Elegant Extracts: A Copious Selection of Instructive, Moral, and Entertaining Passages, from the Most Eminent Poets. : Volume I[-VI] ...Kirk & Mercein, 22, Wall-Street., 1817 |
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Sivu 29
... virtue firm rely , Bless'd in the care of thy approving eye : Know that thy Providence , their constant friend , Through life shall guard them , and in death at- tend ; With everlasting arms their cause embrace , And crown the paths of ...
... virtue firm rely , Bless'd in the care of thy approving eye : Know that thy Providence , their constant friend , Through life shall guard them , and in death at- tend ; With everlasting arms their cause embrace , And crown the paths of ...
Sivu 31
... Virtue's acre , as on Rapine's stores , See Heav'n impartial deal the fruitful show'rs : ' Life's common blessings all her children share , ' Tread the same earth , and breathe a general air ; Without distinction boundless blessings ...
... Virtue's acre , as on Rapine's stores , See Heav'n impartial deal the fruitful show'rs : ' Life's common blessings all her children share , ' Tread the same earth , and breathe a general air ; Without distinction boundless blessings ...
Sivu 32
... d good , Bought with his life , and streaming in his blood , Whose virtue can thy deepest crimes efface , Re - heal thy nature , and confirm thy peace ? Can all the errors of thy life atone , And 82 BOOK L ELEGANT EXTRACTS .
... d good , Bought with his life , and streaming in his blood , Whose virtue can thy deepest crimes efface , Re - heal thy nature , and confirm thy peace ? Can all the errors of thy life atone , And 82 BOOK L ELEGANT EXTRACTS .
Sivu 34
... Virtue been assign'd ? From obstacles her noblest triumphs flow , Her spirits languish when she finds no foe . Man might perhaps have so been happy still , Happy , without the privilege of will , And just , because his hands were tied ...
... Virtue been assign'd ? From obstacles her noblest triumphs flow , Her spirits languish when she finds no foe . Man might perhaps have so been happy still , Happy , without the privilege of will , And just , because his hands were tied ...
Sivu 47
... virtue . What though , screen'd from mortal view , I walk the deep'ning gloom ? What though my ways , Remote from thought's bewilder'd search , are wrapt In triple darkness ? -- Yet I work the springs Of life , and to the general good ...
... virtue . What though , screen'd from mortal view , I walk the deep'ning gloom ? What though my ways , Remote from thought's bewilder'd search , are wrapt In triple darkness ? -- Yet I work the springs Of life , and to the general good ...
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adore Almighty angels beam behold beneath bids birth bless bless'd bliss boundless breast breath bright brute celestial cloud dark death deep divine doth dread dust earth eternal ev'n ev'ry exalted fair fate fear fire fix'd flame glorious glory grave happy hast heart Heav'n heavenly hope human immortal Justice King light Lord lyre Manichæan mercy mind monsters drink mortal Muse nature Nature's ne'er night nought o'er Omnipotence pain peace poison'd pow'r praise pride rage reason reigns rise rising universe roll round ruling angels sacred sapience SATIRE OF JUVENAL scene seraph shade shalt shine sight silver plumes sing skies smiles Soame Jenyns song soul springs stream sweet tempest thee thine thou thought throne Thy hand toil tongue trembling truth universal store vex'd virtue voice whence wild wings Wisdom wise wretch
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Sivu 239 - tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Sivu 41 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Sivu 252 - LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
Sivu 257 - Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.
Sivu 3 - Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Sivu 37 - Vast chain of being! which from God began Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from Infinite to thee, From thee to Nothing. On superior...
Sivu 258 - The march begins, in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes...
Sivu 143 - These, as they change, Almighty Father, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of thee.
Sivu 272 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Sivu 144 - tis nought to me, Since God is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full ; And where He vital breathes there must be joy.