The Times Book of English VerseEdward Leeson Times Books, 2004 - 703 pages |
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Page 112
... behold God , and never taste death's woe . But let them sleep , Lord , and me mourn a space , For , if above all ... behold those hands which span the poles , And turn all spheres at once , pierced with those holes ? Could I behold that ...
... behold God , and never taste death's woe . But let them sleep , Lord , and me mourn a space , For , if above all ... behold those hands which span the poles , And turn all spheres at once , pierced with those holes ? Could I behold that ...
Page 199
... behold all was entirely good ; So even and morn accomplished the sixth day : Yet not till the Creator from His work Desisting , though unwearied , up returned , Up to the heaven of heavens , His high abode ; Thence to behold this new ...
... behold all was entirely good ; So even and morn accomplished the sixth day : Yet not till the Creator from His work Desisting , though unwearied , up returned , Up to the heaven of heavens , His high abode ; Thence to behold this new ...
Page 368
... behold From this green earth ; of all the mighty world Of eye , and ear , both what they half create , And what perceive ; well pleased to recognise In nature and the language of the sense , The anchor of my purest thoughts , the nurse ...
... behold From this green earth ; of all the mighty world Of eye , and ear , both what they half create , And what perceive ; well pleased to recognise In nature and the language of the sense , The anchor of my purest thoughts , the nurse ...
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