Choice descriptive poetry, selected by a lady |
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... soon , too soon , the wintry hour , Of man's maturer age , Will shake the soul with sorrow's power , And stormy passion's rage ! O Thou , whose infant feet were found Within thy Father's shrine ! Whose years , with changeless virtue ...
... soon , too soon , the wintry hour , Of man's maturer age , Will shake the soul with sorrow's power , And stormy passion's rage ! O Thou , whose infant feet were found Within thy Father's shrine ! Whose years , with changeless virtue ...
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... soon shall other pictured scenes In brighter vision rise , When Zion's sun shall sevenfold shine O'er all her mourners ' eyes : And on her mountains beauteous stand The messengers of peace : " Salvation by the Lord's right hand ! " They ...
... soon shall other pictured scenes In brighter vision rise , When Zion's sun shall sevenfold shine O'er all her mourners ' eyes : And on her mountains beauteous stand The messengers of peace : " Salvation by the Lord's right hand ! " They ...
Sida 11
... eye . But life will soon be waning , And set in death's deep gloom ; Seek , seek , a Saviour reigning , To light thee from the tomb . WHAT IS LIFE ? LORD , what is life ? 11 Happy Childhood Thoughts on hearing the Motto Mr Raikes, "Try.
... eye . But life will soon be waning , And set in death's deep gloom ; Seek , seek , a Saviour reigning , To light thee from the tomb . WHAT IS LIFE ? LORD , what is life ? 11 Happy Childhood Thoughts on hearing the Motto Mr Raikes, "Try.
Sida 12
... soon : to - day , ' tis here : To - night , perhaps , ' twill disappear . Six thousand years have passed away Since living men began . And millions once alive and gay , Have spent their little span ; For life , in all its health and ...
... soon : to - day , ' tis here : To - night , perhaps , ' twill disappear . Six thousand years have passed away Since living men began . And millions once alive and gay , Have spent their little span ; For life , in all its health and ...
Sida 22
... soon will night Spread her dark mantle o'er thy reign . And soon the morn's returning light Will call us to the world again ! Yet there will dawn , at last , a day 22 Sabbath Evening.
... soon will night Spread her dark mantle o'er thy reign . And soon the morn's returning light Will call us to the world again ! Yet there will dawn , at last , a day 22 Sabbath Evening.
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angel Art Thou ask'd beauty behold beneath beneath the sky BERNARD BARTON bless blest bliss bloom breath breeze bright celestial child dead dear death deep delight DESCRIPTIVE POETRY dust to dust dwell Earth to earth earthly eternal fair Father Father's Name flood flowers glorious glory grace grave green happiest happy hath hear heart heaven heavenly holy homes of England hour humble Israel Jesus Learn to labour life's light live Lord loves me best MILLENNIAL SABBATH mountains moving heart night night into morning o'er pass'd path peace perfect bliss praise pray prayer reign rest rise round sabbath bell sacred Saviour's shine shore sleep smile song soul Speak gently spirit star by star storm stormy tempests blow strange hills sweet tear tell thee thine Thou art thought throne Thy neighbour toil tomb trees Twas voice
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Sida 73 - O Caledonia ! stern and wild, meet nurse for a poetic child, • land of brown heath and shaggy wood, land of the mountain and the flood, land of my sires!
Sida 33 - But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white, then melts forever; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide ; The hour approaches Tam maun ride; That hour, o...
Sida 34 - Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! — For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal ; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.
Sida 37 - Abide with me from morn till eve, For without Thee I cannot live ; Abide with me when night is nigh, For without Thee I dare not die.
Sida 43 - They sin who tell us love can die. With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity. In heaven ambition cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the vaults of hell; Earthly these passions of the earth, They perish where they have their birth. But love is indestructible— Its holy flame for ever burneth ; From heaven it came, to heaven returneth.