The Young Enthusiast in Humble Life [i.e. J. Jolly]. A Simple Story, with a Biographical Introduction [by J. A. H.].

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19 ページ - Heaven lies about us in our infancy. Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy; But he beholds the light and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy. The youth who daily farther from the East Must travel, still is Nature's priest, And, by the vision splendid, Is on his way attended. At length the man perceives it die away And fade into the light of common day.
24 ページ - Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face : Flowers laugh before thee on their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And the most ancient heavens, through Thee, are fresh and strong.
24 ページ - STERN Daughter of the Voice of God ! O Duty ! if that name thou love Who art a light to guide, a rod To check the erring, and reprove ; Thou, who art victory and law When empty terrors overawe, From vain temptations dost set free, And calm'st the weary strife of frail humanity!
24 ページ - I long for a repose that ever is the same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we any thing so fair As is the smile upon thy face : Flowers laugh before thee on their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong ; And the most ancient heavens, through Thee, are fresh and strong. To humbler functions, awful Power ! I call thee : I myself commend Unto thy guidance from this hour ; Oh, let my weakness have an end ! Give...
23 ページ - To check the erring, and reprove ; Thou, who art victory and law When empty terrors overawe : From vain temptations dost set free ; And calm'st the weary strife of frail humanity...
124 ページ - I'd have you remember that when poverty comes in at the door, love flies out at the window.
71 ページ - Sure he that made us with such large discourse. Looking before and after, gave us not This capability and godlike reason To fust in us unus'd.
17 ページ - He is set free ; and henceforth his business in this life i . that of a freeman, and not of a servant. Some writers fear this state of things — how vainly. The politics of the poor man belong to his condition, and not to his mind. Better circumstances and enlarged experience will improve his views of society, and correct his opinions. In the mean time, every record of his sentiments is useful to all parties as a political document. It is for this purpose, that we prize Chartist speeches, essays,...

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