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• There is a world above, Where parting is unknown; A whole eternity of love, Form'd for the good alone; And faith beholds the dying here Translated to that happier sphere.

  James Montgomery

  Heaven, Dying, World

  Samuel Rogers, Thomas Campbell, James Montgomery, Charles Lamb, Henry Kirke White (1830). “The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: complete in one volume”, p.351

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• Joys too exquisite to last, And yet more exquisite when past.

  James Montgomery

  Past, Joy, Lasts

  James Montgomery (1838). “Lectures on general literature, poetry &c: delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831”, p.67

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• When the good man yields his breath (For the good man never dies).

  James Montgomery

  Men, Yield, Good Man

  Samuel Rogers, Thomas Campbell, James Montgomery, Charles Lamb, Henry Kirke White (1829). “The Poetical Works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: Complete in One Volume”

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• Here hyacinths of heavenly blue, shook their rich tresses to the morn.

  James Montgomery

  Eye, Blue, Hyacinths

  James Montgomery (1860). “The Poetical Works of James Montgomery: In Six Volumes. Greenland ; Miscellaneous poems ; Narratives ; Translations from Dante”, p.225

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• Baptize the nations! far and nigh,The triumphs of the cross recordThe name of Jesus glorify,Till every people call Him Lord.

  James Montgomery

  Jesus, Names, People

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• Time is eternity begun.

  James Montgomery

  Inspirational, Time, Eternity

  James Montgomery, Robert Carruthers (1858). “The Poetical Works of James Montgomery: With a Memoir”

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• When to the cross I turn my eyes,And rest on Calvary,O Lamb of God, my sacrifice,I must remember Thee.

  James Montgomery

  Eye, Sacrifice, Lambs

  James Montgomery (1860). “The Poetical Works of James Montgomery: In Six Volumes. Original hymns ; Appendix of posthumous poems”, p.104

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• Nature's prime favourites were the Pelicans;
  High-fed, long-lived, and sociable and free.

  James Montgomery

  Long, Pelicans, Prime

  James Montgomery (1827). “The Pelican Island, and other poems”, p.49

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• Who that hath ever been Could bear to be no more? Yet who would tread again the scene He trod through life before?

  James Montgomery

  Life And Death, Bears, Scene

  Samuel Rogers, Thomas Campbell, James Montgomery, Charles Lamb, Henry Kirke White (1830). “The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: complete in one volume”, p.357

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• Gashed with honourable scars,Low in Glory's lap they lie;Though they fell, they fell like stars,Streaming splendour through the sky.

  James Montgomery

  Stars, Lying, Sky

  James Montgomery (1817). “A New and Complete Edition of the Works of James Montgomery: Including Several Poems Now First Collected; Together with a Sketch of His Life. To which are Added, Some Original Pieces, by Another Pen”, p.104

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• Hymns should have unity, graduation and mutual dependence in the thoughts, a conscious progress, a sense of completeness and be easily understood.

  James Montgomery

  Should Have, Hymns, Unity

  "The Christian Psalmist; Or, Hymns, Selected and Original, with an Introductory Essay". Book by James Montgomery, 1825.

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