Spring: Friday Morning (John Bowring Poems)
Sing thy Creator's praise, and ownHim greatest—wisest—God alone;He wraps himself in robes of light,And, clothed in garments pure and bright,Of ...
Sing thy Creator's praise, and ownHim greatest—wisest—God alone;He wraps himself in robes of light,And, clothed in garments pure and bright,Of ...
'Tis now the solemn hour when spirits comeTo alarm credulity—'tis now the hourWhen disembodied ghosts have awful powerTo burst the ...
Hours, days, weeks,—so our life-time flows—Gently, as melt the vernal snowsBeneath the sun; they pass away,Like dew-drops in the eye ...
True! Spring renews the faded year;And renovated fruits and flowersIn re-awaken'd charms appear:—They deck the plain—they crown the bowers—Their blush ...
How wisely is the stream of life controll'dIn its mild course—exhausted, and renew'd;When toiling day its hurried tide has roll'd,Comes ...
And so the active week againIts course begins—and so renew'd,Our moments' busy multitude,Falling like rapid drops of rain,Sink in the ...
The orient is lighted with crimson glow, The night and its dreams are fled,And the glorious roll of nature now Is in ...
Hour after hour steals rapidly away,Bearing past pleasures on its airy wings,E'en like the sunny clouds, which evening's rayGilds with ...
Thou best of Beings!—now the night is fled,And day awakes in all its bliss again;Man, rising from his heaven-protected bed,Is ...
O sweet it is to know, to feel,In all our gloom, our wand'rings here—No night of sorrow can concealMan from ...
From the recesses of a lowly spiritMy humble prayer ascends—O Father! hear it!Upsoaring on the wings of fear and meekness, Forgive ...
The strong and sovran links that bindThe sympathizing mind with mind,Were moulded in the courts above;And kind design of Heavenly ...
Is it not death to summon allThe records of the past—to call,From every niche in Memory's hall, The fancies of departed ...
From house to house the apostles went, With arms of truth and words of power,By their great Master trained and sent, His ...
Father and Friend! Thy light, Thy love Beaming through all Thy works we see;Thy glory gilds the heavens above, And all the ...
O could our art, or our desire, Make mortal man immortal here,And kindle an eternal fire From life's vain sparks of hope ...
O let my trembling soul be still, While darkness veils this mortal eye,And wait Thy wise, Thy holy will, Wrapt yet in ...
Though the stream of being floweth Calmly to the sea of peace,Though the weary pilgrim goeth To his home of sleep and ...
Is it not strange that men who loudest boast Of the unshaken basis of their faith,Are those who tremble most and ...
When before Thy throne we kneel, Filled with awe and holy fear,Teach us, O our God! to feel All Thy sacred presence ...
Oh! sweet it is to know, to feel, In all our gloom and wand'rings here,No night of sorrow can conceal Man from ...
Fear not, faint not, though thou stray In thy doubts and thy distress;God can make a flowery way Even through the wilderness.Faint ...
Let Thy servant now depart; Every doubt and fear is stilled,For Thy peace hath warmed his heart, And Thy promise is fulfilled.Now ...
Let Thy servant now depart; Every doubt and fear is stilled,For Thy peace hath warmed his heart, And Thy promise is fulfilled.Now ...
Peace, my soul! why doubt or fear?God is near thee; God is here!Though thy way be dark and dim,'Tis illumined ...
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