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... spirit of poetry . It were unbecoming in one like the author of this essay to mention distinct instances of this fact ; but such instances will readily recur to the judicious poetical reader . It may , therefore , be safely affirmed ...
... spirit of poetry . It were unbecoming in one like the author of this essay to mention distinct instances of this fact ; but such instances will readily recur to the judicious poetical reader . It may , therefore , be safely affirmed ...
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... Spirit of Jehovah . That the Jewish prophets should have been regarded as the subjects of a super - human influence , is not at all surprising . The validity of their claims to the gift of inspiration , was established beyond all ...
... Spirit of Jehovah . That the Jewish prophets should have been regarded as the subjects of a super - human influence , is not at all surprising . The validity of their claims to the gift of inspiration , was established beyond all ...
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... even now , the fiery spirit pure , That wheels yon circling orbs , directs himself Their mazy dance , with melody of verse The union between prophecy and poetry was originally so close 6 THOUGHTS ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS .
... even now , the fiery spirit pure , That wheels yon circling orbs , directs himself Their mazy dance , with melody of verse The union between prophecy and poetry was originally so close 6 THOUGHTS ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS .
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... spirit of poetry , while the poetical style seems to have been indicated , if not actually suggested , as the fitting medium of enunciating the wonderful communications of prophecy . Thus the poet be- came an efficient and suitable ...
... spirit of poetry , while the poetical style seems to have been indicated , if not actually suggested , as the fitting medium of enunciating the wonderful communications of prophecy . Thus the poet be- came an efficient and suitable ...
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... Spirit ! that dost prefer Before all temples , the upright heart and pure , What in me is dark , Instruct me . * Illumine ; what is low , raise and support . " And again ( in another place ) , after having pathe- tically lamented his ...
... Spirit ! that dost prefer Before all temples , the upright heart and pure , What in me is dark , Instruct me . * Illumine ; what is low , raise and support . " And again ( in another place ) , after having pathe- tically lamented his ...
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Page 61 - Judah is a lion's whelp : from the prey, my son, thou art gone up : he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion ; who shall rouse him up ? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until he come to Shiloh ; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 140 - Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due, and sacred song...
Page 46 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Page 50 - For a fire is kindled in Mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Page 55 - And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
Page 60 - Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power : unstable as water, thou shalt not excel ; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed ; then defiledst thou it : he went up to my couch.
Page 8 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 65 - And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that coucheth beneath...
Page 70 - Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
Page 31 - The enemy said I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.