The Christian's Book of Gems: A Selection of Sacred PoetryW.S. Orr, 1840 - 288 pages |
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... speak directly to the heart , and win their way with the unlearned as well as with the learned ; and we may challenge contradiction when we say it , that probably more have been at first attracted toward the paths of wisdom and truth by ...
... speak directly to the heart , and win their way with the unlearned as well as with the learned ; and we may challenge contradiction when we say it , that probably more have been at first attracted toward the paths of wisdom and truth by ...
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... speaking strings which are to move . If I to mention thee forbear , Eternal silence seal my tongue ; Or if I sing one cheerful air , Till thy deliverance is my song . A HYMN AT SUNSET AMONG THE ALPS . OH Thou , who hast thine altar made ...
... speaking strings which are to move . If I to mention thee forbear , Eternal silence seal my tongue ; Or if I sing one cheerful air , Till thy deliverance is my song . A HYMN AT SUNSET AMONG THE ALPS . OH Thou , who hast thine altar made ...
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... speaking eyes , Where sweetness beam'd , where candour shone ; And silent that heart - thrilling voice , Which Music loved , and call'd her own . That gentle bosom now is cold , Where Feeling's vestal splendours glow'd ; And crumbling ...
... speaking eyes , Where sweetness beam'd , where candour shone ; And silent that heart - thrilling voice , Which Music loved , and call'd her own . That gentle bosom now is cold , Where Feeling's vestal splendours glow'd ; And crumbling ...
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... speak to passion's raging tide , Speak , and say " Peace , be still . " A MOTHER'S GRIEF . John Erskine Paul . How hallow'd are the dwellings of the dead ! There all is calm , -the noise of life hath fled . There is a stillness in the ...
... speak to passion's raging tide , Speak , and say " Peace , be still . " A MOTHER'S GRIEF . John Erskine Paul . How hallow'd are the dwellings of the dead ! There all is calm , -the noise of life hath fled . There is a stillness in the ...
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... of the plain ; The whole of these , and all I see , Ought to be sung , and sung by me ; They speak their MAKER as they can , But want and ask the tongue of man . THE LOST ONE . Mary Howitt . WE meet around 90 THE CHRISTIAN'S Parnell.
... of the plain ; The whole of these , and all I see , Ought to be sung , and sung by me ; They speak their MAKER as they can , But want and ask the tongue of man . THE LOST ONE . Mary Howitt . WE meet around 90 THE CHRISTIAN'S Parnell.
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Andrew Marvell angels ask'd beams beauty beneath Bernard Barton blessed blest bliss bloom bosom breast breath bright calm clouds dark dead dear death delight despair divine doth dream dwell earth earthly Edmeston eternal fair faith farewell fear flowers friends Giles Fletcher gloom glorious glory grace grave grief H. F. Lyte hath heart heaven Heaven's open heavenly holy hope hour Jehovah Jesus land life's light live lone Lord love ye mercy mighty Wanderer morn mountains nature's ne'er night o'er Oh Mercy pass'd peace praise prayer pride raptured raven's nest rise round Sabbath saints Saul the king Saviour seem'd shine sigh sing sink to thy skies sleep smile song sorrow soul spirit star Star of Bethlehem storm stream sweet tears tempest thee thine thou art thou hast thought throne thundering bands tomb voice weep wild wings
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Page 234 - Philosophy, baptized In the pure fountain of eternal love, Has eyes indeed; and viewing all she sees As meant to indicate a God to man, Gives him his praise, and forfeits not her own.
Page 133 - Hark ! hark ! — to God the chorus breaks, From every host, from every gem ; But one alone the Saviour speaks, — It is the Star of Bethlehem.
Page 134 - It was my guide, my light, my all, it bade my dark forebodings cease ; and through the storm and danger's thrall it led me to the port of peace. Now safely moored — my perils o'er, I'll sing, first in night's diadem, for ever and for evermore, the Star— The Star of Bethlehem...
Page 179 - 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.
Page 131 - Die he, or justice must; unless for him Some other able, and as willing, pay The rigid satisfaction, death for death.
Page 279 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh ; The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near.
Page 47 - But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride; And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. Afid there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail: And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.
Page 47 - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.
Page 180 - Come near and bless us when we wake, Ere through the world our way we take : Till, in the ocean of Thy love, We lose ourselves in Heaven above ! John Keble.
Page 9 - And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder ; and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps...