The Sunday Book of PoetryMacmillan, 1865 - 318 pages A collection of religious poetry for children. Also includes prayers and hymns. |
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Page 12
... wing of love Come brightly wafting through the gloom , One peace - branch from above ? Then sorrow touched by Thee grows bright With more than rapture's ray ; As darkness shows us worlds of light We could not see by day . T. Moore L XI ...
... wing of love Come brightly wafting through the gloom , One peace - branch from above ? Then sorrow touched by Thee grows bright With more than rapture's ray ; As darkness shows us worlds of light We could not see by day . T. Moore L XI ...
Page 24
... wing Cleaving the sky , Sun , moon , and stars forgot , Upward I fly , Still all my song shall be , Nearer , my God , to Thee , Nearer to Thee ! S. F. Adams XX A CRY THE way is long and dreary ,. - 24 The Sunday Book of Poetry.
... wing Cleaving the sky , Sun , moon , and stars forgot , Upward I fly , Still all my song shall be , Nearer , my God , to Thee , Nearer to Thee ! S. F. Adams XX A CRY THE way is long and dreary ,. - 24 The Sunday Book of Poetry.
Page 26
... wings . Struck by that light , the human heart , A barren soil no more , Sends the sweet smell of grace abroad , Where serpents lurked before . The glorious orb , whose golden beams The fruitful year control , Since first , obedient to ...
... wings . Struck by that light , the human heart , A barren soil no more , Sends the sweet smell of grace abroad , Where serpents lurked before . The glorious orb , whose golden beams The fruitful year control , Since first , obedient to ...
Page 33
... wings . Forgive me , Lord , for Thy dear Son , The ill that I this day have done ; That with the world , myself , and Thee , I , ere I sleep , at peace may be . Teach me to live , that I may dread The grave as little as my bed ; Teach ...
... wings . Forgive me , Lord , for Thy dear Son , The ill that I this day have done ; That with the world , myself , and Thee , I , ere I sleep , at peace may be . Teach me to live , that I may dread The grave as little as my bed ; Teach ...
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... ponder Over that sepulchral bed . Thither let us haste , and flee On the wings of phantasy . Haste , from every clime and nation , Fervent youth , and reverent age ; -- Peasant , prince , each rank and station , The Sunday Book of Poetry ...
... ponder Over that sepulchral bed . Thither let us haste , and flee On the wings of phantasy . Haste , from every clime and nation , Fervent youth , and reverent age ; -- Peasant , prince , each rank and station , The Sunday Book of Poetry ...
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