Elegant Extracts in Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of Young PersonsF.C. and J. Rivington, 1816 - 1064 pages |
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... bright spectators of the scene . But tho ' the Earth shall to the centre perish , Nor leave behind ev'n Chaos ; tho ' the air With all the elements must pass away , Vain as an idiot's dream ; tho ' the huge rocks , That brandish the ...
... bright spectators of the scene . But tho ' the Earth shall to the centre perish , Nor leave behind ev'n Chaos ; tho ' the air With all the elements must pass away , Vain as an idiot's dream ; tho ' the huge rocks , That brandish the ...
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... bright images shall be defin'd The mystic nature of th ' eternal Mind ! Or how shall thought the dazzling height explore , Where all that reason can - is to adore ! That God's an immaterial essence pure , Whom figure can't describe ...
... bright images shall be defin'd The mystic nature of th ' eternal Mind ! Or how shall thought the dazzling height explore , Where all that reason can - is to adore ! That God's an immaterial essence pure , Whom figure can't describe ...
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... bright cherub of the noblest birth , To the poor reasoning glow - worm plac'd on earth ; From matter then to spirit still ascend , Thro ' spirit still refining , higher tend ; Pursue , on knowledge bent , the pathless road , Pierce thro ...
... bright cherub of the noblest birth , To the poor reasoning glow - worm plac'd on earth ; From matter then to spirit still ascend , Thro ' spirit still refining , higher tend ; Pursue , on knowledge bent , the pathless road , Pierce thro ...
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... bright , Daughter of heav'n , whose offspring still is light ; Oh condescend , celestial sacred guest ! To purge my sight , and animate my breast , While I presume Omnipotence to trace , And sing that Pow'r who peopled boundless space ...
... bright , Daughter of heav'n , whose offspring still is light ; Oh condescend , celestial sacred guest ! To purge my sight , and animate my breast , While I presume Omnipotence to trace , And sing that Pow'r who peopled boundless space ...
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... bright disguise , Beyond the ken of all created eyes ; His works our love and our attention steal ; His works ( surprising thought ) the Maker veil ; Too weak our sight to pierce the radiant cloud , Where Wisdom shines , in all her ...
... bright disguise , Beyond the ken of all created eyes ; His works our love and our attention steal ; His works ( surprising thought ) the Maker veil ; Too weak our sight to pierce the radiant cloud , Where Wisdom shines , in all her ...
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