The Last of the Lenapé: And Other PoemsHenry Perkins, 1839 - 180 sider |
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Side 25 - O that thou mayest be kept from the evil that would overwhelm thee; that, faithful to the God of thy mercies, in the life of righteousness thou mayest be preserved to the end ! My soul prays to God for thee, that thou mayest stand in the day of trial, that thy children may be blessed of the Lord, and thy people saved by his power.
Side 19 - Eternal Maker has ordain'd The powers of man; we feel within ourselves His energy divine; he tells the heart, He meant, he made us to behold and love What he beholds and loves, the general orb Of life and being; to be great like him, Beneficent and active. Thus the men Whom Nature's works can charm, with God himself Hold converse; grow familiar, day by day, With his conceptions, act upon his plan; And form to his, the relish of their souls.
Side 24 - For my country, I eyed the Lord in the obtaining of it, and more was I drawn inward to look to him and to owe it to his hand and power, than to any other way. I have so obtained it, and desire that I may not be unworthy of his love, but do that which may answer his kind providence, and serve his truth and people ; that an example may be set up to the nations ; there may be room there, though not here, for such an holy experiment.
Side 17 - Fresh pleasure only : for the attentive mind, By this harmonious action on her powers, Becomes herself harmonious : wont so oft In outward things to meditate the charm Of sacred order, soon she seeks at home To find a kindred order, to exert Within herself this elegance of love, This fair inspired delight : her temper'd powers Refine at length, and every passion wears A chaster, milder, more attractive mien.
Side 25 - God for thee, that thou mayst stand in the day of trial, that thy children may be blessed of the Lord, and thy people saved by his power...
Side 23 - At our arrival we found it a wilderness ; the chief inhabitants were Indians and some Swedes, who received us in a friendly manner ; and though there was a great number of us, the good hand of Providence was seen in a particular manner, in that provisions were found for us by the Swedes and' Indians, at very reasonable rates, as well as brought from divers other parts, that were inhabited before.
Side 23 - And as our worthy proprietor treated the Indians with extraordinary humanity, they became very civil and loving to us, and brought us in abundance of venison.
Side 13 - The fashionable notion now is, that, in a work of true genius, every thing must be made subordinate to passion — no matter how unnatural or presumptuous a tone it may assume ; and accordingly our recent literature has teemed with impassioned railers against the decencies of life — impassioned marauders by sea and land — impassioned voluptuaries — impassioned...
Side 23 - At our arrival, we found it a wilderness ; the chief inhabitants were Indians, and some Swedes ; who received us in a friendly manner : and though there was a great number of us, the good hand of...
Side 13 - English productions of the present day, it is impossible not to observe to what an extent our literature has been infected by this system of substituting the turbulence and sophistries of lawless passion for the delineation of those more regular and decent movements, which appeal to our sympathy through our moral approbation. In our poets and our poetical novel writers, this innovation has been most flagrant and systematic, and most successful, as far as to be read with avidity, and applauded by...