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" Compared with this, how poor Religion's pride, In all the pomp of method and of art, When men display to congregations wide, Devotion's... "
The Genius and Character of Robert Burns: An Essay and Criticism on His Life ... - Page 37
by John Wilson - 1861 - 222 pages
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Spiritual Heroes: Or, Sketches of the Puritans, Their Character and Times

John Stoughton - 1848 - 356 pages
...When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace except the heart. "The Power incensed the pageant will desert, The pompous strain, the sacerdotal...the soul, And in his book of life the inmates poor enroll." BURKS HENRY JACOB is a name worthy of being held in remembrance and honor by the friends of...
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The Marlborough magazine

Marlborough coll - 1855 - 126 pages
...pompous strain, the sacerdotal stole : But, haply, in some cottage far apart, May hear, well pleas'd the language of the soul ; And in His book of life the inmates poor enrol." Nor did the heart of Burns overflow with sympathy and kindness for his poor countrymen only : but so...
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The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations

George Croly - 1849 - 416 pages
...Devotion's every grace, except the heart ! The Power, incensed, the pageant will desert, The pompous train, the sacerdotal stole ; But haply, in some cottage...soul, And in his book of life the inmates poor enrol. Then homeward all take off their several way, The youngling-cottagers retire to rest ; The parent pair...
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Spiritual Heroes, Or, Sketches of the Puritans: Their Character and Times

John Stoughton - 1850 - 414 pages
...When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace except the heart. " The Power incensed the pageant will desert, The pompous strain, the sacerdotal...soul, And in his book of life the inmates poor enrol." BUKNS. HENRY JACOB is a name worthy of being held in remembrance and honour by the friends of religious...
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Select English poetry, with notes by E. Hughes

Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...pompous strain, the sacerdotal stole ;8 But haply, in some cottage far apart, May hear, well-pleased, the language of the soul : And in his book of life the inmates poor enrol. # * # * * BURNS. 1. Case of supper? | 2. What is a stole t mI. WOE WORKS WISDOM. (A paraphrase of Eccles....
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The Works of the British Poets, Selected and Chronologically Arranged ...

John Aikin - 1852 - 792 pages
...men display, to congregations wide, Devotion's every grace, except the heart ! The Power, incensed, " XVIII. Then homeward all take off' their several way ; The yougling cottagers retire to rest : The...
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Poets of England and America: Being Selections from the Best Authors of Both ...

1853 - 560 pages
...When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace, except the heart ! The Power, incensed, the pageant will desert, The pompous strain, the sacerdotal...soul. And in his book of life the inmates poor enrol. Then homeward all take off their several way ; The youngling cottagers retire to rest ; The parent-pair...
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Interviews: Memorable and Useful

Samuel Hanson Cox - 1853 - 348 pages
...pompous strain, the sacerdotal stole; But haply, in some cottage far apart, May hear, well pleas'd, the language of the soul, And in his BOOK OF LIFE the inmates poor enroll On one occasion, at his request, I led the devotions of the family. On another, in 1846, myself...
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The Genius, and Character of Burns

John Wilson - 1854 - 252 pages
...Whe» men display to congregations wide, Devotion's every grace except the heart. The Pow'r, iucens'd, the pageant will desert, The pompous strain, the sacerdotal...Superstition is sustained by the same sympathy as religion—enlightenment of reason being essential to faith. There sit, every Sabbath, hundreds of...
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The Genius, and Character of Burns

John Wilson - 1854 - 254 pages
...pompous strain, the sacerdotal stole ; But haply, in some cottage far apart, May hear, well pleased^the language of the soul ; And in his book of life the...Superstition is sustained by the same sympathy as religions-enlightenment of reason being essential to faith. There sit, every Sabbath, hundreds of hypocrites,...
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