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Independence

© Charles Churchill

Happy the bard (though few such bards we find)

Who, 'bove controlment, dares to speak his mind;

From The Venetian Of Buratti

© Richard Monckton Milnes

Pleasant were it, Nina mine!
Could our Hearts, by fairy powers,
Renovate their life divine,
Like the trees and herbs and flowers.

Sonnet XV: If That a Loyal Heart

© Samuel Daniel

If that a loyal heart and faith unfeign'd,

If a sweet languish with a chaste desire,

What shall it profit?

© William Dean Howells

IF I lay waste and wither up with doubt

The blessed fields of heaven where once my faith

California's Greeting To Seward

© Francis Bret Harte

We know him well: no need of praise
Or bonfire from the windy hill
To light to softer paths and ways
The world-worn man we honor still.

The Restoration Of The Royal Family

© John Keble

As when the Paschal week is o'er,
Sleeps in the silent aisles no more
The breath of sacred song,
But by the rising Saviour's light
Awakened soars in airy flight,
Or deepening rolls along;

The Departure Of St. Patrick From Scotland

Twice to your son already has the hand of God been shewn,
Restoring him from alien bonds to be once more your own,
And now it is the self--same hand, dear kinsmen, that to--day
Shall take me for the third time from all I love away.

Manna To Israel Well Supplied

© John Newton

Manna to Israel well supplied
The want of other bread;
While God is able to provide,
His people shall be fed.

The Doves

© William Cowper

Reasoning at every step he treads,
Man yet mistakes his way,
While meaner things whom instinct leads
Are rarely known to stray.

Scenes From The Faust Of Goethe

© Percy Bysshe Shelley

CHORUS:
Thy countenance gives the Angels strength,
Though none can comprehend Thee:
And all Thy lofty works
Are excellent as at the first day.

Tale XIV

© George Crabbe

dwell,
While he was acting (he would call it) well;
He bought as others buy, he sold as others sell;
There was no fraud, and he demanded cause
Why he was troubled when he kept the laws?"
"My laws!" said Conscience. "What," said he, "

An Ode On The Peace

© Helen Maria Williams

I.

As wand'ring late on Albion's shore

The Bridal Ballad

© Edgar Allan Poe

The ring is on my hand,
And the wreath is on my brow;
Satin and jewels grand
Are all at my command,
And I am happy now.

Christmas

© Edith Nesbit

WITH garlands to grace it, with laughter to greet it,

Christmas is here, holly-red and snow-white,

Daphles. An Argive Story

But the Queen's host by skilful champions led,
Its powers meanwhile concentred to a head,
Lay, an embattled force with wary eye,
Ready to ward or strike whene'er the cry
Of coming foemen on their ears should fall,
Nigh the huge towers which guard the capital.