Greenland, and Other Poems, Part 341Largely an account of the history of the Moravian Church's missions to Greenland. |
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... hath set his watch upon her towers . ( j ) ( j ) In 1721 , ( ninety - four years after the flight of Comenius ) the Church of the United Brethren was revived by the per- secuted refugees from Moravia ( descendants of the old con ...
... hath set his watch upon her towers . ( j ) ( j ) In 1721 , ( ninety - four years after the flight of Comenius ) the Church of the United Brethren was revived by the per- secuted refugees from Moravia ( descendants of the old con ...
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... hath wholly lost the sound . -But is he slain and sepulchred ? - Again The deathless giant sallies from his den , Scales with recruited strength the ' etherial walls , Struggles afresh for liberty , —and falls . Yes , and for liberty ...
... hath wholly lost the sound . -But is he slain and sepulchred ? - Again The deathless giant sallies from his den , Scales with recruited strength the ' etherial walls , Struggles afresh for liberty , —and falls . Yes , and for liberty ...
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... hath man for ages dwelt ; The everlasting mountain seems to say , " I am , and I shall never pass away . " Yet fifty winters , and with huge uproar , Thy pride shall perish ; -thou shalt be no more ; Amidst chaotic ruins on the plain ...
... hath man for ages dwelt ; The everlasting mountain seems to say , " I am , and I shall never pass away . " Yet fifty winters , and with huge uproar , Thy pride shall perish ; -thou shalt be no more ; Amidst chaotic ruins on the plain ...
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... hath made ; His glory in the firmament display'd ; The sun majestic in his course , and sole ; The moon and stars rejoicing round the pole ; ( a ) The incidents described in this Canto are founded upon the real events of the voyage of ...
... hath made ; His glory in the firmament display'd ; The sun majestic in his course , and sole ; The moon and stars rejoicing round the pole ; ( a ) The incidents described in this Canto are founded upon the real events of the voyage of ...
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... hath dawn'd 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 ...
... hath dawn'd 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 ...
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Page 192 - The voice at midnight came ; He started up to hear, A mortal arrow pierced his frame He fell,— but felt no fear. Tranquil amidst alarms, It found him in the field, A veteran slumbering on his arms, Beneath his red-cross shield : His sword was in his hand, Still warm with recent fight ; Ready that moment at command, Through rock and steel to smite. It was a two-edged blade, Of heavenly temper keen; And double were the wounds it made, Where'er it...
Page 183 - HARK, the song of jubilee, Loud as mighty thunders roar, Or the fulness of the sea, When it breaks upon the shore : Hallelujah ! for the Lord God Omnipotent shall reign ; Hallelujah ! let the word Echo round the earth and main.
Page 184 - 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.
Page 185 - New dominion every hour." 2 These through fiery trials trod ; These from great affliction came ; Now before the throne of God, Sealed with his...
Page 193 - The pains of death are past, Labour and sorrow cease, And, life's long warfare closed at last, His soul is found in peace. Soldier of Christ ! well done ; Praise be thy new employ ; And while eternal ages run, Rest in thy Saviour's joy.
Page 229 - The dead are like the stars by day ; Withdrawn from mortal eye, But not extinct, they hold their way In glory through the sky...
Page 180 - I ask'd the Earth ; — the Earth replied aghast, " 'Twas Man; — and such strange pangs my bosom rent, That still I groan and shudder at the past.
Page 165 - SPENCER his course began ; From strength to strength, from grace to grace, Swiftest and foremost in the race, He carried victory in his face ; He triumph'd as he ran. How short his day...
Page 169 - Man lieth down, no more to wake, Till yonder arching sphere Shall with a roll of thunder break, And Nature disappear.
Page 231 - With One who lived of old, my song In lowly cadence rose ; To One who is unborn, belong The accents of its close : Ages to come, with courteous ear, Some youth my warning voice may hear ; And voices from the dead should be The warnings of eternity. When these weak lines thy presence greet. Reader ! if I am blest, Again, as spirits, may we meet In glory and in rest : If not, — and / have lost my way, Here part we ; — go not Thou astray : No tomb, no verse my story tell ! Once, and for ever, Fare...