Poems, on Various SubjectsFrom the Press of A. Loudon, (Whitehall), 1805 - 220 Seiten |
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... pride , and bids the lowly rise , Strengthens the weak , and makes the simple wise , Is the best refuge in severe distress , The best , indeed , our only real bliss . O Earth ! thy beauties would be soon forgot , As quite unworthy of a ...
... pride , and bids the lowly rise , Strengthens the weak , and makes the simple wise , Is the best refuge in severe distress , The best , indeed , our only real bliss . O Earth ! thy beauties would be soon forgot , As quite unworthy of a ...
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... pride and bloom of life , when fortune's smile And love's sweet influence gilded every scene ; When every tie to life was fresh and green , Conjugal , filial , and fraternal bands : Must all be sever'd ! The most callous feel Her bitter ...
... pride and bloom of life , when fortune's smile And love's sweet influence gilded every scene ; When every tie to life was fresh and green , Conjugal , filial , and fraternal bands : Must all be sever'd ! The most callous feel Her bitter ...
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... pride , To blood and carnage ; the true hero stands Wise in his counsels , just in his demands : The steady vigor of his upright soul , Brings rude invaders under due controul ; Bids scenes of terror and destruction cease : Thus proper ...
... pride , To blood and carnage ; the true hero stands Wise in his counsels , just in his demands : The steady vigor of his upright soul , Brings rude invaders under due controul ; Bids scenes of terror and destruction cease : Thus proper ...
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... pride , thy boast , thy HAMILTON's no more ! What his bereaved family sustain , His finish'd character can best explain . See ! four sweet boys in sable vestments clad , With four fair girls by their pale mother led , Move heavily the ...
... pride , thy boast , thy HAMILTON's no more ! What his bereaved family sustain , His finish'd character can best explain . See ! four sweet boys in sable vestments clad , With four fair girls by their pale mother led , Move heavily the ...
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... pride , Oft deeply touch'd his feeling heart with grief , To hear his God dishonor'd and denied . In thee , East Pennsbro ' , I receiv'd my birth ; For thee I still a filial fondness feel ; Oh ! may the sov'reign Lord of heav'n and ...
... pride , Oft deeply touch'd his feeling heart with grief , To hear his God dishonor'd and denied . In thee , East Pennsbro ' , I receiv'd my birth ; For thee I still a filial fondness feel ; Oh ! may the sov'reign Lord of heav'n and ...
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AARON BURR Andrew Ann Armstrong beauty Behold bless'd blessed bliss blood bloom bosom breast breathe bright call'd celestial charms combin'd COUNTY CUMBERLAND COUNTY David dear death delight divine Eliza Elizabeth eternal eyes fair faith fancy father feel flame flow flowers fond gen'rous gentle George glorious glory glow grace grief happy heart heaven heavenly hopes human immortal James Jane Jane Stewart John John McDowel join'd kind lonely grove Lord lov'd Lucinda maid Margaret Maria Martha Mary Mary Fisher MIFFLIN COUNTY MILA mind mourn muse Nancy o'er Palemon pangs peace pleasure praise precious pride refin'd rise Robert Robert Patterson sacred Sally Samuel Samuel F Sarah scene shady grove sigh smiles soon sorrow soul spirit spotless strive sure sweet sweetest tears tender thee Theodorus Bailey thine Thomas Thomas Pearson thou thought truth Twas virtue Whate'er William youth
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Seite 2 - An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned." And also to the act, entitled " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and...
Seite 2 - Adams, of the said district, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof she claims as author, in the words following, to wit . ** Letters on the Gospels. By Miss Hannah Adams.
Seite 3 - She very early discovered a fondness for rhyme, and took pleasure in clothing her friendly and pious sentiments in a poetic dress. And, what is very remarkable, though strictly true, she composed her pieces, generally, while engaged in the common business of life, or while taking a...
Seite 144 - Joseph's case we may a parallel see ; Sent into Egypt by divine decree, His brethren's evil, God intends for good, Yet they, as guilty, in his presence stood. Some plead the precedent of former times, And bring example in, to sanction crimes : Greece had her Helots, Gibeonites the Jew ; Must then Columbia have her Negroes too! By men who by his spirit were inspir'd, To teach us what our blessed Lord requir'd^ Rules have been given to regulate our lives, As subjects, husbands, parents, children, wives...
Seite 139 - AMERICA! wipe out this dire disgrace, Which stains the brightest glories of thy face. Twas thine against oppressive power to raise A noble standard, and attract the gaze Of the surrounding nations, who approve Thy arduous struggle, rising from a love Of liberty. Your rights you understood, And rose, resolv'd like men to make them good; Through every rank the gen'rous ardour ran; The poorest lab'rer feels himself a man.
Seite 142 - d in his breast ; There gloomy superstition's terrors reign'd; Insidious wiles his manly courage stain'd ; While sloth and ignorance in fetters bind The nobler workings of the savage mind. See these by Europe's fairer sons displac'd, With useful arts and polish'd manners grac'd. ! Now sturdy labour* with incessant toil Clears the rude wild, and cultivates the soil. As art's...
Seite 4 - ... make a collection for publication, not being a ready writer herself, she dictated them to another person, who wrote them down. These Poems, therefore, have come, not so properly from the pen, as from the memory and the heart of the Poetess.
Seite 4 - GXefcises-GJ^ligion, well acquainted with the sacred writings, and also with the •works of celebrated Divines, this sufficiently accounts for the vein of piety which runs through all her Poems.
Seite 141 - To punish sin, and lead us to repent; But if these warnings we refuse to mind, A train of evils follow close behind ; If we may credit God's eternal word, And those examples left upon record. Are these the blest abodes of liberty ! Is this the generous race that would be free...
Seite 137 - Is it not a shame For any that assume the Christian name, Who say the influence of his blood extends From sea to sea, to earth's remotest ends, To trade in human flesh, to forge a chain For those who may with them in glory reign ? But, independent of the Christian...