Airs of Palestine: A PoemWells and Lilly, 1817 - 58 sider |
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... vale of years are sweetly roll'd The mingled voices of the bards of old ; Melodious voices ! bards of brightest fire ! Where each is warm , how melting is the quire ! Yet , though so blended is the concert blest , Some master tones are ...
... vale of years are sweetly roll'd The mingled voices of the bards of old ; Melodious voices ! bards of brightest fire ! Where each is warm , how melting is the quire ! Yet , though so blended is the concert blest , Some master tones are ...
Side 20
... vale of blood , Curving their beamy necks , his coursers stood , Held by that hero's arm , to light his wrath , And roll their glorious eyes upon his crimson path . What mine , exploding , rends that smoking ground ? 20 AIRS OF 20.
... vale of blood , Curving their beamy necks , his coursers stood , Held by that hero's arm , to light his wrath , And roll their glorious eyes upon his crimson path . What mine , exploding , rends that smoking ground ? 20 AIRS OF 20.
Side 35
... vale 16 When Murder struck , thron'd on an infant's bier , A note , for Satan's , and for Herod's ear . Now , on a bank , o'erhung with waving wood , Whose falling leaves flit o'er Ohio's flood , The pilgrim stands ; and o'er his memory ...
... vale 16 When Murder struck , thron'd on an infant's bier , A note , for Satan's , and for Herod's ear . Now , on a bank , o'erhung with waving wood , Whose falling leaves flit o'er Ohio's flood , The pilgrim stands ; and o'er his memory ...
Side 40
... vale , and humble shed , By nature's smiles , and nature's musick led , This child of melody has thoughtless stray'd , Till darkness wraps him in her deep'ning shade . The scene he smil'd on , when array'd in light , Now lowers around ...
... vale , and humble shed , By nature's smiles , and nature's musick led , This child of melody has thoughtless stray'd , Till darkness wraps him in her deep'ning shade . The scene he smil'd on , when array'd in light , Now lowers around ...
Side 43
... vale that rung , And charm'd his ear in every bird that sung ; With various concerts cheer'd his hours of light , But kept the mightiest in reserve till night ; Then , thron'd in darkness , peal'd that wildest air PALESTINE . 43.
... vale that rung , And charm'd his ear in every bird that sung ; With various concerts cheer'd his hours of light , But kept the mightiest in reserve till night ; Then , thron'd in darkness , peal'd that wildest air PALESTINE . 43.
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AIRS OF PALESTINE Ajalon Amphion ark and altar Atala autre bard beneath Boötes bosom breathe where Gilead burn'd Carmel's holy grots charm'd Chateaubriand cloud couch with Sharon's coursers crosier d'une dark deck my mossy désert deux double rhyme eaux enchanted fait féroce fleuve flings flow flûte folds foot in Hermon's forêts frankincense Génie du Christianisme Gilead sheds glory golden grots I'll court harp hears Heaven hommes humble strains hush'd Inshrine thine ark Isaiah's muse Jehoshaphat Judah's Kedron la Plata le Canadien les Sauvages Libanus light Lord love the promptings love to wet lyre melody melting missionnaires mountain Musick night numbers o'er oiseaux Paraguay Plata Pleiades promptings of Isaiah's prophetick psalteries publick qu'il quire religion robe rocks roll Saul Sauvages scene serpent shade Sharon's deathless rose shepherd sighs silence skies smiles song Spirit stream swell Teman tête thee throws tout trembling trumpets vale valley walk on Jordan's wave whisper wing
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Side 50 - ... in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: and after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
Side 51 - And there were in the same country shepherds, abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them; and they were sore afraid.
Side 50 - And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord ; but the Lord was not in the wind : and after the wind an earthquake ; but the Lord was not in the earthquake : and after the earthquake a fire ; but the Lord was not in the fire : and after the fire a still, small voice.
Side 50 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the Sun stood still, and the Moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies...
Side 51 - And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
Side 52 - And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken ; and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
Side 64 - ... it came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord...
Side 62 - ... son caducée. Aux enfers, il arme les fouets des furies ; au ciel , l'éternité en fait son symbole. Il possède encore l'art de séduire l'innocence; ses regards enchantent les oiseaux dans les airs, et, sous la fougère de la crèche, la brebis lui abandonne son lait.
Side 63 - ... et sa queue, dont il sort un bruit sinistre, oscille avec tant de rapidité, qu'elle ressemble à une légère vapeur. Alors le Canadien commence à jouer sur sa flûte ; le serpent fait un mouvement de surprise , et retire la tête en arrière.
Side 61 - Ses couleurs sont aussi peu déterminées que sa marche : elles changent aux divers aspects de la lumière, et, comme ses mouvements , elles ont le faux brillant et les variétés trompeuses de la séduction. Plus étonnant encore dans le reste de ses mœurs, il sait, ainsi qu'un homme souillé de meurtre, jeter à l'écart sa robe tachée de sang, dans la crainte d'être reconnu. Par une étrange faculté, il peut faire rentrer dans son sein les petits monstres que l'amour en a fait sortir.