Horæ Lyricæ and Divine SongsLittle, Brown, 1854 - 348 pages |
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... Honoured Relative .. A Funeral Poem on the Death of Thomas Gunston , Esq . 264 Elegy on the Rev. Mr. Thomas Gouge ....... 261 282 DIVINE SONGS , FOR CHILDREN . Preface .. Song I. A General Song of Praise to God .... 295 298 299 300 II ...
... Honoured Relative .. A Funeral Poem on the Death of Thomas Gunston , Esq . 264 Elegy on the Rev. Mr. Thomas Gouge ....... 261 282 DIVINE SONGS , FOR CHILDREN . Preface .. Song I. A General Song of Praise to God .... 295 298 299 300 II ...
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... honour among the churches , " - and not undeservedly ; for that he was an amiable man in the relations of private life , seems certain ; and he gave proof of being a conscientious one , both in prosperity and in what to him were evil ...
... honour among the churches , " - and not undeservedly ; for that he was an amiable man in the relations of private life , seems certain ; and he gave proof of being a conscientious one , both in prosperity and in what to him were evil ...
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... honoured him , en- joyed all the benefits and felicities he experienced at his first entrance into this family , till his days were numbered and finished , and , like a shock of corn in its season , he ascended into the regions of ...
... honoured him , en- joyed all the benefits and felicities he experienced at his first entrance into this family , till his days were numbered and finished , and , like a shock of corn in its season , he ascended into the regions of ...
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... honoured friend , Watts had inscribed a poem . Their house at Theobalds adjoined the site of the palace which Burleigh erected for his own residence , and where he so often entertained Elizabeth and her court . Part of a wall was ...
... honoured friend , Watts had inscribed a poem . Their house at Theobalds adjoined the site of the palace which Burleigh erected for his own residence , and where he so often entertained Elizabeth and her court . Part of a wall was ...
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... honour , he surveyed the pro- vince with a just reluctance , and shrunk away from grandeur : nor could any thing overcome his sincere aversion , but a sense of duty and hopes of public service . He passed through the chief offices xxvi ...
... honour , he surveyed the pro- vince with a just reluctance , and shrunk away from grandeur : nor could any thing overcome his sincere aversion , but a sense of duty and hopes of public service . He passed through the chief offices xxvi ...
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adore Almighty angels Arian awful bear behold beneath bless bliss blood breast breath bright chariot charms cherubs Christ clouds command COMMON METRE darkness dear death delight divine dust dwell earth eternal everlasting eyes fair Father feet fire flame flesh glorious glory grace grief groans Gunston hand happy Hartopp heart heaven heavenly hell holy honour hosannas immortal immortal song infinite ISAAC WATTS Jesus joys King light live lofty Lord lose my breath mighty mind mortal mourn muse NATHANIEL GOULD never numbers o'er pain passion Pindaric pleasure powers praise racter reigns rise roll round rove sacred saints Sarissa Saviour seas seraphic shining sight sing skies smile Socinianism song sorrows soul sound sovereign spirits stand stars Stoke Newington sweet tears thee thine things thou thoughts thousand thro throne thunder tongue Twas Urania vols Watts wind wings words
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Page xlix - As may express them best ; though what if earth Be but the shadow of heaven, and things therein Each to other like, more than on earth is thought...
Page 327 - tis to see A whole assembly worship Thee ! At once they sing, at once they pray ; They hear of heaven, and learn the way. I have been there, and still would go, 'Tis like a little heaven below ; Not all my pleasure and my play Shall tempt me to forget this day.
Page 319 - And labours hard to store it well With the sweet food she makes. In works of labour or of skill I would be busy too; For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. In books, or work, or healthful play, Let my first years be past ; That I may give for every day Some good account at last.
Page lxxxvii - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page 344 - How much better thou'rt attended Than the- Son of God could be, When from heaven He descended And became a child like thee...
Page 17 - Here the whole Deity is known ; Nor dares a creature guess, — Which of the glories brightest shone, The justice, or the grace.
Page 297 - There's not a plant or flower below, But makes thy glories known; And clouds arise and tempests blow By order from thy throne. 6 Creatures as numerous as they be, Are subject to thy care; There's not a place where we can flee, But God is present there.
Page 303 - God, with wonder and with praise On all thy works I look; But still thy wisdom, power, and grace, Shine brightest in thy book.
Page 314 - LET dogs delight to bark and bite, For God hath made them so ; Let bears and lions growl and fight, For 'tis their nature too.
Page lxxiii - Give me the wings of faith to rise Within the veil, and see The saints above, how great their joys, How bright their glories be. 2 Once they were mourning here below, And wet their couch with tears; They wrestled hard, as we do now, With sins, and doubts, and fears.