The Messiah: A Poem in Six BooksJ. Turrill, 1832 - 300 páginas |
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... true aim of poetry , as set forth by the loftiest of all poets . aspire after this , can form no man's disgrace ; he may not secure fame , but assuredly he partakes a higher reward than reputation can bestow , while he endeavours to ...
... true aim of poetry , as set forth by the loftiest of all poets . aspire after this , can form no man's disgrace ; he may not secure fame , but assuredly he partakes a higher reward than reputation can bestow , while he endeavours to ...
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... hand ; But while they perish , Thou shalt aye endure , When like a vesture they are changed and gone , Still Thou art One , eternal and the true ! ' - h And thus did Zion's royal minstrel chant , And through 22 [ BOOK I. THE MESSIAH .
... hand ; But while they perish , Thou shalt aye endure , When like a vesture they are changed and gone , Still Thou art One , eternal and the true ! ' - h And thus did Zion's royal minstrel chant , And through 22 [ BOOK I. THE MESSIAH .
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... true Mortality ; meek sharer of our low Estate , in all except compliant sin ; To Thee a comprehending worship pays Perennial sacrifice of life and soul , By love enkindled : Thou hast lived , and breathed ; Our wants and woes partaken ...
... true Mortality ; meek sharer of our low Estate , in all except compliant sin ; To Thee a comprehending worship pays Perennial sacrifice of life and soul , By love enkindled : Thou hast lived , and breathed ; Our wants and woes partaken ...
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... true and stern Suffused ; and through the light of feeling shone The scene of Earth , and countenance of Heaven.— The young enchantment of angelic spring Flow'd in his veins , voluptuously deep . The gentle being of a flower was dear To ...
... true and stern Suffused ; and through the light of feeling shone The scene of Earth , and countenance of Heaven.— The young enchantment of angelic spring Flow'd in his veins , voluptuously deep . The gentle being of a flower was dear To ...
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... no revelation true , That doth not , by divine compulsion , awe The universal mind to grand belief . But , where the freedom of inviolate will , If truth descend with overpow'ring blaze ? - The lines 48 [ BOOK II . THE MESSIAH .
... no revelation true , That doth not , by divine compulsion , awe The universal mind to grand belief . But , where the freedom of inviolate will , If truth descend with overpow'ring blaze ? - The lines 48 [ BOOK II . THE MESSIAH .
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Página 294 - The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul...
Página 274 - Can a woman forget her sucking child, That she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, Yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands ; Thy walls are continually before me.
Página 235 - Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth ; And the heavens are the works of thine hands: They shall perish; but thou remainest; And they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, And they shall be changed: But thou art the same, And thy years shall not fail.
Página 270 - For it pleased the Father that in Him should all fulness dwell ; and having made peace through the Blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself; by Him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Página 97 - O goodness infinite, goodness immense ! That all this good of evil shall produce, And evil turn to good ; more wonderful Than that which by creation first brought forth Light out of darkness ! Full of doubt I stand, Whether I should repent me now of sin By me done, and occasion'd, or rejoice Much more, that much more good thereof shall spring ; To God more glory, more good-will to men From God, and over wrath grace shall abound.
Página 258 - I will confess to you that the majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the Gospel has its influence on my heart. Peruse the works of our philosophers, with all their pomp of diction : how mean, how contemptible are they, compared with the Scriptures ! Is it possible that a book at once so simple and sublime, should be merely the work of man ? Is it possible that the sacred personage...
Página 295 - And therefore it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shews of things to the desires of the mind ; -whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things.
Página 292 - Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases.