harps hast hath heaven heavenly holier holy homage hope hour hues hushed immortal incense joy's life's light love's low-breathed meed meet memory mercy seat minstrel nigh night o'er thy path pathway peace perfect day perfume praise pure radiant raise rapture rest sacred sacred Fount seraph shed shrine sigh silent sleep smile song song of praise sorrow spirit storied land strain sunny brow sweet swell tear thee thine Thou thoughts thy soul Thy throne tones tread trod voice weary weep
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Page 213 - Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off the relish of spiritual things; in short, whatever increases the strength and authority of your body over your mind; that thing is sin to you, however innocent it may be in itself.
Page 214 - Of mv eternal rest. THE SON OF GOD. OT within palace-halls The holy Infant lay ; For there God's well-beloved Child Reposed, — the holy, undefiled ! Not on a downy bed Did the Redeemer lie ; He had not where to lay his head Beneath that Eastern sky ; And yet earth's desert wastes he trod, One with his Father and his God ; — One in that holy love Which his whole nature filled : His was the meekness of the dove ; Yet from his lips distilled Wisdom which earth can never reach, Wisdom which Heaven...
Page 165 - The chief delight of the saints, is, to offer praises to God, to gather them in from all His works, to send up to Him. And His chief delight in all His works, is to receive these praises of them from their hands : they articulate them, make a reasonable sacrifice of them. Psal. cxlv. 10. All Thy works shall praise Thee, and Thy saints shall bless Thee.
Page 213 - WHATEVER dims thy sense of truth, Or stains thy purity, Though light as breath of summer air, Count it as sin to thee. 2 Preserve the tablet of thy thoughts From every blemish free, While the Redeemer's lowly faith Its temple makes with thee. 3 And pray of God, that grace be given To tread time's narrow way : — How dark soever it may be, It leads to cloudless day.
Page 212 - THIS day let grateful praise ascend To thee, our Father and our Friend, The"e, Author of this holy light, Thee, throned in boundless power and might. 2 O, let the sacred hours be given To truth, to duty, and to heaven ; While trusting faith and holy love Rise fervent to thy throne above. 3 Grant that our earthly Sabbaths be But dawnings of eternity, To shadow forth the glorious rest. The heavenly quiet, of the blest.
Page 140 - When in the hour of prayer, I bring to Thee my care, May my heart's confidence on thee be stayed. Spare Thou the loved and dear, Life's trial way to cheer : Long may their faithful, changeless love be given ; And, 'mid my lonely grief, Grant me the sweet relief, The trust to meet those cherished ones in heaven. And to my fainting heart Wilt thou Thine aid impart ? In weakness, Mighty One ! I bend to Thee. When the fierce storm is nigh, And raised to Thee my eye, Wilt Thou my strength in earthly weakness...
Page 142 - ... deed, Though strains more proud and eloquent than mine The memory of thy virtues shall enshrine, Yet none the voice of truer grief shall raise, Or to thy goodness yield more heartfelt praise. . Not I alone deplore thy hapless fate, Thou good and gifted, generous and great \ She, that sad mourner o'er thy silent bier, Shedding in speechless grief the frequent tear ; And they, whose names dwelt latest on thy tongue, O'er whom a father's shield of love was flung, Their depth of wo His might alone...
Page 57 - ... And though full oft our wandering feet Guilt's thorn-strowed path have trod, Jesus the contrite heart shall meet, And turn it to its God. New glory from this throne of light Shall beam its cheering ray; For oft the deepest shade of night Heralds the brightest day. "LIFE HAS NO CHARM FOR ME." H "AS life no charm for thee ? Are there no visions of the joyous past, Like holy spells around thy pathway cast? Canst thou no blessings see To cheer thee in thy loneliness of heart, And to thy soul their...
Page 141 - ... relief, The trust to meet those cherished ones in heaven. And to my fainting heart Wilt thou Thine aid impart ? In weakness, Mighty One ! I bend to Thee. When the fierce storm is nigh, And raised to Thee my eye, Wilt Thou my strength in earthly weakness be ? TO THE MEMORY OF EBENEZER BAILEY, ESQ. 141 When the dark hour has passed, Of earthly wo the last, And the soul quits its prison-house of clay, — Thou ! to whom Death must bow, • Great King of kings ! wilt Thou Receive my spirit to eternal...
Page 143 - O'er whom a father's shield of love was (lung, — Their depth of woe Ilis might alone ean soan ' Whose eye beams love, whose voice " speaks peace " to ma"' Rest theo in peace ! thou tired and trusty friend ! Shall we in hopeless grief around thee bend ? Oft have thy smiles the sorrowing heart made glad, Thy presence cheered the doubting and the sad. In many a heart thy monument is reared, Whose grateful thoughts record thy name revered, Each princely deed though done in secrecy, Shall rise to heaven,...