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... New. 4-27.97 Harvard College Library VE RI TAS FROM THE BOOKS IN THE HOMESTEAD OF Sarah Orne Jewett AT SOUTH BERWICK , MAINE BEQUEATHED BY Theodore Jewett Eastman A.B. 1901. M.D. 1905 1931 }格 SONGS IN THE NIGHT - WATCHES From Voices.
... New. 4-27.97 Harvard College Library VE RI TAS FROM THE BOOKS IN THE HOMESTEAD OF Sarah Orne Jewett AT SOUTH BERWICK , MAINE BEQUEATHED BY Theodore Jewett Eastman A.B. 1901. M.D. 1905 1931 }格 SONGS IN THE NIGHT - WATCHES From Voices.
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From Voices Old and New. ΤΟ H. C. T. THE STEADFAST FRIEND WHO THESE MANY YEARS HAS WALKED BESIDE ME WITH A SONG THROUGH DARKEST NIGHT PREFACE . THE nights of human experience are long ,
From Voices Old and New. ΤΟ H. C. T. THE STEADFAST FRIEND WHO THESE MANY YEARS HAS WALKED BESIDE ME WITH A SONG THROUGH DARKEST NIGHT PREFACE . THE nights of human experience are long ,
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... song shall be with me , " and " I will praise His Name with a song , " or , who " Instructed in Song , " remembereth Him " who giveth songs in the night , ” and finds himself " Compassed with songs of deliverance . " Then , verily ...
... song shall be with me , " and " I will praise His Name with a song , " or , who " Instructed in Song , " remembereth Him " who giveth songs in the night , ” and finds himself " Compassed with songs of deliverance . " Then , verily ...
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... song , " than the most ravishing notes on earth . So when we speak of “ The Song of Songs , ” and " The New Song , " we know that we shall only tune the voice to these when the Night songs are past . The sweet singer of Israel does ...
... song , " than the most ravishing notes on earth . So when we speak of “ The Song of Songs , ” and " The New Song , " we know that we shall only tune the voice to these when the Night songs are past . The sweet singer of Israel does ...
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... song in the night , though the feet be fast in the stocks . " " This great and precious truth - the issue of good out of evil or seeming evil - finds its most perfect illustration in the cross of Christ , the central fact of the Bible ...
... song in the night , though the feet be fast in the stocks . " " This great and precious truth - the issue of good out of evil or seeming evil - finds its most perfect illustration in the cross of Christ , the central fact of the Bible ...
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Songs in the Night Watches: From Voices Old and New (1888) Helen Hills Strong Thompson No preview available - 2009 |
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ALICE CARY angels ANGELUS SILESIUS bear bird bless blest breath bright burden clouds cross dark dawn dear death deep dost doth dream earth Elizabeth Stuart Phelps eternal eyes faint fair faith Father fear feet flowers forever gate glad glory God's golden grief H. F. LYTE hand hast hath hear heart heaven heavenly HELEN JACKSON holy hope HORATIUS BONAR J. G. HOLLAND JEAN INGELOW land life's light live Longfellow look Lord MARGARET E MISS MULOCK morn N. P. WILLIS ne'er never night o'er pain PAUL GERHARDT peace PHOEBE CARY pray prayer rest Sangster shadows shine shore sigh sight sing sleep smile song sorrow soul spirit stars strength strong Susan Coolidge sweet tears tender thee thine things Thou art throne to-day toil trust voice wait walk weary weep whisper winds wings
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Page 269 - The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring ! Lend, lend your wings ! I mount ! I fly ! O grave, where is thy victory ? O death, where is thy sting...
Page 196 - Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind...
Page 103 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor, perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to' enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to Heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say—
Page 196 - Hence, in a season of calm weather Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither; Can in a moment travel thither — And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.
Page 94 - The friends who in our sunshine live, When winter comes, are flown, And he who has but tears to give Must weep those tears alone.
Page 144 - As the bird trims her to the gale, I trim myself to the storm of time, I man the rudder, reef the sail, Obey the voice at eve obeyed at prime: 'Lowly faithful, banish fear, Right onward drive unharmed; The port, well worth the cruise, is near, And every wave is charmed.
Page 269 - VITAL spark of heavenly flame! Quit, O quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, O, the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life! Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister spirit, come away!
Page 118 - There's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green withes. He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and, though poor perhaps compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own.
Page 138 - And if my heart and flesh are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed he will not break, But strengthen and sustain.
Page 274 - Life ! we've been long together Through pleasant and through cloudy weather; 'Tis hard. to part when friends are dear — Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear; — Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time; Say not Good Night, — but in some brighter clime Bid me Good Morning.