The Works of Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe: Letters moral & entertaining, pt. 3. Devout exercises of the heart. Poems & translations by Mr. Thomas RoweJ. & A. Arch, 1796 |
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... happy hours on dowy pinions fly ; When thus assisted by Faith's stedfast eye , Upon our Maker's works we humbly gaze , And , for their goodness , render him the praise . Thus , in the Patriarch's days , the Jewish swains , Who fed their ...
... happy hours on dowy pinions fly ; When thus assisted by Faith's stedfast eye , Upon our Maker's works we humbly gaze , And , for their goodness , render him the praise . Thus , in the Patriarch's days , the Jewish swains , Who fed their ...
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... happy day is dawning , which shall " never be shaded with succeeding night ; some 66 glimmerings of celestial glory break through the gloom , and scatter the horrors of death ; I hear " from far the harps of heaven in soft prelidiums ...
... happy day is dawning , which shall " never be shaded with succeeding night ; some 66 glimmerings of celestial glory break through the gloom , and scatter the horrors of death ; I hear " from far the harps of heaven in soft prelidiums ...
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... happy for me that some accident prevent- ed Aspasia from following me so soon as she de- signed . I was so far from being impatient at her absence , that I blessed every moment's delay , and was contriving to avoid the interview just as ...
... happy for me that some accident prevent- ed Aspasia from following me so soon as she de- signed . I was so far from being impatient at her absence , that I blessed every moment's delay , and was contriving to avoid the interview just as ...
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... happy hours , While active joys , too noble for disguise , And vital pleasures , sparkle in their eyes ; To thee alone , great Love , their heav'n they owe , The boundless source whence all their blessings flow , Thy sacred flame Does ...
... happy hours , While active joys , too noble for disguise , And vital pleasures , sparkle in their eyes ; To thee alone , great Love , their heav'n they owe , The boundless source whence all their blessings flow , Thy sacred flame Does ...
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... happy birth , While peace and joyful wonder hufh'd the earth , Fly , rigid Winter , with thy horid face , And let the foft and lovely Spring take place ; Oh ! come thou faireft feafon of the year , With garlands deck'd and verdant robes ...
... happy birth , While peace and joyful wonder hufh'd the earth , Fly , rigid Winter , with thy horid face , And let the foft and lovely Spring take place ; Oh ! come thou faireft feafon of the year , With garlands deck'd and verdant robes ...
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abandon'd adore bard beauty bleffings bleft blessed breaſt inſpire bright cauſe celestial Charm ev'ry curft daring defires delight divine dreadful e'er earth ELIZABETH ROWE eternal ev'n eyes fair fate fave fhades fhall fhould fing finks fire fix'd fkies flain flame flaves foar foes foft fongs fons foon foul ftand fung fway fyren gentle Gideon fell glories glorious grace happy hear heart Heav'n heav'nly Heedlefs hell hope horror illuftrious immortal inchanting Jephtha joys laſt lays lefs lift'ning light loft looſe Lord lyre mighty mortal mufe muſt nobleft numbers o'er oppreft paffion Pindar pity pleaſe pleaſures praife praiſe pray'rs purſue rage raiſe rapture realms reign rifing ruin ſhall ſhe ſkies ſmile soul tender Thebes thee theme themſelves thine thoſe thou art thou hast thouſand thro thy love thy pow'r thy throne tranſports trembling triumph tyrant vaft verfe verſe Virtue's waſtes Whene'er whofe wild wretched Ye ministers
Popular passages
Page 157 - This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Page 157 - Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ, my God ; All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to His blood.
Page 77 - One shall say, I am the Lord's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Page 157 - Come and hear, all ye that fear the Lord, and I will tell you what He has done for my soul ?
Page 157 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 117 - There, said they, is mount Zion, the heavenly Jerusalem, the innumerable company of Angels, and the Spirits of just men made perfect.
Page 153 - They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Page 77 - My God ! my chief delight ? Why are my thoughts no more, by day, — With thee, no more by night \ 2 Why should my foolish passions rove ? Where can such sweetness be, As I have tasted in thy love, — . As I have found in thee...
Page 77 - He is the Rock, his work is perfect: For all his ways are judgment: A God of truth and without iniquity, Just and right is he.
Page 89 - I WAITED patiently for the Lord ; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, And set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.