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" Compared with this, how poor Religion's pride, In all the pomp of method and of art, When men display to congregations wide, Devotion's... "
The Genius and Character of Burns - Page 35
by John Wilson - 1845 - 222 pages
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The Beauties of the British Poets, with a Few Introductory Observations

George Croly - 1854 - 426 pages
...Devotion's every grace, except the heart ! The Power, incensed, the pageant will desert, The pompous train, the sacerdotal stole ; But haply, in some cottage...soul, And in his book of life the inmates poor enrol. Then homeward all take off their several way, The youngling-cottagers retire to rest ; The parent pair...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Burns: Including Several Pieces Not Inserted in ...

Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 pages
...pompous strain, the sacerdotal stole; But haply, in some cottage far apart, May hear, well pleas'd, the language of the soul, And in his Book of Life the inmates poor enrol ! XVIII. Then homeward all take off their sev'ral way ; The youngling cottagers retire to rest; The...
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Scotia's Bards ...

1854 - 606 pages
...The pompous strain, the sacerdotal stole; But haply, in some cottage far apart, May hear well-pleas'd the language of the soul; And in his book of life the inmates poor enroll. Then homeward all take off their several way; The youngling cottagers retire to rest, The parent...
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Scotia's Bards

1854 - 608 pages
...The pompous strain, the sacerdotal stole; But haply, in some cottage far apart, May hear well-pleas'd the language of the soul ; And in his book of life the inmates poor enroll. The parent pair their secret homage pay, And proffer up to Heav'n the warm request, That He,...
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Memoirs of James Gordon Bennett and His Times

Isaac Clarke Pray - 1855 - 496 pages
...When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace, except the heart! The Power incensed, the pageant will desert, The pompous strain, the sacerdotal...soul, And in his Book of Life the inmates poor enroL" Such were the influences which surrounded a youthful mind in the little vale watered by the Isla; and,...
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Gleanings from the Poets, for Home and School

1855 - 458 pages
...When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace except the heart ! The Power, incensed, the pageant will desert, The pompous strain, the sacerdotal...the soul ; And in his book of life the inmates poor enroll. Then homeward all take off their several way; The youngling cottagers retire to rest ; The...
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Gleanings from the Poets: For Home and School

Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 pages
...When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace except the heart ! The Power, incensed, the pageant will desert, The pompous strain, the sacerdotal...the soul ; And in his book of life the inmates poor enroll. Then homeward all take off their several way ; The youngling cottagers retire to rest ; The...
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The shower of pearls, a collection of poetry, original and selected, for ...

Charlotte Phillips - 1855 - 188 pages
...pompous train, the sacerdotal stole ; But haply, in some cottage far apart May hear, well-pleased, the language of the soul, And in his Book of life the inmates poor enrol. EXCELSIOR. THE shade* of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village pass'd A youth, who...
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The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing His Poems, Songs, and ...

Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 pages
...pompous strain, the sacerdotal stole ; But haply, in some cottage far apart, May hear, wellpleas'd, the language of the soul ; And in His book of life the inmates poor enrol. XVIII. Then homeward all take off their sev'ral way ; The youngling cottagers retire to rest : Their...
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The Philosophy of Sectarianism; Or, A Classified View of the Christian Sects ...

Alexander Blaikie - 1855 - 382 pages
...pompous strain, the sacerdotal stole ; But haply, in some cottaye far apart, May hear, well pleas'd, the language of the soul; And in his book of life the inmates poor enroll." The scene thus graphically described is now almost wholly Presbyterian. Where men delight...
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