Sabbath bells chimed by the poets (selected by the ed. of The poetry of the year).1856 - 100 من الصفحات |
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ANON beautiful beneath bird bleat blessed blest bliss breast breath breeze bright bright leaves brook call'd calm calm air chime CHURCHYARD SCENE cloud COVENANTERS CURFEW BELL DAY OF REST death deep delight dwells earth final doom flowers gleam glide gloom God's hail hallow'd harebell hath heard heart and bend heaven Heaven's gate heavenly hill holy hour house of prayer hymn labour light lonely Lord lowly Maker's praise man's MANT mingle nature's neath o'er pathway peace peal Philomela poor Pour'd repose rill round rustic Sabbath bell SABBATH WALK sacred savage nations seem'd silent skies skylark sleep smiles soft solemn song soothing soul sound spirit strain SUNDAY MORNING'S WALK SUNDAY WALKS Sunday's Sunday's best sweet to hear swells temple thee thine Thou thought throne toil tongue village bells VILLAGE CHURCH voice weary wend WILLIAM HOWITT wind wings woodbines woods
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الصفحة 12 - Th' indorsement of supreme delight, Writ by a friend, and with his blood ; The couch of time ; care's balm and bay ; The week were dark, but for thy light : Thy Torch doth show the way.
الصفحة 44 - How soft the music of those village bells Falling at intervals upon the ear In cadence sweet ! now dying all away, Now pealing loud again and louder still, Clear and sonorous as the gale comes on.
الصفحة 13 - Sundays the pillars are, On which heaven's palace arched lies : The other days fill up the spare And hollow room with vanities. They are the fruitful beds and borders In God's rich garden : that is bare Which parts their ranks and orders.
الصفحة 89 - When first thy eyes unveil, give thy soul leave To do the like; our bodies but forerun The spirit's duty. True hearts spread and heave Unto their God, as flowers do to the sun. Give Him thy first thoughts then ; so shalt thou keep Him company all day, and in Him sleep.
الصفحة 90 - Canst thou not sing? O leave thy cares and follies ! go this way, And thou art sure to prosper all the day. Serve God before the world : let Him not go Until thou hast a blessing; then resign The whole unto Him, and remember who Prevail'd by wrestling ere the sun did shine : Pour oil upon the stones, weep for thy sin, Then journey on, and have an eye to heaven.
الصفحة 14 - Did the earth and all things with it move. As Samson bore the doors away, Christ's hands, though nail'd, wrought our salvation, And did unhinge that day. The brightness of that day We sullied by our foul offence : Wherefore that robe we cast away, Having a new at his expense, Whose drops of blood paid the full price, That was required to make us gay, And fit for Paradise.
الصفحة 77 - ... good to Zion: chiefly when Their piercing tones fall sudden on the ear Of the contemplant, solitary man, Whom thoughts abstruse or high have chanced to lure Forth from the walks of men, revolving oft, And oft again, hard matter, which eludes And baffles his pursuit, — thought-sick and tired Of controversy, where no end appears, No clue to his research, the lonely man Half wishes for society again. Him, thus engaged, the Sabbath bells salute Sudden! his heart awakes : his ears drink in The cheering...
الصفحة 104 - Eternity in time ; the steps by which We climb above all ages ; lamps that light Man through his heap of dark days ; and the rich And full redemption of the whole week's flight, The pulleys unto headlong man ; time's bower ; The narrow way ; Transplanted paradise ; God's walking hour ; The cool o...
الصفحة 74 - I see Him, hear Him, everywhere, In all things — darkness, light, Silence, and sound ; but, most of all, ' When slumber's dusky curtains fall At the dead hour of night.
الصفحة 10 - But chiefly Man the day of rest enjoys. Hail, SABBATH ! thee I hail, the poor man's day. On other days the man of toil is...