Greenland, and Other Poems, Part 341Largely an account of the history of the Moravian Church's missions to Greenland. |
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... living and unborn shall share , ( For man so surely to the dust is brought , His grave before his cradle may be wrought , ) They told their purpose , each o'erjoyed to find His own idea in his brother's mind . For counsel in simplicity ...
... living and unborn shall share , ( For man so surely to the dust is brought , His grave before his cradle may be wrought , ) They told their purpose , each o'erjoyed to find His own idea in his brother's mind . For counsel in simplicity ...
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... living , breathing , moving form of light : From central earth to heaven's meridian thrown , The mighty apparition towers alone , Rising , as though for ever he could rise , Storm and resume his palace in the skies . All foam , and ...
... living , breathing , moving form of light : From central earth to heaven's meridian thrown , The mighty apparition towers alone , Rising , as though for ever he could rise , Storm and resume his palace in the skies . All foam , and ...
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... living and the dead ; -where meet Kindred and strangers , in communion sweet , When dawns the Sabbath on the block - built pile ; The kiss of peace , the welcome , and the smile Go round ; till comes the Priest , a father there , And ...
... living and the dead ; -where meet Kindred and strangers , in communion sweet , When dawns the Sabbath on the block - built pile ; The kiss of peace , the welcome , and the smile Go round ; till comes the Priest , a father there , And ...
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... living sight . Fresher and fresher blows the insurgent gale ; He reefs his tops , he narrows sail by sail , Yet feels the ship with swifter impulse sweep , O'er mightier billows , the recoiling deep ; While still , with doleful omen on ...
... living sight . Fresher and fresher blows the insurgent gale ; He reefs his tops , he narrows sail by sail , Yet feels the ship with swifter impulse sweep , O'er mightier billows , the recoiling deep ; While still , with doleful omen on ...
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... living compass through the chartless sky : Up to the zenith , swift as fire , he soar'd , Through the clear boundless atmosphere explored The dim horizon stretcht beneath his sight ; Then to the west full onward shot his flight ...
... living compass through the chartless sky : Up to the zenith , swift as fire , he soar'd , Through the clear boundless atmosphere explored The dim horizon stretcht beneath his sight ; Then to the west full onward shot his flight ...
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