This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1828 Excerpt: ...verbo peto, hoc Psalmista canebat, Corde patris genitum, quod proles unica constat, Quo pater Omnipotens per mundum cuncta creavit. Sic patris et prolis dignetur Spiritus almus Sole offspring of the Father; and by whom Th' Almighty Sire created all we know; So may their gracious inspiration deign To aid their feeble ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1828 Excerpt: ...verbo peto, hoc Psalmista canebat, Corde patris genitum, quod proles unica constat, Quo pater Omnipotens per mundum cuncta creavit. Sic patris et prolis dignetur Spiritus almus Sole offspring of the Father; and by whom Th' Almighty Sire created all we know; So may their gracious inspiration deign To aid their feeble servant in his lay. He opens his subject by telling us that there are three descriptions of persons to whom the praise of chastity belongs: the married who live virtuously; the married who live as if they were single; and they who keep in the virgin state. After above an hundred lines in praise of virginity, he proceeds to describe forty-five characters who distinguished the state which he prefers; and this biographical panegyric forms the substance of his poem. Most of his applauded personages are only known in the calendars of the Romish church. Some of his images, common-places, and examples, shall be quoted. Amid his wild and diffuse panegyric on virginity, the following images occur: --Now let my verses cull the rarest flowers, And weave the virgin crowns which grace the good; What can more charm celestials in our conflict, Than the pure breast by modest virtue ruled? 7 The chaste who blameless keep unsullied fame Transcend all other worth, all other praise; The Spirit high-enthroned has made their hearts His sacred temple.s Nunc igitur raros decerpant carmina flores E quis virgineas valeant fabricare coronas Quid plus caelicolas juvat in certamine nostro Quam integritatis amor regnans in pectore puro? Virginitas castum servans sine crimine carmen, Caetera virtutum vincit prseconia laude; Spiritus altithroni templum sibi vindicat alums. For chastity is radiant as the gems Which deck the crown of the Eternal King: It tramples on the joys of v...
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