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... feet have ever trod . By fairy - hands their knell is rung , By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes , a pilgrim gray , To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And freedom shall awhile repair , To dwell a weeping ...
... feet have ever trod . By fairy - hands their knell is rung , By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes , a pilgrim gray , To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And freedom shall awhile repair , To dwell a weeping ...
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... , his merits are unapproach- able by them . The faults are principally prosaic phra- seology , rhymes worse than none , and none where good ones are absolutely wanted to raise the verse upon its 66 feet , and make it go , according to xxi.
... , his merits are unapproach- able by them . The faults are principally prosaic phra- seology , rhymes worse than none , and none where good ones are absolutely wanted to raise the verse upon its 66 feet , and make it go , according to xxi.
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James Montgomery. 66 feet , and make it go , according to the saying , on all - fours ; " though , to do the Doctor justice , the metre is generally free and natural , when his lines want every other qualification of poetry . Under this ...
James Montgomery. 66 feet , and make it go , according to the saying , on all - fours ; " though , to do the Doctor justice , the metre is generally free and natural , when his lines want every other qualification of poetry . Under this ...
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... feet , How bless'd the righteous when he dies , How bright these glorious spirits shine , How did my heart rejoice to hear , How do thy mercies close me round , How dreadful is the sinner's fate , How happy is the pilgrim's lot , How ...
... feet , How bless'd the righteous when he dies , How bright these glorious spirits shine , How did my heart rejoice to hear , How do thy mercies close me round , How dreadful is the sinner's fate , How happy is the pilgrim's lot , How ...
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... feet ; " Would chide the lingering hours , and fly , Our Saviour - God to meet . 3 Our dearest comforts we could leave , With glory in our eyes ; Would wipe the tears of those that grieve , And point them to the skies . 4 Our trembling ...
... feet ; " Would chide the lingering hours , and fly , Our Saviour - God to meet . 3 Our dearest comforts we could leave , With glory in our eyes ; Would wipe the tears of those that grieve , And point them to the skies . 4 Our trembling ...
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Page 456 - SONGS of praise the angels sang; Heaven with hallelujahs rang, When Jehovah's work begun, When he spake and it was done. 2 Songs of praise awoke the morn. When the Prince of Peace was born ; Songs of praise arose, when he Captive led captivity. 3 Heaven and earth must pass away : Songs of praise shall crown that day : God will make new heavens and earth ; Songs of praise shall hail their birth.
Page 215 - Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart, And with the angels bear thy part, Who all night long unwearied sing High praise to the eternal King.
Page 126 - My faith would lay her hand On that dear head of thine, While like a penitent I stand And there confess my sin.
Page 177 - While I draw this fleeting breath, When mine eye-lids close in death, When I rise to worlds unknown, And behold thee on thy throne ; Rock of ages! cleft for me, Let me hide myself in thee ! HYMN 14O.
Page 180 - Thou, O Christ, art all I want ; More than all in Thee I find : Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, Heal the sick, and lead the blind ; Just and holy is Thy name, I am all unrighteousness, False and full of sin I am ; Thou art full of truth and grace.
Page 216 - Direct, control, suggest this day, All I design, or do, or say ; That all my powers, with all their might, In Thy sole glory may unite...
Page 66 - The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand. Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...
Page 270 - ... JESUS shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run ; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more...
Page 300 - Then I can smile at Satan's rage, And face a frowning world. 3. ' Let cares, like a wild deluge, come, And storms of sorrow fall ; May I but safely reach my home, My God, my heaven, my all ; — 4. ' There shall I bathe my weary soul In seas of heavenly rest ; And not a wave of trouble roll Across my peaceful breast.
Page 243 - BRIGHTEST and best of the sons of the morning! Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid ; Star of the East, the horizon adorning. Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.