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Page 352
Who then those sacred strains can understand , Which calm'd thy father , and our
desperate foars , And charm'd the nimble lightning from his hand , That unawares
it dropt in melting tears ? Thou , thou , dear swain ! thy heav'nly load unfraught ...
Who then those sacred strains can understand , Which calm'd thy father , and our
desperate foars , And charm'd the nimble lightning from his hand , That unawares
it dropt in melting tears ? Thou , thou , dear swain ! thy heav'nly load unfraught ...
Page 116
As the art itself , when managed according to the native purity of its intentions ,
qualifies the religious votary to be much conversant in the sacred mysteries of
heaven ; it may be allowed to make the nearest approaches to a divine
inspiration ...
As the art itself , when managed according to the native purity of its intentions ,
qualifies the religious votary to be much conversant in the sacred mysteries of
heaven ; it may be allowed to make the nearest approaches to a divine
inspiration ...
Page 133
The dear Associates of his spotless life , inspir'd With holy fervor , and supernal
gifts Descending unallay'd , the sacred charge Important , with pure minds , like
his , obey'd . Then , tell the drowsy and unthinking race Of mortals indolent , with
...
The dear Associates of his spotless life , inspir'd With holy fervor , and supernal
gifts Descending unallay'd , the sacred charge Important , with pure minds , like
his , obey'd . Then , tell the drowsy and unthinking race Of mortals indolent , with
...
Page 244
Here all my better faculties confine , And be this hour of sacred silence thine . If ,
by the day's illusive scenes misled , My erring soul from virtue's path has stray'd ;
If , by example snar'd , by passion warm'd , Some false delight my giddy sense ...
Here all my better faculties confine , And be this hour of sacred silence thine . If ,
by the day's illusive scenes misled , My erring soul from virtue's path has stray'd ;
If , by example snar'd , by passion warm'd , Some false delight my giddy sense ...
Page 254
When late he sinks beneath the common doom , May sacred hope attend his
parting breath : May virtue gild his passage to the tomb , And pow'rful faith disarm
the dart of death . TO MRS . VESEY . Silent and cool the dews of evåning fall ...
When late he sinks beneath the common doom , May sacred hope attend his
parting breath : May virtue gild his passage to the tomb , And pow'rful faith disarm
the dart of death . TO MRS . VESEY . Silent and cool the dews of evåning fall ...
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| Title | Kentish Poets. A series of writers in English poetry, natives or residents in the county of Kent; with specimens of their compositions and some account of their lives and writings. By R. F. |
| Author | Rowland FREEMAN |
| Publisher | G. Wood, 1821 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 4 Feb 2015 |
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