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... fight the battles of the Lord ; And on his breast a cross he bore , And at his side his faithful sword . A solemn vow to heaven he made That cross to wear , that sword to wield , The foremost in the bold crusade That dared the Crescent ...
... fight the battles of the Lord ; And on his breast a cross he bore , And at his side his faithful sword . A solemn vow to heaven he made That cross to wear , that sword to wield , The foremost in the bold crusade That dared the Crescent ...
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... fight He fought , And on the thorny crown He wore . And , at the vision calmer grown , His Master's praise so loud he sang , The heathen stronghold's walls of stone With songs of Christian triumph rang . His keepers heard the joyful ...
... fight He fought , And on the thorny crown He wore . And , at the vision calmer grown , His Master's praise so loud he sang , The heathen stronghold's walls of stone With songs of Christian triumph rang . His keepers heard the joyful ...
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... fight of life , Though so brave and cheerful In thine early strife ? Art thou gazing round thee For the means to fly ? Have new terrors found thee , And the fear to die ? Strive with stout endeavour , Till the danger's past ! 20 SONGS ...
... fight of life , Though so brave and cheerful In thine early strife ? Art thou gazing round thee For the means to fly ? Have new terrors found thee , And the fear to die ? Strive with stout endeavour , Till the danger's past ! 20 SONGS ...
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... fight , There lay a giant warrior at rest . The pebbly beach , with tangled seaweed drest , Stretches its glistening strand in one wide sweep , As the long wave lifts up its curling crest , Then falls and breaks , far up the shore to ...
... fight , There lay a giant warrior at rest . The pebbly beach , with tangled seaweed drest , Stretches its glistening strand in one wide sweep , As the long wave lifts up its curling crest , Then falls and breaks , far up the shore to ...
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... How oft in thy heart - stirring story Thy sons in the thick of the fight , By deeds of unparalleled glory , Have rendered their memory bright ! But when , ever willing and speedy , Their world 84 SONGS OF THE HEART . XXXV.
... How oft in thy heart - stirring story Thy sons in the thick of the fight , By deeds of unparalleled glory , Have rendered their memory bright ! But when , ever willing and speedy , Their world 84 SONGS OF THE HEART . XXXV.
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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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