The Bee: A Collection of Poems, Chiefly Designed for the YoungJoseph Blundell, 187, Great Britain-Street, 1828 - 180 pages |
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... Tree 83 The Sun - a Monitor 92 The All - seeing God 103 The God of Nature and Providence 105 The Good Example 106 The Negro Boy 107 The Hermit 113 The Lord will Provide 116 The Golden Mean 119- The Righteous Blessed 121 True Resignation ...
... Tree 83 The Sun - a Monitor 92 The All - seeing God 103 The God of Nature and Providence 105 The Good Example 106 The Negro Boy 107 The Hermit 113 The Lord will Provide 116 The Golden Mean 119- The Righteous Blessed 121 True Resignation ...
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... tree , which fed by streams , With timely fruit doth bend , He still shall flourish , and success His just designs attend . Ungodly men and their attempts No lasting rest shall find ; Untimely blasted , and dispers'd Like chaff before ...
... tree , which fed by streams , With timely fruit doth bend , He still shall flourish , and success His just designs attend . Ungodly men and their attempts No lasting rest shall find ; Untimely blasted , and dispers'd Like chaff before ...
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... trees , And the lonely cottage please : Can the gaudy , gilded room Equal fields in summer bloom ? Quit not , then , thy farm or fold , Nor exchange thy peace for gold ! Thou art happier in thy sphere , Than the children of the peer ...
... trees , And the lonely cottage please : Can the gaudy , gilded room Equal fields in summer bloom ? Quit not , then , thy farm or fold , Nor exchange thy peace for gold ! Thou art happier in thy sphere , Than the children of the peer ...
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... tree cut down , that fell To north or southward , there it lies So man departs to Heav'n or hell , Fix'd in the state wherein he dies , IMPROVEMENT OF TIME . SLEEP by night , and cares by day , Bear my fleeting life away : Lo ! in onder ...
... tree cut down , that fell To north or southward , there it lies So man departs to Heav'n or hell , Fix'd in the state wherein he dies , IMPROVEMENT OF TIME . SLEEP by night , and cares by day , Bear my fleeting life away : Lo ! in onder ...
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... trees we stand , And some are mark'd to fall ; The axe will strike at God's command , And soon shall smite us all . Green as the bay - tree , ever green , With its new foliage on , The gay , the thoughtless , I have seen , I pass'd ...
... trees we stand , And some are mark'd to fall ; The axe will strike at God's command , And soon shall smite us all . Green as the bay - tree , ever green , With its new foliage on , The gay , the thoughtless , I have seen , I pass'd ...
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betimes bless'd blessings blest bloom bread breast breath bright burst of joy child Christ creature darkness dear death delight divine dwell earth eternal ev'ry everlasting fair faith fear flow'rs forgive Gittite give glory GOLDEN MEAN grace grief happy hast hear heart heaven heavenly holy hope humble immortal Jesus land lawless range light little maid live Lord will provide morning mortal Mother mourn ne'er Negro Boy never night o'er pain path peace perfect law pleasant spring pleasure poor porringer pow'r pray prayer pride reign reign o'er rest rich rise Saviour shine sight sing sinners sins skies sleep smiling soul spirit spread star star of Bethlehem sweet Teach tears thee thine thou art thought throne thy love Thy mercy thy praise truth Twas Twill vex'd voice vows to thee wakes the dead wings wisdom word youth
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Page 83 - Though in the paths of death I tread. With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, O Lord ! art with me still; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade.
Page 94 - If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way!
Page 55 - There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest...
Page 153 - From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land, by every tongue. 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Page 154 - Mercies, O my God, My rising Soul surveys; Transported with the View, I'm lost In Wonder, Love, and Praise. W! O how shall Words with equal Warmth The Gratitude declare That glows within my Ravish'd Heart ! But thou canst read it there. Thy Providence my Life sustain'd And all my Wants redrest, When in the silent Womb I lay, And hung upon the Breast.
Page 115 - And darkness and doubt are now flying away, No longer I roam in conjecture forlorn : So breaks on the traveller, faint and astray, The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn. See truth, love, and mercy, in triumph descending, And nature all glowing in Eden's first bloom ! On the cold cheek of death smiles and roses are blending, And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb ! EARLY PIETY.
Page 174 - The hand that gave it, still supplies The gracious light and heat ; His truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set. 4 Let everlasting thanks be thine, For such a bright display, As makes a world of darkness shine With beams of heavenly day.
Page 41 - Tis the voice of the sluggard ; I heard him complain, " You have waked me too soon, I must slumber again." As the door on its hinges, so he on his bed, Turns his sides, and his shoulders, and his heavy head. "A little more sleep, and a little more slumber...
Page 67 - THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign ; Infinite 'day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain.
Page 144 - For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.