Adam: A Sacred Drama. Act 1. (William Cowper Poems)
CHORUS OF ANGELS, Singing the Glory of God.To Heaven's bright lyre let Iris be the bow,Adapt the spheres for chords, ...
CHORUS OF ANGELS, Singing the Glory of God.To Heaven's bright lyre let Iris be the bow,Adapt the spheres for chords, ...
SCENE I.-- Adam and Eve.Oh, my beloved companion!Oh thou of my existence,The very heart and soul!Hast thou, with such excess ...
Dear Anna, -- Between friend and friend,Prose answers every common end;Serves, in a plain and homely way,To express the occurrence ...
'Twas my purpose, on a day,To embark, and sail away.As I climbed the vessel's side,Love was sporting in the tide;'Come,' ...
Oh happy shades--to me unblest! Friendly to peace, but not to me! How ill the scene that offers rest, And ...
The Lord receives his highest praise From humble minds and hearts sincere; While all the loud professor says Offends the ...
O God, whose favorable eye, The sin-sick soul revives, Holy and heavenly is the joy Thy shining presence gives. Not ...
To Jesus, the crown of my hope, My soul is in haste to be gone; O bear me, ye cherubim, ...
(Isaiah, xii.1) I will praise Thee every day Now Thine anger's turn'd away; Comfortable thoughts arise From the bleeding sacrifice. ...
How bless'd Thy creature is, O God, When with a single eye, He views the lustre of Thy Word, The ...
Oh that those lips had language! Life has pass'd With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips ...
Almighty King! whose wondrous hand Supports the weight of sea and land; Whose grace is such a boundless store, No ...
This is the feast of heavenly wine, And God invites to sup; The juices of the living Vine Were press'd ...
(Hebrews, iv.2) Israel in ancient days Not only had a view Of Sinai in a blaze, But learn'd the Gospel ...
To keep the lamp alive, With oil we fill the bowl; 'Tis water makes the willow thrive, And grace that ...
(John, xxi.16) Hark my soul! it is the Lord; 'Tis Thy Saviour, hear His word; Jesus speaks and speaks to ...
(Judges, vi.25) Jesus! whose blood so freely stream'd To satisfy the law's demand; By Thee from guilt and wrath redeem'd, ...
My soul is sad, and much dismay'd; See, Lord, what legions of my foes, With fierce Apollyon at their head, ...
Sometimes a light surprises The Christian while he sings; It is the Lord who rises With healing on His wings; ...
Breathe from the gentle south, O Lord, And cheer me from the north; Blow on the treasures of thy word, ...
Honor and happiness unite To make the Christian's name a praise; How fair the scene, how clear the light, That ...
Far from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far; From scenes where Satan wages still His ...
(Phillipians, iv.11) Fierce passions discompose the mind, As tempests vex the sea, But calm, content and peace we find, When, ...
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