Poems, to which is added a memoir of the author1861 |
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... cold . There was a niche reserved for him in the temple of poetry , which no other could occupy . It was that of a bard who , freeing his most religious lays from dogmas , should diffuse the love of religion by the religion of love . He ...
... cold . There was a niche reserved for him in the temple of poetry , which no other could occupy . It was that of a bard who , freeing his most religious lays from dogmas , should diffuse the love of religion by the religion of love . He ...
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... cold , and nakedness , And every form of fear ; To feel his love their only joy , To tell that love their sole employ . The highest ambition of James Montgomery was , then , to do that by his pen which his brethren did by word of mouth ...
... cold , and nakedness , And every form of fear ; To feel his love their only joy , To tell that love their sole employ . The highest ambition of James Montgomery was , then , to do that by his pen which his brethren did by word of mouth ...
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... Cold and forgotten , in the grave they slept : But God remember'd them : -their Father kept A faithful remnant ; o'er their native clime His spirit moved in his appointed time ; The race revived at His Almighty breath , A seed to serve ...
... Cold and forgotten , in the grave they slept : But God remember'd them : -their Father kept A faithful remnant ; o'er their native clime His spirit moved in his appointed time ; The race revived at His Almighty breath , A seed to serve ...
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... Cold and keen the assassin's blade Smote the father to the ground , Through the infant's breast convey'd To the mother's heart a wound . + Underwalden thus expired ; But at her expiring flame , With fraternal feeling fired , Lo , a band ...
... Cold and keen the assassin's blade Smote the father to the ground , Through the infant's breast convey'd To the mother's heart a wound . + Underwalden thus expired ; But at her expiring flame , With fraternal feeling fired , Lo , a band ...
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... cold bosom , Peace ! Wand . On the fatal field I lay Till the hour when twilight pale , Like the ghost of dying day , Wander'd down the darkening vale . Then in agony I rose , And with horror look'd around , Where , embracing , friends ...
... cold bosom , Peace ! Wand . On the fatal field I lay Till the hour when twilight pale , Like the ghost of dying day , Wander'd down the darkening vale . Then in agony I rose , And with horror look'd around , Where , embracing , friends ...
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Poems ... To which is added a memoir of the author. A new edition, with ... James Montgomery Visualização integral - 1861 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
age to age amidst beauty behold beneath birth bless blest bliss blood breast breath captive Christ clime clouds dark dead death deep dust earth eternal Euphrates exiled bands face faith Father fear feet fire flame fled flood flowers foes friends Fulneck gloom glory grace grave Greenland hand hath head hear heart heaven holy hope Hosanna immortal James Montgomery Javan Jehovah Jesus JOHN GILBERT King land light living Lord lyre mercy mercy seat Montgomery moon morning mother's mountains Nature's night numbers o'er ocean pass'd peace praise prayer reign rest RICHARD REYNOLDS rise rocks roll'd round seem'd shade shine shore sing skies slain smiles song Songs of praise soul spirit stars storm sublime sweet Switzerland tears tempest Thee thine Thou throne tomb tongue trembling trod truth turn'd Twas vale voice waves Where'er wild wind wings youth Zillah
Passagens conhecidas
Página 348 - HAIL to the Lord's Anointed, Great David's greater Son ; Hail, in the time appointed, His reign on earth begun ; He comes to break oppression, To set the captive free, To take away transgression, And rule in equity.
Página 330 - Here in the body pent, Absent from him I roam, Yet nightly pitch my moving tent A day's march nearer home.
Página 28 - Time-tutor'd age, and love-exalted youth : The wandering mariner, whose eye explores The wealthiest isles, the most enchanting shores, Views not a realm so bountiful and fair, Nor breathes the spirit of a purer air ; In every clime the...
Página 297 - SERVANT OF GOD, WELL DONE. Suggested by tb« Hidden death of the Rer. Thomas Taylor, who had preached the previous eTeninf. JAMES MONTGOMERY. ERVANT of God, well done; Rest from thy loved employ ; The battle fought, the victory won, Enter thy master's joy.
Página 331 - Almighty Saviour speaks, While the faithful Christian dies ; Thus the bonds of life He breaks, And the ransomed captive flies. 2 Prisoner, long detained below, Prisoner, now with freedom blest, Welcome from a world of woe, Welcome to a Land of Rest...
Página 226 - THERE is a flower, a little flower, With silver crest and golden eye, That welcomes every changing hour, And weathers every sky. The prouder beauties of the field In gay but quick succession shine, Race after race their honours yield, They flourish and decline. But this small flower, to Nature dear, While moons and stars their courses run, Wreathes the whole circle of the year, Companion of the sun. It smiles upon the lap of May, To sultry August spreads its charms, Lights pale October on his way,...
Página 233 - The changing spirits' rise and fall, We know that these were felt by him, For these are felt by all. He suffered, — but his pangs are o'er ; Enjoyed,— but his delights are fled ; Had friends, — his friends are now no more ; And foes, — his foes are dead. He...
Página 325 - GO to dark Gethsemane, Ye that feel the tempter's power, Your Redeemer's conflict see, Watch with him one bitter hour ; Turn not from his griefs away, Learn of Jesus Christ to pray.
Página 302 - Yonder heavens have passed away ; Then the end ; beneath His rod Man's last enemy shall fall : Hallelujah ! Christ in God, God in Christ, is all in all.
Página 226 - The purple heath and golden broom, On moory mountains catch the gale, O'er lawns the lily sheds perfume, The violet in the vale; But this bold floweret climbs the hill, Hides in the forest, haunts the glen, Plays on the margin of the rill, Peeps round the fox's den.