The Course of Time: A Poem, in Ten BooksCrocker and Brewster, 1828 - Всего страниц: 247 |
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... passed the bounds Which God doth set to light , and life , and love ; Where darkness meets with day , where order meets Disorder , dreadful , waste , and wild ; and down The dark , eternal , uncreated night Ventured alone . Long , long ...
... passed the bounds Which God doth set to light , and life , and love ; Where darkness meets with day , where order meets Disorder , dreadful , waste , and wild ; and down The dark , eternal , uncreated night Ventured alone . Long , long ...
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... passed , unscathed And unopposed ; and , poised on steady wing , I hovering gazed . Eternal Justice ! sons Of God ! tell me , if ye can tell , what then I saw , what then I heard . Wide was the place , And deep as wide , and ruinous as ...
... passed , unscathed And unopposed ; and , poised on steady wing , I hovering gazed . Eternal Justice ! sons Of God ! tell me , if ye can tell , what then I saw , what then I heard . Wide was the place , And deep as wide , and ruinous as ...
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... passing conversation slightly touched , Of such a place ; yet , rather to be taught , Than teaching , answer , what thy marvel asks , We need ; for we ourselves , though here , are but Of yesterday , creation's younger sons . But there ...
... passing conversation slightly touched , Of such a place ; yet , rather to be taught , Than teaching , answer , what thy marvel asks , We need ; for we ourselves , though here , are but Of yesterday , creation's younger sons . But there ...
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... passed ; And mansion of celestial mould , and work Divine . And oft delicious music , sung By saint and angel bands that walked the vales , Or mountain tops , and harped upon their harps , Their ear inclined , and held by sweet ...
... passed ; And mansion of celestial mould , and work Divine . And oft delicious music , sung By saint and angel bands that walked the vales , Or mountain tops , and harped upon their harps , Their ear inclined , and held by sweet ...
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... passed , thy war with God And holiness . But who , oh , who shall tell , Thy unrepentable and ruinous thoughts ! Thy sighs , thy groans ! who reckon thy burning tears , And damned looks of everlasting grief , Where now , with those who ...
... passed , thy war with God And holiness . But who , oh , who shall tell , Thy unrepentable and ruinous thoughts ! Thy sighs , thy groans ! who reckon thy burning tears , And damned looks of everlasting grief , Where now , with those who ...
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age to age angels bard beheld beneath bliss blood blood divine burning busked chariots of fire curse damned dark death deeds deep divine drank earth earthly endless endless pain eternal everlasting evermore face fair faith fear fell fools gave gazed glorious glory God's grace grew groan hand happiness harp hast heard heart heaven heavenly hell hills holy honour hope horrid immortal infinite Jehovah light living look and smile looked loud lyre mercy Messiah morn mortal mortal vision naught ne'er night numbers o'er Omnipotent passed peace praise pride redeemed retired righteous rolled rose round sacred saints Satan seemed seen seraph sighs sight sincere sing smiled song sought soul stars stood sung sweet thee things thou thought throne took truth Twas utter vale virtue voice walked weep wicked winds wing wisdom withered wonder wondrous words wrath youth
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Стр. 22 - The subject, God and man, salvation, life And death — eternal life, eternal death — Dread words ! whose meaning has no end, no boundsMost wondrous book! bright candle of the Lord ! Star of eternity ! the only star By which the bark of man could navigate The sea of life, and gain the coast of bliss Securely...
Стр. 111 - They set as sets the morning star, which goes Not down behind the darkened west, nor hides Obscured among the tempests of the sky. But melts away into the light of heaven.
Стр. 98 - In silent contemplation, to adore Its Maker. Now and then, the aged leaf Fell from its fellows, rustling to the ground ', And, as it fell, bade man think on his end.
Стр. 65 - ... passed in mercy by, — His praise be ever new ! — and on him breathed, And bade him live, and put into his hands A holy harp, into his lips a song, That rolled its numbers down the tide of Time . Ambitious now but little, to be praised Of men alone ; ambitious most, to be Approved of God, the Judge of all ; and have His name recorded in the book of life.
Стр. 7 - Wide was the place, And deep as wid», and ruinous as deep. Beneath, I saw a lake of burning fire, With tempest tost perpetually, and still The waves of fiery darkness 'gainst the rocks Of dark damnation broke, and music made Of melancholy sort...
Стр. 184 - He was a man Who stole the livery of the court of heaven, To serve the devil in...
Стр. 181 - Loved by a father and a mother's love, In rural peace she lived, so fair, so light Of heart, so good, and young, that reason scarce The eye could credit, but would doubt, as she Did stoop to pull the lily or the rose From morning's dew, if it reality Of flesh and blood, or holy vision, saw, In imagery of perfect womanhood. But short her bloom, her happiness was short. One saw her loveliness, and, with desire Unhallowed burning, to her ear addressed Dishonest words: "Her favour was his life, His heaven;...
Стр. 89 - As some fierce comet of tremendous size, To which the stars did reverence, as it passed : So he through learning, and through fancy took His flight sublime ; and on the loftiest top Of Fame's dread mountain sat : not soiled and worn, As if he from the earth had laboured up, But as some bird of heavenly plumage fair, He looked, which down from higher regions came, And perched it there, to see what lay beneath.
Стр. 64 - Because she found no nourishment abroad. The blue heavens withered, and the moon, and sun, And all the stars, and the green earth, and morn And evening, withered ; and the eyes, and smiles, And faces, of all men and women withered ; Withered to him; and all the universe, Like something which had been, appeared; but now Was dead and mouldering fast away.
Стр. 87 - A man of rank, and of capacious soul, Who riches had and fame, beyond desire, An heir of flattery, to titles born, And reputation, and luxurious life. Yet, not content with ancestorial name, Or to be known because his fathers were ; He on this height hereditary stood, And gazing higher, purposed in his heart To take another step.