Stray Leaves from the Book of NatureG.P. Putnam & Company, 1855 - 291 páginas |
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Página 291 - Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
Página 73 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Página 259 - Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Página 113 - Earth ; and the Earth was without form and void, and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Página 113 - His way is in the sea, and His path in the great waters, and His footsteps are not known.
Página 132 - And Judah and Israel dwelt safely every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
Página 110 - The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice ; the floods lift up their waves. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
Página 75 - Part loosely wing the region, part more wise In common, ranged in figure wedge their way, Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their airy caravan high over seas Flying, and over lands with mutual wing Easing their flight...
Página 223 - Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of Thy Hand; Thou hast put all things under his feet...
Página 224 - Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed. ...and every tree in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed,