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Pagina 11
... See daily fhowers rejoice the thirsty earth , And bless the flowery buds ' fucceeding birth ? May they not pity Us , condemn'd to bear The various heaven of an obliquer sphere ; While by fix'd laws , and with a just return , They feel ...
... See daily fhowers rejoice the thirsty earth , And bless the flowery buds ' fucceeding birth ? May they not pity Us , condemn'd to bear The various heaven of an obliquer sphere ; While by fix'd laws , and with a just return , They feel ...
Pagina 16
... see ? Say then is all in heaps of water loft , Beyond the islands , and the mid - land coast ? Or has that God who gave the world its birth , Sever'd those waters by some other earth , Countries by future plow - fhares to be torn , And ...
... see ? Say then is all in heaps of water loft , Beyond the islands , and the mid - land coast ? Or has that God who gave the world its birth , Sever'd those waters by some other earth , Countries by future plow - fhares to be torn , And ...
Pagina 19
... See their land flourish , and their oceans roll ; Yet these great orbs thus radically bright , Primitive founts , and origins of light , May each to other ( as their different sphere Makes or their diftance , or their height appear ) Be ...
... See their land flourish , and their oceans roll ; Yet these great orbs thus radically bright , Primitive founts , and origins of light , May each to other ( as their different sphere Makes or their diftance , or their height appear ) Be ...
Pagina 28
... see what was that good for the fons of men , which they should do under Heaven , all the day of their life . Verf . 3 . Then faid I in my heart , As it happeneth unto the fool , fo it happeneth even unto me ; and why was I then I then ...
... see what was that good for the fons of men , which they should do under Heaven , all the day of their life . Verf . 3 . Then faid I in my heart , As it happeneth unto the fool , fo it happeneth even unto me ; and why was I then I then ...
Pagina 41
... See Judah's king revere thy greater power : What canft thou covet , or how triumph more ? Why then , O Love , with an obdurate ear Does this proud nymph reject a monarch's prayer ? Why to fome fimple fhepherd does the run , From the ...
... See Judah's king revere thy greater power : What canft thou covet , or how triumph more ? Why then , O Love , with an obdurate ear Does this proud nymph reject a monarch's prayer ? Why to fome fimple fhepherd does the run , From the ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 32 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Pagina 68 - Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices ; and the glory of the Lord filled the house.
Pagina 67 - The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Pagina 67 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Pagina 157 - And now in this journey of life I would have A place where to bait, 'twixt the court and the grave: Where joyful to live, not unwilling to die— Gadzooks ! I have just such a place in my eye. There are gardens so stately, and...
Pagina 68 - I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
Pagina 87 - And griefs, will find their shafts elanc'd in vain, And their points broke, retorted from the head, Safe in the grave, and free among the dead.
Pagina 219 - Woolston doubts ; And that his son, and his son's son, Were all but ploughmen, clowns, and louts. Each, when his rustic pains began, To merit pleaded equal right ; 'Twas only who left off at noon, Or who went on to work till night.
Pagina 204 - Venus, we deride The vagrant's malice, and his mother's pride ; Send him to nymphs who sleep on Ida's shade, To the loose dance, and wanton masquerade ; Our thoughts are settled, and intent our look, On the instructive verse, and moral book ; On female idleness his power relies ; But, when he finds us studying hard, he flies.
Pagina 178 - I'll soon with Jenny's pride quit score. Make all her lovers fall: They'll grieve I was not loos'd before ; She, I was loos'd at all.