Through the port comes the moon-shine astray! It tips the guard's cutlass and silvers this nook;... But 'twill die in the dawning of Billy's last day. A jewel-block they'll make of me to-morrow, Pendant pearl from the yard-arm-end Like the ear-drop I gave to Bristol Molly-- O, 'tis me, not the sentence they'll suspend.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Poppies whose roots are in man's veins Drop, and are ever dropping;... But mine in my ear is safe, Just a little white with the dust.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
So the soul, that drop, that ray Of the clear fountain of eternal day,... Could it within the human flower be seen, Remembering still its former height, Shuns the sweet leaves and blossoms green; And, recollecting its own light, Does, in its pure and circling thoughts, express The greater heaven in an heaven less.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
...I delivered the poor who cried, and the orphan who had no helper. The blessing of the wretched came upon me, and I caused the w...idow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban. I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. I was a father to the needy, and I championed the cause of the stranger. I broke the fangs of the unrighteous, and made them drop their prey from their teeth.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. ... I had heard of you by t...he hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens; by his knowledge the deeps broke open, and the ...clouds drop down the dew.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
All things are wearisome; more than one can express; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, or the ear filled with hearing. What ha...s been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
O make harmonious mix of voice and string To him by whom the skies with clouds are lin'd;... By whom the rain, from clouds to drop assign'd, Supples the clods of summer-scorched fields,LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.... Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »