The Christian's Book of Gems: A Selection of Sacred PoetryW.S. Orr, 1840 - 288 páginas |
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... , That spread so fresh and fair The balmy fragrance fled , That scented all the air ; And lowly laid its lifeless form , The gentle victim of the storm ! But why in anguish weep ! Hope beams upon my 6 THE CHRISTIAN'S.
... , That spread so fresh and fair The balmy fragrance fled , That scented all the air ; And lowly laid its lifeless form , The gentle victim of the storm ! But why in anguish weep ! Hope beams upon my 6 THE CHRISTIAN'S.
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... storms the welkin rend , Draws lightning down upon the head It promised to defend . But thou art true , incarnate Lord ! Who didst vouchsafe for man to die ; Thy smile is sure , thy plighted word No change can falsify ! I bent before ...
... storms the welkin rend , Draws lightning down upon the head It promised to defend . But thou art true , incarnate Lord ! Who didst vouchsafe for man to die ; Thy smile is sure , thy plighted word No change can falsify ! I bent before ...
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... storm , And the sweet fruit of autumn hides ofttimes a worm , And the keen frost of winter makes leafless the bough That was blushing with sweetness and beauty but now . Yet the gardener can shield from the blight and the storm , And he ...
... storm , And the sweet fruit of autumn hides ofttimes a worm , And the keen frost of winter makes leafless the bough That was blushing with sweetness and beauty but now . Yet the gardener can shield from the blight and the storm , And he ...
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... Storm and calm , to win the day ; Earliest she the haven gains , Which the hardest stress sustains . O'er life's ocean , wide and pathless , Thus would I with patience steer ; No vain hope of journeying scathless , No proud boast to ...
... Storm and calm , to win the day ; Earliest she the haven gains , Which the hardest stress sustains . O'er life's ocean , wide and pathless , Thus would I with patience steer ; No vain hope of journeying scathless , No proud boast to ...
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... cloud and wind , Thou guid'st the northern storm at night's dead noon , Or on the red wings of the fierce monsoon Disturb'st the sleeping giant of the Ind , In the drear silence of the polar span Dost thou 64 THE CHRISTIAN'S.
... cloud and wind , Thou guid'st the northern storm at night's dead noon , Or on the red wings of the fierce monsoon Disturb'st the sleeping giant of the Ind , In the drear silence of the polar span Dost thou 64 THE CHRISTIAN'S.
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Términos y frases comunes
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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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 131 - Die he, or justice must; unless for him Some other able, and as willing, pay The rigid satisfaction, death for death.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...