Miscellanies, Moral and Instructive, in Prose and Verse |
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... Be only lifeless sounds and specious names ? : Oh ! rather while thy hopes
and fears controul , In this still hour , each motion of my soul , Secure its safety by
a sudden doom , And be the soft retreat of sleep my tomb : A5 Calm Calm fet me
...
... Be only lifeless sounds and specious names ? : Oh ! rather while thy hopes
and fears controul , In this still hour , each motion of my soul , Secure its safety by
a sudden doom , And be the soft retreat of sleep my tomb : A5 Calm Calm fet me
...
الصفحة 119
Thus may my time in rural shades be spent , Far from the world , enrich ' d with
calm content , ' Till death ' s cold hand shall close these languid eyes , And hope
conduct me to yon blissful skies . bies . ' OGLORIOUS day ! O day of peace , arise
...
Thus may my time in rural shades be spent , Far from the world , enrich ' d with
calm content , ' Till death ' s cold hand shall close these languid eyes , And hope
conduct me to yon blissful skies . bies . ' OGLORIOUS day ! O day of peace , arise
...
الصفحة 42
And a stronger emblem . cannot well be imagined ; . for the foul deeds of iniquiry :
are noxious as the offensive weeds and filth of the sea , and the conscience ,
continually in terrors , knows nothing of . that placid calm and smiling repose ...
And a stronger emblem . cannot well be imagined ; . for the foul deeds of iniquiry :
are noxious as the offensive weeds and filth of the sea , and the conscience ,
continually in terrors , knows nothing of . that placid calm and smiling repose ...
الصفحة 45
For me , in that dread hour , when all around , ' The light ' nings Aash , and
thunders Take the ground , My homely cot be then my blest retreat , ( Where calm
contentment holds her peaceful feat , ) Whose humble roof excludes the rushing
rain ...
For me , in that dread hour , when all around , ' The light ' nings Aash , and
thunders Take the ground , My homely cot be then my blest retreat , ( Where calm
contentment holds her peaceful feat , ) Whose humble roof excludes the rushing
rain ...
الصفحة 171
WHEN life ' s tempestuous storms are o ' er , How calm he meets the friendly
shore , Who liv ' d averse to fin ; Such peace on virtue ' s path attends , " That
where the finner ' s pleafure ends The good man ' s joys begin . See smiling
patience ...
WHEN life ' s tempestuous storms are o ' er , How calm he meets the friendly
shore , Who liv ' d averse to fin ; Such peace on virtue ' s path attends , " That
where the finner ' s pleafure ends The good man ' s joys begin . See smiling
patience ...
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appear beauty beſt better bleſſings bliſs breaſt bring calm charms comfort courſe death delight deſires divine earth enjoy eternal ev'ry fair faith fear feel firſt flow foul gain give glory grace hand happineſs happy hath heart Heav'n himſelf honour hope hour human humble keep kind knowledge labour laſt light live look Lord means mind moſt muſt nature never night o'er ourſelves pain paths peace perfect pleaſing pleaſure poor pow'r praiſe preſent pride Providence reaſon receive reflection religion rich riſe ſame ſay ſcene ſee ſenſe ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſoul ſtate ſtill ſuch ſweet tear thee theſe thine things thoſe thou thought thro true truth uſe vice virtue wealth whoſe wiſdom wiſe wiſh youth
مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 170 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
الصفحة 22 - Has made my cup run o'er, And in a kind and faithful friend Has doubled all my store.
الصفحة 141 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heav'n.
الصفحة 169 - Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little do we need ! For nature's calls are few : In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do.
الصفحة 51 - O thou bounteous giver of all good, Thou art of all thy gifts thyself the crown ! Give what thou canst, without thee we are poor ; And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away.
الصفحة 158 - Then see the sorrows of my heart, Ere yet it be too late ; And hear my Saviour's dying groans, To give those sorrows weight. VI. For never shall my soul despair Her pardon to procure, Who knows thine only Son has died To make her pardon sure.
الصفحة 168 - If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies; And they are fools who roam : The world has nothing to bestow ; From our own selves our joys must flow, And that dear hut, our home.
الصفحة 120 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned.
الصفحة 191 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored 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: Yet simple Nature to his hope has given.
الصفحة 157 - IT is of the last importance to season the passions of a child with devotion, which seldom dies in a mind that has received an early tincture of it. Though it may seem extinguished for a while by the cares of the world, the heats of youth, or the allurements of vice, it generally breaks out and discovers itself again as soon as discretion, consideration, age, or misfortunes have brought the man to himself. The fire may be covered and overlaid, but cannot be entirely quenched and smothered.