PoemsWalter Scott, 1820 - 24 pages |
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Page 44
... rest ; Think with what pleasure , safe and at his ease , He hears the tempest howling in the trees ; What glowing thanks his lips and heart employ , While danger past is turn'd to present joy . So fares it with the sinner , when he ...
... rest ; Think with what pleasure , safe and at his ease , He hears the tempest howling in the trees ; What glowing thanks his lips and heart employ , While danger past is turn'd to present joy . So fares it with the sinner , when he ...
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... rest ; Where should they find ( those comforts at an end The Scripture yields ) , or hope to find , a friend ? Sorrow might muse herself to madness then , And , seeking exile from the sight of men , Bury herself in solitude profound ...
... rest ; Where should they find ( those comforts at an end The Scripture yields ) , or hope to find , a friend ? Sorrow might muse herself to madness then , And , seeking exile from the sight of men , Bury herself in solitude profound ...
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... rest , The subtlest serpent with the loftiest crest , Swells at the thought , and , kindling into rage , Would hiss the cherub Mercy from the stage . And is the soul indeed so lost ? -she cries , Fallen from her glory , and too weak to ...
... rest , The subtlest serpent with the loftiest crest , Swells at the thought , and , kindling into rage , Would hiss the cherub Mercy from the stage . And is the soul indeed so lost ? -she cries , Fallen from her glory , and too weak to ...
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... rest . For them the rocks dissolved into a flood , The dews condensed into angelic food , Their very garments sacred , old yet new , And Time forbid to touch them as he flew ; Streams , swell'd above the bank , enjoin'd to stand , While ...
... rest . For them the rocks dissolved into a flood , The dews condensed into angelic food , Their very garments sacred , old yet new , And Time forbid to touch them as he flew ; Streams , swell'd above the bank , enjoin'd to stand , While ...
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... rest . Where shall a teacher look , in days like these , For ears and hearts , that he can hope to please ? Look to the poor - the simple and the plain Will hear perhaps thy salutary strain : Humility is gentle , apt to learn , Speak ...
... rest . Where shall a teacher look , in days like these , For ears and hearts , that he can hope to please ? Look to the poor - the simple and the plain Will hear perhaps thy salutary strain : Humility is gentle , apt to learn , Speak ...
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Aspasio beauty beneath bids bless'd boast breath call'd cause charms dæmons death delight design'd distant divine docet dread dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly form'd frown fruit give glory grace hand happy hast heart Heaven honour hope hour human John Gilpin labour land learn'd light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse Nature Nature's Nebaioth never night nymph o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure plebeian poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste teach telescopic eye thee theme thine thought toil tongue trembling trifler truth Twas VINCENT BOURNE Virg virtue waste whate'er WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth