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Adams altar angel appointed art thou ascend bear bless blest blood bosom bound boundless breast canst cause Charles child crime crown dare death deed deep delight Denies divine doubt dust duties dwell earth elected eternal evil eyes face fair faithful fall fear feel fire flame give glory gods grace grave hand head hear heart heaven holy honors HYMN Jehovah judge Justice kind King known light lips living Lord loss mankind meet mind Minister mortal never night o'er pass path praise proclaim race raise remain rise sacred SATIRE OF JUVENAL seat Senator shade share sheep Shout sing skies song soon soul speak spirit stream sweet swell tender thee thine THIRTEENTH throne trust truth turn United virtue voice wonders
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Page 23 - I want the seals of power and place, The ensigns of command ; Charged by the People's unbought grace To rule my native land. Nor crown nor...
Page 22 - I want uninterrupted health, Throughout my long career, And streams of never-failing wealth, To scatter far and near — The destitute to clothe and feed, Free bounty to bestow, Supply the helpless orphan's need, And soothe the widow's woe.
Page 17 - I want a garden and a park My dwelling to surround — A thousand acres (bless the mark !) With walls encompassed round, Where flocks may range and herds may low, And kids and lambkins play — And flowers and fruits commingled grow, All Eden to display. I want, when summer's foliage falls, And autumn strips the trees, A...
Page 29 - The spotless spirit's flight attends. On wings of ecstasy they rise, Beyond where worlds material roll Till some fair sister of the skies Receives the unpolluted soul. There, at the Almighty Father's hand, Nearest the throne of living light, The choirs of infant seraphs stand, And dazzling shine, where all are bright That inextinguishable beam, With dust united at our birth.
Page 16 - What first I want is daily bread ; And canvasbacks and wine ; And all the realms of nature spread Before me when I dine. Four courses scarcely can provide My appetite to quell; With four choice cooks from France, beside, To dress my dinner well. What next I want, at princely cost, Is elegant attire...
Page 58 - SURE, to the mansions of the blest When infant innocence ascends, Some angel brighter than the rest The spotless spirit's flight attends. 2 On wings of ecstasy they rise, Beyond where worlds material roll, Till some fair sister of the skies Receives the unpolluted soul. 3 There, at th...
Page 54 - How flash the years along ! Scarce here, yet gone already by ! The burden of a song. See Childhood, Youth, and Manhood pass, And Age with furrowed brow; Time was — Time shall be, drain the glass — But where in Time is Now?
Page 18 - I want a cabinet profuse Of medals, coins, and gems; A printing-press for private use Of fifty thousand ems; And plants and minerals and shells. Worms, insects, fishes, birds, And every beast on earth that dwells. In solitude or herds. I want a board of burnished plate Of silver and of gold, Tureens of twenty pounds in weight With sculpture's richest...
Page 16 - And canvas-backs — and wine; And all the realms of nature spread Before me, when I dine. Four courses scarcely can provide My appetite to quell ; With four choice cooks from France, beside, To dress my dinner well.
Page 29 - But when the Lord of mortal breath Decrees his bounty to resume, And points the silent shaft of death, Which speeds an infant to the tomb— No passion...
Bibliographic information
| Title | POEMS OF RELIGION AND SOCIETY |
| Author | JOHN QUINCY ADAMS |
| Published | 1848 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Nov 23, 2005 |
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