The Thirteenth Satire Of Juvenal (John Quincy Adams Poems)
From Virtue's paths, when hapless men depart,The first avenger is the culprit's heart;There sits a judge, from whose severe decreeNo ...
From Virtue's paths, when hapless men depart,The first avenger is the culprit's heart;There sits a judge, from whose severe decreeNo ...
Time was, when round the lion's den,A peopled city raised its head;'Twas not inhabited by men,But by four-footed beasts instead.The ...
With Charles the Fifth art thou acquainted, reader?Of Ferdinand and Isabel the grandson,In ages past of Europe's realms file leader,Among ...
"MAN wants but little here below,Nor wants that little long."'Tis not with me exactly so;But 'tis so in the song.My ...
The man in righteousness arrayed, A pure and blameless liver, Needs not the keen Toledo blade, Nor venom-freighted quiver. What ...
Sure, to the mansions of the blestWhen infant innocence ascends,Some angel, brighter than the rest,The spotless spirit's flight attends.On wings ...
Lord Of all worlds, let thanks and praiseTo thee forever fill my soul;With blessings thou hast crowned my daysMy heart, ...
When o'er the billow-heaving deep,The fathers of our race,The precepts of their God to keep,Sought here their resting-placeThat gracious God ...
When life's fair dream has passed awayTo three score years and ten,Before we turn again to clayThe lot of mortal ...
Sure, to the mansions of the blestWhen infant innocence ascends,Some angel brighter than the restThe spotless spirit's flight attends.On wings ...
Sing to Jehovah a new song,For deeds of wonder he hath done;His arm in holiness is strong;His hand the victory ...
Hark! 'Tis the holy temple's bell;The voice that summons me to prayer:My heart, each roving fancy quell;Come, to the house ...
Turn to the stars of heaven thine eyes,And God shall meet thee there;Exalt thy vision to the skies,His glory they ...
Alas! How swift the moments fly!How flash the years along!Scarce here, yet gone already by,The burden of a song.See childhood, ...
One day between the Lip and the Heart A wordless strife arose, Which was expertest in the art His purpose ...
O that the race of men would raiseTheir voices to their heavenly King,And with the sacrifice of praiseThe glories of ...
Thou silent herald of Time's silent flight!Say, could'st thou speak, what warning voice were thine?Shade, who canst only show how ...
O God, with goodness all thy own,In mercy cause thy face to shine;So shall thy ways on earth be known,Thy ...
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