The Poetical Works of Hannah More: With a Memoir of the AuthorScott, Webster, & Geary, 1839 - 504 páginas |
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... sweet strains of your muse may contribute towards procuring them ( the negroes ) comforts of a more solid and durable cast , such as you describe in your last page : religion and humanity would determine the question speedily , but ...
... sweet strains of your muse may contribute towards procuring them ( the negroes ) comforts of a more solid and durable cast , such as you describe in your last page : religion and humanity would determine the question speedily , but ...
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... sweet maze , and the clear streams Which to pure fancy's yet untasted springs Enchanted lead . Of these I little know ! Yet , all unknowing , dare Thy aid invoke , SPIRIT OF TRUTH ! to bless these worthless lays : Nor impious is the ...
... sweet maze , and the clear streams Which to pure fancy's yet untasted springs Enchanted lead . Of these I little know ! Yet , all unknowing , dare Thy aid invoke , SPIRIT OF TRUTH ! to bless these worthless lays : Nor impious is the ...
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... Sweet babe , farewell ! Yet think not I will leave thee ; No , I will watch thee till the greedy waves Devour thy little bark : I'll sit me down , And sing to thee , sweet babe ; thou canst not hear ; But ' twill amuse me , while I ...
... Sweet babe , farewell ! Yet think not I will leave thee ; No , I will watch thee till the greedy waves Devour thy little bark : I'll sit me down , And sing to thee , sweet babe ; thou canst not hear ; But ' twill amuse me , while I ...
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... sweet babe ! weep on , till thou hast touch'd Each chord of pity , waken'd every sense Of melting sympathy , and stolen her soul ! She takes him in her arms - O lovely Princess ! How goodness brightens beauty ! now she clasps him With ...
... sweet babe ! weep on , till thou hast touch'd Each chord of pity , waken'd every sense Of melting sympathy , and stolen her soul ! She takes him in her arms - O lovely Princess ! How goodness brightens beauty ! now she clasps him With ...
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... Gracious Power Mad'st the keen rapture exquisite as right ; Beyond the joys of sense ; as pleasure sweet , As reason vig'rous , and as instinct strong ! PART III . Enter Jochebed . Joch . I've almost MOSES IN THE BULRUSHES . 17.
... Gracious Power Mad'st the keen rapture exquisite as right ; Beyond the joys of sense ; as pleasure sweet , As reason vig'rous , and as instinct strong ! PART III . Enter Jochebed . Joch . I've almost MOSES IN THE BULRUSHES . 17.
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Araspes arms art thou Attilia Babylon Barce beauty behold Belshazzar Bertrand Birtha bless blest bliss bosom breast bright Carthage Chaldea charm Charterhouse Square Daniel dare daughter death deeds delight Derry Doug Douglas dread E'en Elwina Emmelina ev'ry Exit fair faith fame fate father fear feel Florio fond friendship glory grace Guild GUILDFORD Hamilcar hand happy hear heart Heaven hero holy honour hope human Jochebed Julia king Licinius Lictors live lord lov'd maid Manlius mercy mighty mind ne'er never night o'er Orlando passion peace Percy Pharnaces Philistia pleasure pow'r praise Price Publius Raby Regulus Rivers Roman Rome sacred Saul soul spirit sweet tale taste tears tell tender thee thine thou hast thought Tim Jenkins trembling truth Twas twill virtue weep wretched young youth
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Página 397 - Small slights, neglect, unmix'd perhaps with hate, Make up in number what they want in weight. These, and a thousand griefs minute as these, Corrode our comfort and destroy our ease.
Página 433 - My work is yet in bits, But still in every part it fits ; Besides, you reason like a lout ; Why, man, that carpet's inside out." Says John, " Thou sayst the thing I mean, And now I hope to cure thy spleen ; This world, which clouds thy soul with doubt, Is but a carpet inside out. " As, when we view these shreds and ends, We know not what the whole intends ; So, when on earth things look but odd, They're working still some scheme of God.
Página 432 - I'm almost tired of life ; So hard my work, so poor my fare, 'Tis more than mortal man can bear. " How glorious is the rich man's state ! His house so fine ! his wealth so great...
Página 102 - The soul on earth is an immortal guest, Compelled to starve at an unreal feast : A spark, which upward tends by nature's force -. A stream, diverted from its parent source ; A drop, dissevered from the boundless sea ; A moment, parted from eternity ; A pilgrim, panting for the rest to come ; An exile, anxious for his native home.
Página 433 - But when we reach that world of light, And view those works of God aright. Then shall we see the whole design, And own the workman is divine. ' What now seems random strokes, will there All order and design appear ; Then shall we praise what here we spurn'd, For then the carpet shall be turn'd.
Página 386 - ... tastes impart Communion sweet from heart to heart ; You ne'er the cold gradations need Which vulgar souls to union lead; No dry discussion to unfold The meaning caught ere well 'tis told : In taste, in learning, wit or science, Still kindred souls demand alliance : Each in the other joys to find The image answering to his mind.
Página 139 - Honor is the religion of tragedy It is her moral and political law. Her dictates form its institutes. Fear and shame are the capital crimes in her code. Against these, all the eloquence of her most powerful pleaders, against these her penal statutes, pistol, sword, and poison, are in full force. Injured...