The Casket, a Miscellany, Consisting of Unpublished Poems ...

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Mrs Blencowe
J. Murray, 1829 - 451 pàgines
 

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Pàgina 64 - Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Pàgina 20 - For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for My people and for My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted My land.
Pàgina 18 - In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even ! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning ! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Pàgina 430 - Fling high the flambeau's light ; And sing the hymn for a parted soul, Beneath the silent night ! The wreath upon his head, The cross upon his breast, Let the prayer be said, and the tear be shed : So — take him to his rest ! Call ye my Whole...
Pàgina 432 - But still the lady shook her head, And swore, by yea and nay, My whole was all that he had said, And all that he could say.
Pàgina 20 - Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her Sabbaths.
Pàgina 267 - They that go down to the sea in ships : and occupy their business in great waters ; These men see the works of the LORD : and His wonders in the deep.
Pàgina 153 - She sees her first gray hair. Time from her form hath ta'en away but little of its grace ; His touch of thought hath dignified the beauty of her face ; Yet she might mingle in the dance where maidens gaily trip, So bright is still her hazel eye, so beautiful her lip. The faded form is often...
Pàgina 23 - She talked of all the wondrous laws Which Nature's open book discloses, And Childhood, ere she made a pause, Was fast asleep among the roses. Sleep on! sleep on!— oh! Manhood's dreams Are all of earthly pain or pleasure, Of Glory's toils, Ambition's schemes, Of cherished love or hoarded treasure: But to the couch where Childhood lies A more delicious trance is given, Lit up by rays from seraph eyes, And glimpses of remembered heaven!
Pàgina 154 - Tis not the tear of vanity For beauty on the wane ; Yet, though the blossom may not sigh To bud and bloom again — It cannot but remember, With a feeling of regret, The spring for ever gone, — The summer sun so nearly set. Ah, lady ! heed the monitor ! Thy mirror tells thee truth ; Assume the matron's folded veil, Resign the wreath of youth : Go ! bind it on thy daughter's brow, In her thou'lt still look fair — Twere well would all learn wisdom who Behold the first gray hair I I NEVER WAS A...

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