Sacred and Household Poetry: Gathered from the Highways and BywaysMoulton & Clark, 1858 - 224 pages |
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... Lord to greet , And join thy voice unto the angel choir , From out his secret altar touched with hallowed fire . ' 19 [ MILTON . NEWBURYPORT : PUBLISHED FOR THE COMPILER BY MOULTON & CLARK , BOSTON : BROWN , TAGGARD & CHASE . 1858 ...
... Lord to greet , And join thy voice unto the angel choir , From out his secret altar touched with hallowed fire . ' 19 [ MILTON . NEWBURYPORT : PUBLISHED FOR THE COMPILER BY MOULTON & CLARK , BOSTON : BROWN , TAGGARD & CHASE . 1858 ...
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... Lord of Life , Lord , thou hast given me a cell , Lo , my shepherd's hand divine , Lonely , oh lonely through the sands I wander , Love's a flower that will not die ,. Look round the world - behold the chain of love , 163 164 171 191 ...
... Lord of Life , Lord , thou hast given me a cell , Lo , my shepherd's hand divine , Lonely , oh lonely through the sands I wander , Love's a flower that will not die ,. Look round the world - behold the chain of love , 163 164 171 191 ...
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... Lord Spake to - day the hallowing word ; And , his wondrous labors done , Now the everlasting Son Gave to heaven and earth the sign Of a wonder more divine : Resting from His work , to - day In the 40 SACRED AND HOUSEHOLD POETRY ...
... Lord Spake to - day the hallowing word ; And , his wondrous labors done , Now the everlasting Son Gave to heaven and earth the sign Of a wonder more divine : Resting from His work , to - day In the 40 SACRED AND HOUSEHOLD POETRY ...
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... Lord was laid . So , as closed the Sabbath night , In Goshen watched the Israelite , Staff in hand , in pilgrim's guise , By the slaughtered sacrifice , Waiting till the midnight cry Signal gave that God was nigh : So with Thee till ...
... Lord was laid . So , as closed the Sabbath night , In Goshen watched the Israelite , Staff in hand , in pilgrim's guise , By the slaughtered sacrifice , Waiting till the midnight cry Signal gave that God was nigh : So with Thee till ...
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... Lord , with me abide : When other helpers fail , and comforts flee , Help of the helpless , O abide with me ! Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day ; Earth's joys grow dim , its glories pass away : Change and decay in all around ...
... Lord , with me abide : When other helpers fail , and comforts flee , Help of the helpless , O abide with me ! Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day ; Earth's joys grow dim , its glories pass away : Change and decay in all around ...
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Page 138 - tis Love! Thou diedst for Me, I hear Thy Whisper in my Heart. The Morning breaks, the Shadows flee: Pure UNIVERSAL LOVE Thou art, To me, to All Thy Bowels move, Thy Nature, and Thy Name is LOVE.
Page 68 - So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Page 200 - neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus, with the host of heaven, came, And lo ! creation widened in man's view.
Page 70 - Along the emblazoned wall. This was the bravest warrior That ever buckled sword ; This the most gifted poet That ever breathed a word; And never earth's philosopher Traced, with his golden pen, On the deathless page, truths half so sage As he wrote down for men.
Page 141 - O ! th" exceeding grace Of highest God that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth embrace, That blessed Angels he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe...
Page 206 - NOT in the solitude Alone may man commune with Heaven, or see Only in savage wood And sunny vale, the present Deity ; Or only hear his voice Where the winds whisper and the waves rejoice. Even here do I behold Thy steps, Almighty ! — here, amidst the crowd, Through the great city rolled, With everlasting murmur deep and loud — Choking the ways that wind 'Mongst the proud piles, the work of human kind.
Page 45 - What but thy grace can foil the tempter's power? Who, like thyself, my guide and stay can be? Through cloud and sunshine, Lord, abide with me.
Page 70 - But when the warrior dieth. His comrades in the war, With arms reversed and muffled drum. Follow his funeral car. They show the banners taken. They tell his battles won, And after him lead his masterless steed. While peals the minute gun.
Page 99 - Tis not for man to trifle ! Life is brief, And sin is here. Our age is but the falling of a leaf, A dropping tear. We have no time to sport away the hours, All must be earnest in a world like ours.
Page 139 - Contented now upon my thigh I halt, till life's short journey end; All helplessness, all weakness, I On thee alone for strength depend, Nor have I power from thee to move; Thy nature and thy name is Love.