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Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall Robert Stephen Hawker,Charles Edward Byles,Jomes C. No preview available - 2019 |
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Page 101 - Man goeth forth to his work, and to his labour : until the evening. 24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works : in wisdom hast thou made them all; the earth is full of thy riches. 25 So is the great and wide sea also : wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Page 69 - And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
Page 60 - Thy tacklings are loosed ; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail : then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
Page 164 - ... in the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning ! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Page 60 - For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, The Lord is our king ; he will save us.
Page 283 - In these far climes it was my lot To meet the wondrous Michael Scott ; '* A wizard, of such dreaded fame, That when, in Salamanca's cave, Him listed his magic wand to wave, The bells would ring in Notre Dame...
Page 190 - The sun's retiring beams :— I see the dagger-crest of Mar, I see the Moray's silver star, Wave o'er the cloud of Saxon war, That up the lake comes winding far! To hero bound for battle-strife, Or bard of. martial lay, 'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their array!
Page 206 - And when I passed by thee and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live: yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.
Page 26 - Sing from the threshold to the porch, Until you hear the bell ; And sing you loudly in the church The Psalms I love so well.
Page 4 - But never more with footsteps pure and free, Or face so meek with happiness as now ! Fair is the future scenery of thy days, Thy course domestic, and thy paths of pride ; Depths that give back the soft-eyed violet's gaze ; Shores where tall navies march to meet the tide...