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... Human frailty , Hymn , 250 I 18 Hymn , 20 Hymn , Нути , 21 Lines occafioned by a series of affliction , 255 On providence , 250 Pfalm 114 , 26 The elevation , 87 The meditation , 42 The profpect , 51 The ft pfalm imitated , The 137th ...
... Human frailty , Hymn , 250 I 18 Hymn , 20 Hymn , Нути , 21 Lines occafioned by a series of affliction , 255 On providence , 250 Pfalm 114 , 26 The elevation , 87 The meditation , 42 The profpect , 51 The ft pfalm imitated , The 137th ...
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... human Spirit , & c . A dialogue between the foul , riches , fame , & c . Come , my beloved , let us go forth into the fields , & c . Hymn , Hymn , Hymn , Hymn , Hymn , Hymn on the facrament , Hymn on heaven , 105 43 85 27 2 3 4 5 7 8 ...
... human Spirit , & c . A dialogue between the foul , riches , fame , & c . Come , my beloved , let us go forth into the fields , & c . Hymn , Hymn , Hymn , Hymn , Hymn , Hymn on the facrament , Hymn on heaven , 105 43 85 27 2 3 4 5 7 8 ...
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... human praise From thy perfections be ? III . Yet how , my God , fhall I refrain , When , to my ravish'd sense , Each creature in their various ways Display thy excellence ? IV . The active lights that fhine above , In their eternal ...
... human praise From thy perfections be ? III . Yet how , my God , fhall I refrain , When , to my ravish'd sense , Each creature in their various ways Display thy excellence ? IV . The active lights that fhine above , In their eternal ...
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... he feems conftrain'd to lye . IV . A God ( ah ! where are human boasts ? ) Extended in a manger ! The Lord of all the heav'nly hofts Expos'd to fcorn and danger ! The The only Bleft , tbe All - fufficient weeps , ( 32 ) -
... he feems conftrain'd to lye . IV . A God ( ah ! where are human boasts ? ) Extended in a manger ! The Lord of all the heav'nly hofts Expos'd to fcorn and danger ! The The only Bleft , tbe All - fufficient weeps , ( 32 ) -
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... human founds we fing , O for an angel's tow'ring wing ! O rather for thy fpirit to sustain Each matchlefs ftrain , That it may reach eternal heights , And in its lofty , daring flights , The heaven of heavens may scale . Raife all your ...
... human founds we fing , O for an angel's tow'ring wing ! O rather for thy fpirit to sustain Each matchlefs ftrain , That it may reach eternal heights , And in its lofty , daring flights , The heaven of heavens may scale . Raife all your ...
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æther agitation free Almighty angels behold bleffings bleft blifs boundleſs breaſt breath bright celeſtial charms chearful cloſe Cofmelia cou'd Dæmon darkneſs dear death deſpair diftant divine doft dreadful earth endleſs eternal ev'ry everlaſting eyes facred fafe fame feraphs fhades fhall fhining fighs fight filent fing firſt flain flame fmiles foft fome fong fons foul fpirits fpring ftill fuch fweet glorious glory groans heart heav'n heav'nly hell holy HYMN immortal juft laſt lefs light loft Lord mifery mighty mortal moſt muft muſt night nymph o'er paffions pain Pindaric pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe raiſe reft reign rife riſe round ſcene ſenſe ſhake ſhall ſhine ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtrange ſtreams Strephon thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro throne trembling vaft whofe Whoſe wou'd
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Page 212 - But peaceful was the night Wherein the Prince of Light His reign of peace upon the earth began...
Page 210 - THIS is the month, and this the happy morn Wherein the Son of Heaven's Eternal King Of wedded maid and virgin mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring...
Page 34 - Hark! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers: Prepare the way! a God, a God appears! A God, a God! the vocal hills reply, The rocks proclaim th
Page 105 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well: Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Page 212 - Whispering new joys to the mild ocean, Who now hath quite forgot to rave, While birds of calm sit brooding on the charmed wave. The stars with deep amaze, Stand fix'd in steadfast gaze, Bending one way their precious influence, And will not take their flight, For all the morning light, Or Lucifer that often warn'd them thence; But in their glimmering orbs did glow, Until their Lord Himself bespake, and bid them go...
Page 213 - Perhaps their loves, or else their sheep, Was all that did their silly thoughts so busy keep.
Page 196 - Ye softer floods, that lead the humid maze Along the vale ; and thou, majestic main, A secret world of wonders in thyself, Sound his stupendous praise whose greater voice Or bids you roar, or bids your roarings fall.
Page 88 - Who God doth late and early pray, More of his grace than gifts to lend, And entertains the harmless day, With a religious book or friend. This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all.
Page 214 - Vanity Will sicken soon and die, And leprous Sin will melt from earthly mould ; And Hell itself will pass away, And leave her dolorous mansions to the peering day.
Page 110 - The mean, suspicious wretch, whose bolted door Ne'er mov'd in duty to the wandering poor ; With him I left the cup, to teach his mind That Heaven can bless, if mortals will be kind.