Change: A Poem Pronounced at Roxbury, October VIII, MDCCCXXX, in Commemoration of the First Settlement of that TownC.P. Emmons, 1830 - 40 σελίδες |
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... happy results of intellectual cultivation , the enjoyments , which are only secured , under the benign influence of peace ; the blessings , which flow from purity of heart and lofty conceptions of religious duty . To duly appre- ciate 6.
... happy results of intellectual cultivation , the enjoyments , which are only secured , under the benign influence of peace ; the blessings , which flow from purity of heart and lofty conceptions of religious duty . To duly appre- ciate 6.
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... flow Where forests frowned two hundred years ago- Improvement's golden ploughshare has passed o'er , And weeded errors strew the flowery shore . When first the May - flower on this rock bound strand Sent forth her few and faithful ...
... flow Where forests frowned two hundred years ago- Improvement's golden ploughshare has passed o'er , And weeded errors strew the flowery shore . When first the May - flower on this rock bound strand Sent forth her few and faithful ...
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... flow . And when the race is run - when life is past , And tired ye sink to dreamless sleep at last , Bright angel bands shall guard the grassy sod , And track your footsteps to the home of God . On the pure brow celestial light shall ...
... flow . And when the race is run - when life is past , And tired ye sink to dreamless sleep at last , Bright angel bands shall guard the grassy sod , And track your footsteps to the home of God . On the pure brow celestial light shall ...
Σελίδα 12
... In the still forest , by the streamlet's side , Unseen he weeps his sorrow's bitter tide ; And while his soul's deep fountains gushing flow , He thus pours forth his anguish and his woe : And must I leave ye , lone and lovely bowers 12.
... In the still forest , by the streamlet's side , Unseen he weeps his sorrow's bitter tide ; And while his soul's deep fountains gushing flow , He thus pours forth his anguish and his woe : And must I leave ye , lone and lovely bowers 12.
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... flows- Some weeds will still each nobler science choak , As ivy twines round the manly oak . Lo ! Galileo , in a dungeon bound , Because he dared believe the earth turned round- And the wise sage who marked the planets laws , A demi ...
... flows- Some weeds will still each nobler science choak , As ivy twines round the manly oak . Lo ! Galileo , in a dungeon bound , Because he dared believe the earth turned round- And the wise sage who marked the planets laws , A demi ...
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altars B. P. WILLIAMS bear beneath blaze Boston cause Change Charlestown Charts and Books Citizens of Roxbury civil colony Connecticut River copies of Maps deeds deep Dorchester earth ELIJAH LEWIS Eliot Eliot's Biog EMMONS England entitled An Act established fathers flower freedom glorious Governor grave H. A. S. DEARBORN hath heart heaven honor hour JACOB TIDD John Eliot JONATHAN DORR land learning's liberty lived Massachusetts MDCCCXXX Medford memory moral nations New-England o'er life's October October 13 pantalettes pastor peace Plymouth praise Prince Prince's Chro Puritans Pynchon religious republic Roxbury Church Records sacred Salem SAMUEL GUILD savage Second Centennial Anniversary securing the copies Selectmen of Roxbury Settlement of Roxbury skies sorrows spirit sunbright tempest thee therein mentioned Thomas Dudley THOMAS GRAY thors thou tide TOWN OF ROXBURY trod Watertown weep Winthrop's History wonder YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Σελίδα 2 - In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned ;" and also to an act, entitled, " An Act supplementary to an act, entitled,' An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned...
Σελίδα 22 - It is a noble, generous liquor and we should be humbly thankful for it, but, as I remember, water was made before it.
Σελίδα 2 - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the tenth day of August, AD 1829, in the fifty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America, JP Dabney, of the said district, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Σελίδα 20 - Boston labored all they could, both ,with the congregation of Roxbury and with Mr. Eliot himself, alleging their want of him, and the covenant between them, etc., yet he could not be diverted from accepting the call of Roxbury, November 5. So he was dismissed.
Σελίδα 21 - Bereaved New-England, where are thy Tears, at this Ill-boding Funeral? We had a Tradition among us, "That the Country could never perish, as long as Eliot was alive." But into whose Hands must this Hippo fall, now the Austin of it is taken away? Our Elisha is gone, and now who must next Year invade the Land?
Σελίδα 39 - A mile from this town lieth Roxbury which is a fair and handsome country town ; the inhabitants of it being all very rich : a clear and fresh brook runs through the town, and a quarter of a mile to the north is a small river called Stony River, upon which is built a water mill. Up westward it is something rocky, whence it hath the name of Roxbury.
Σελίδα 13 - December following, there died by estimation about two hundred at the least. So low hath the Lord brought us! Well, yet they who survived were not discouraged, but bearing God's corrections with humility and trusting in his mercies, and considering how after a greater ebb he had raised up our neighbors at Plymouth, we began again in December to consult about a fit place to build a town upon...
Σελίδα 22 - A few years before his death lie pressed his people to obtain another pastor, and said, " T is possible you may think the burden of maintaining two ministers may be too heavy for you ; but I deliver you from that fear. I do here give back my salary to the Lord Jesus Christ ; and now, brethren, you may fix that upon any man that God shall make a pastor for you.
Σελίδα 2 - States entitled an act for the encouragement of learning hy securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the author., and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned, and also to an act entitled an act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and...
Σελίδα 14 - The governour and most of the assistants, and others, met at Roxbury, and there agreed to build a town fortified upon the neck between that and Boston, and a committee was appointed to consider of all things requisite, &c.