The Times Book of English VerseEdward Leeson Times Books, 2004 - 703 pages |
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Page 241
... truth ; and also arm With spiritual armour , able to resist Satan's assaults , and quench his fiery darts ; What man can do against them , not afraid , Though to the death ; against such cruelties With inward consolations recompensed ...
... truth ; and also arm With spiritual armour , able to resist Satan's assaults , and quench his fiery darts ; What man can do against them , not afraid , Though to the death ; against such cruelties With inward consolations recompensed ...
Page 430
... Truth's holy light , On the other side , I called to mind those truths That are the common - places of the schools - ( A theme for boys , too hackneyed for their sires ) , Yet , with a revelation's liveliness , The gift of tongues might ...
... Truth's holy light , On the other side , I called to mind those truths That are the common - places of the schools - ( A theme for boys , too hackneyed for their sires ) , Yet , with a revelation's liveliness , The gift of tongues might ...
Page 442
... truth . Long time in search of knowledge did I range The field of human life , in heart and mind Benighted ; but , the dawn beginning now To re - appear , ' twas proved that not in vain I had been taught to reverence a Power That is the ...
... truth . Long time in search of knowledge did I range The field of human life , in heart and mind Benighted ; but , the dawn beginning now To re - appear , ' twas proved that not in vain I had been taught to reverence a Power That is the ...
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