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... last the hour of setting sail arrived . It was at the close of a bright day of the early spring , as spring is wont to be on the classic shores of Ionia , when as in Eden , ' Sweet is the breath of morn , her rising A NARRATIVE . 3.
... last the hour of setting sail arrived . It was at the close of a bright day of the early spring , as spring is wont to be on the classic shores of Ionia , when as in Eden , ' Sweet is the breath of morn , her rising A NARRATIVE . 3.
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Solomon Caesar Malan. ' Sweet is the breath of morn , her rising sweet , With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams ; - ' and nature adorns herself in her fairy bridal ...
Solomon Caesar Malan. ' Sweet is the breath of morn , her rising sweet , With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams ; - ' and nature adorns herself in her fairy bridal ...
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... breath of this dry , soft air , fragrant " of the smell of Lebanon , " seemed , as I inhaled it , to come from the springs of life itself ; and in ad- dition to that , wherever I moved I trod on conse- crated ground , the very dust of ...
... breath of this dry , soft air , fragrant " of the smell of Lebanon , " seemed , as I inhaled it , to come from the springs of life itself ; and in ad- dition to that , wherever I moved I trod on conse- crated ground , the very dust of ...
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... breath is heard under heaven , the shade of the mountain whispers of ancient days , when it witnessed the glory of this land , and yielded its choicest produce for the temple of God . Then was Lebanon consecrated for ever in the sacred ...
... breath is heard under heaven , the shade of the mountain whispers of ancient days , when it witnessed the glory of this land , and yielded its choicest produce for the temple of God . Then was Lebanon consecrated for ever in the sacred ...
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... breath of wind to enable me to start , a traveller arrived from Jerusalem who had come precisely the same way by land that I had proposed to take , and which he said was per- fectly safe . This altered my plans at once ; and I decided ...
... breath of wind to enable me to start , a traveller arrived from Jerusalem who had come precisely the same way by land that I had proposed to take , and which he said was per- fectly safe . This altered my plans at once ; and I decided ...
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Abu Keslan Abu Nasir ALDERSGATE STREET Amathus ancient days Arvad Asher banon beauty Berothaï Berytus Beyrût blessed boat brass breath breeze of noon bright brilliant Carthage Chios Chittim CHRIST coast of Canaan dark deep deep blue sea distant dwell earth evergreens eyes feet fishing-boats flowers foot fresh Galilee Gebal glory God's harbour heard heaven hills Ionia island isthmus Japho Jonah JOSEPH MASTERS journey King Lebanon look LORD meadows morning Mount Hermon Mount Sipylus mountain night once Palæ-Tyrus path Phenician plain of Tyre plough Polycarp prophet purple rich road rock rose ruins Safad sails salāme Saleh Sarepta scene Sea of Galilee servants Sheikh Achmet ships shore side Sidon Sidonian slopes solemn spot spread spring stars stone stood stream Tamyras Tarshish tent thee thence thou tombs town trees Tyrian unto valleys village wave wealth whence wind wished yonder Yûnus Zarephath
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Page 80 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy GOD chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy GOD, to walk in His ways, and to fear Him. For the LORD thy GOD bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Page 7 - I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Page 21 - The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Page 4 - Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale ; She all night long her amorous descant sung ; Silence was pleased : now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires ; Hesperus that led The starry host rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveil'd her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw.
Page 62 - Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty ; thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness : I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings that they may behold thee.
Page 71 - And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children ; let him be acceptable to his brethren^ and let him dip his foot in oil.
Page 62 - By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
Page 8 - She speaks and we must hear. Then pours she on the Christian heart That warning still and deep, At which high spirits of old would start Even from their Pagan sleep, Just guessing, through their murky blind, Few, faint, and baffling sight, Streaks of a brighter Heaven behind, A cloudless depth of light.
Page 22 - For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of oil olive and honey; a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
Page 62 - I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more', though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD.