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... earth and sin ? Is the prospect dreary , And the heart within ? Do thy work and mission Fruitless prove to thee , And thy hopes a vision That but seems to flee ? Up , and break the fetter Of each dark delay ! Waiting for the better ...
... earth and sin ? Is the prospect dreary , And the heart within ? Do thy work and mission Fruitless prove to thee , And thy hopes a vision That but seems to flee ? Up , and break the fetter Of each dark delay ! Waiting for the better ...
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... earth . " - Genesis viii . 11 . S round the wat❜ry waste As The shades of evening gather far and wide , Herald of peace , thou fliest on with haste Across the trackless tide . Impelled by Him , whose might Calmed the fierce flood and ...
... earth . " - Genesis viii . 11 . S round the wat❜ry waste As The shades of evening gather far and wide , Herald of peace , thou fliest on with haste Across the trackless tide . Impelled by Him , whose might Calmed the fierce flood and ...
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... golden street . Not one who entered that celestial door With him one trace of earth's pollution bore To that sweet rest which lasts for evermore . THE VILLAGE CHURCH . THE HERE is a little village 28 SONGS OF THE HEART . VII.
... golden street . Not one who entered that celestial door With him one trace of earth's pollution bore To that sweet rest which lasts for evermore . THE VILLAGE CHURCH . THE HERE is a little village 28 SONGS OF THE HEART . VII.
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... earth , where'er she went , To hail her joyful coming , A welcome upward sent ; On gentle winds she journeyed O'er mountain , down , and dell , While on her path in splendour The sunlight streaming fell . The winter , at her advent ...
... earth , where'er she went , To hail her joyful coming , A welcome upward sent ; On gentle winds she journeyed O'er mountain , down , and dell , While on her path in splendour The sunlight streaming fell . The winter , at her advent ...
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... earth's ten thousand forests Their crown of verdure reared . And , in her train awaking , The song of bee and bird , No longer sad and silent , On every side was heard : The lark , on soaring pinion , Poured forth its C 2 SONGS OF THE ...
... earth's ten thousand forests Their crown of verdure reared . And , in her train awaking , The song of bee and bird , No longer sad and silent , On every side was heard : The lark , on soaring pinion , Poured forth its C 2 SONGS OF THE ...
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Art thou bade beams beauty beneath blessed breast breath breath of heaven breeze bright brow cheer clouds crown cuckoo dark dear old home distant dreams drear ears England evermore eyes fades fainting fair fairest fast feet fell firmly clasps flowers fresh gather gentle gleam gloom glory golden green grief happy harvest heard heart heaven hill holy honour hopes hymns light little hand LONGFELLOW look LUDGATE HILL meadows meadows green merry Merry Christmas mighty morning naught ne'er night numbers o'er once onward path pathway peaceful playmates pleasant pow'r ranks of error rest rise roam Sabbath scene scent shadows sheaves shine sight sing song soothing sorrow soul sound spirit star storms strive summer sunbeams sweet tears tempest tender touch thee thine thou thoughts tide Tis a voice underneath violet Wallingford weary winds winter woods I wandered youth
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Page 24 - And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; and the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Page 84 - This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.
Page 1 - Read from some humbler poet. Whose songs gushed from his heart. As showers from the clouds of summer. Or tears from the eyelids start; Who, through long days of labor.
Page 47 - what music hast thou provided for thy saints in heaven, when thou affordest bad men such music on earth?" There appears to be a meaning in the sound beyond what reaches the ear ; it links itself with the aspects of nature, with the spirit of the hour, or blends with the sad reminiscence or the hopeful reverie, like its echo or response. There is, too, a metaphysical...
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