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... bright regions of the rising sun , Where Victory ne'er a crown like thine hath won . Praise , for yet one more name , with power en- dowed , To cheer and guide us onward as we press , Yet one more image on the heart bestowed , To dwell ...
... bright regions of the rising sun , Where Victory ne'er a crown like thine hath won . Praise , for yet one more name , with power en- dowed , To cheer and guide us onward as we press , Yet one more image on the heart bestowed , To dwell ...
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... bright promise of your early day ? No : -by that sword , which , red with heathen gore , A giant spoil , the stripling champion bore ; By him , the chief to farthest India known , The mighty master of the iv'ry throne ; In heaven's own ...
... bright promise of your early day ? No : -by that sword , which , red with heathen gore , A giant spoil , the stripling champion bore ; By him , the chief to farthest India known , The mighty master of the iv'ry throne ; In heaven's own ...
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... Bright beaming through the sky , Burst in full blaze the Day - spring from on high . Earth's utmost isles exulted at the sight , And crowding nations drank the orient light . Lo , star - led chiefs Assyrian odors bring , And bending ...
... Bright beaming through the sky , Burst in full blaze the Day - spring from on high . Earth's utmost isles exulted at the sight , And crowding nations drank the orient light . Lo , star - led chiefs Assyrian odors bring , And bending ...
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... bright vision of descending power , Tells every gate , and measures every tower , And chides the tardy seals that yet detain Thy Lion , Judah , from his destined reign . And who is He ? the vast , the awful form , Girt with the ...
... bright vision of descending power , Tells every gate , and measures every tower , And chides the tardy seals that yet detain Thy Lion , Judah , from his destined reign . And who is He ? the vast , the awful form , Girt with the ...
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... bright promise cheers the student's toil ; That same was she , whose ancient lore refined The sober hardihood of Sidney's mind . Borne on her wing , no more I seemed to rove By Dresden's glittering spires , and linden grove ; No more ...
... bright promise cheers the student's toil ; That same was she , whose ancient lore refined The sober hardihood of Sidney's mind . Borne on her wing , no more I seemed to rove By Dresden's glittering spires , and linden grove ; No more ...
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Adrastus Alpheus ancient Asturia beam beneath blessed blest blood bore bounteous bower brave breast bright bright promise brow chariot cherub coral strand coursers Cronian crown dare dark dead death Didst dread dwell E'en earth Edom falchion fame fear feeble fiery flame flood flower Freedom's glorious glory gods grave Greece harp hast hath heart hill holy hope Hosanna hour Israel Jesus Jove joy in heaven king Laius Latian light Lord lyre mercy mortal mourn muse nature's night numbers o'er ocean pale Pisa's pomp praise prayer pride proud Psaumis race rill saints Saviour Scythian shade shore Sicily song sons sorrow soul spear spirit spread SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY sway sweet swell sword tears Thebes thee Theron's thine throne thunder toil tomb tower train tyrant's victory warrior waves weeping wild wing world is grown wreath yonder youth zeal
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Page 88 - The martyr first, whose eagle eye Could pierce beyond the grave, Who saw his Master in the sky, And called on Him to save: Like Him, with pardon on his tongue In midst of mortal pain, He prayed for them that did the wrong: Who follows in his train?
Page 139 - FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 95 - BY cool Siloam's shady rill, How sweet the lily grows ! How sweet the breath beneath the hill Of Sharon's dewy rose ! 2 Lo ! such the child whose early feet The paths of peace have trod ; Whose secret heart, with influence sweet, Is upward drawn to God...
Page 68 - When, on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay, And woo the cooler wind. I miss thee when by Gunga's stream My twilight steps I guide, But most beneath the lamp's pale beam I miss thee from my side.
Page 112 - Though the eye of sinful man thy glory may not see, Only thou art holy, there is none beside thee,. Perfect in power, in love, and...
Page 143 - BENEATH our feet and o'er our head Is equal warning given ; Beneath us lie the countless dead, Above us is the heaven. 2 Their names are graven on the stone, Their bones are in the clay ; And ere another day is done, Ourselves may be as they.
Page 81 - Hosanna, Lord, thine angels cry; Hosanna, Lord, thy saints reply ; Above, beneath us, and around, The dead and living swell the sound ; Hosanna, Lord, Hosanna in the highest.
Page 82 - But chiefest in our cleansed breast, Eternal bid Thy Spirit rest; And make our secret soul to be A temple pure, and worthy Thee. Hosanna, Lord! Hosanna in the highest!
Page 142 - BREAD of the world, in mercy broken, Wine of the soul, in mercy shed, By Whom th.e words of life were spoken, And in Whose death our sins are dead ; 2 Look on the heart by sorrow broken, Look on the tears by sinners shed ; And be Thy feast to us the token That by Thy grace our souls are fed.
Page 93 - Say, shall we yield Him, in costly devotion, Odors of Edom, and offerings divine, Gems of the mountain and pearls of the ocean, Myrrh from the forest or gold from the mine?