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... These paffionate longings for home ; O ! when will my spirit be there ? O ! when will the messenger come ? Thy nature I long to put on , Thy image on earth to regain ; And then in the grave to lie down This burden of body and pain . O ...
... These paffionate longings for home ; O ! when will my spirit be there ? O ! when will the messenger come ? Thy nature I long to put on , Thy image on earth to regain ; And then in the grave to lie down This burden of body and pain . O ...
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... these rocks the note of woe ; Cease thy complaint , fupprefs thy groan , And let thy tears forget to flow . Behold , the precious balm is found , Which lulls thy pain , which heals thy wound . Come , freely come , by fin opprefl ...
... these rocks the note of woe ; Cease thy complaint , fupprefs thy groan , And let thy tears forget to flow . Behold , the precious balm is found , Which lulls thy pain , which heals thy wound . Come , freely come , by fin opprefl ...
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... these moments , what there is in this world worth a thought ; and you will anfwer , nothing ; its fublunary pleasure is but a dream , and vanishes like à fhadow . This fhould convince us more than any thing , that there is a future ...
... these moments , what there is in this world worth a thought ; and you will anfwer , nothing ; its fublunary pleasure is but a dream , and vanishes like à fhadow . This fhould convince us more than any thing , that there is a future ...
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why these ideas ; why thefe expectations ; of what use would be those noble fentiments , with which the mind is fometimes impreffed ; if we were only to act an infignificant part for a few years in this life , and then fink into nothing ...
why these ideas ; why thefe expectations ; of what use would be those noble fentiments , with which the mind is fometimes impreffed ; if we were only to act an infignificant part for a few years in this life , and then fink into nothing ...
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... ftrong , Firmly fix'd , no more to move ; Then thy grace was all my fong , Then my foul was fill'd with love : These were happy golden days , Sweetly spent in prayer and praife . D When my friends have faid " Beware , Soon or 37.
... ftrong , Firmly fix'd , no more to move ; Then thy grace was all my fong , Then my foul was fill'd with love : These were happy golden days , Sweetly spent in prayer and praife . D When my friends have faid " Beware , Soon or 37.
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Page 62 - The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him. He lifted me from the ground, and, taking me by the hand, Mirza, said he, I have heard thee in thy soliloquies; follow me.
Page 18 - So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb.
Page 83 - And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Page 65 - Upon looking up, What mean, said I, those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time ? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other feathered creatures several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches.
Page 65 - I here fetched a deep sigh; Alas, said I, man was made in vain! How is he given away to misery and mortality! tortured in life, and swallowed up in death! The Genius, being moved with compassion towards me, bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect; Look no more...
Page 63 - ... arches; but that a great flood swept away the rest and left the bridge in the ruinous condition I now beheld it. "But tell me further," said he, "what thou discoverest on it." "I see multitudes of people passing over it," said I, "and a black cloud hanging on each end of it.
Page 66 - I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. The islands...
Page 62 - I drew near with that reverence which is due to a superior nature; and as my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and wept. The Genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and...
Page 83 - In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity.
Page 28 - Born Thy people to deliver, Born a child, and yet a King, Born to reign in us for ever, Now Thy gracious kingdom bring. 4 By Thine own eternal Spirit Rule in all our hearts alone ; By Thine all-sufficient merit Raise us to Thy glorious throne.