The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Members of the English Church, Volume 7, Parts 37-42; Volume 28John and Charles Mozley, 1869 |
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... hour , I hoped to pay a hundredfold , In manhood's strength and power . New Year , thou canst not give me back The gladness of the old : The lips that once so warmly blessed , They now are dumb and cold ; The eyes that fondly beamed on ...
... hour , I hoped to pay a hundredfold , In manhood's strength and power . New Year , thou canst not give me back The gladness of the old : The lips that once so warmly blessed , They now are dumb and cold ; The eyes that fondly beamed on ...
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... hour was come to part , She chose the sweetest of all her hymns , And folded him to her heart . ' Thou art weary of me now , fair lad ! But wait for the hour of sorrow and pain ; When thou art feeble , old , and sad , I will come to ...
... hour was come to part , She chose the sweetest of all her hymns , And folded him to her heart . ' Thou art weary of me now , fair lad ! But wait for the hour of sorrow and pain ; When thou art feeble , old , and sad , I will come to ...
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... hour to hour , And learned what he had to learn . He pleaded hard for an hour of rest Life was dreary and far to roam ; She pointed him on to the shining west , And whispered of love and home . Weary and worn at last he crept , And laid ...
... hour to hour , And learned what he had to learn . He pleaded hard for an hour of rest Life was dreary and far to roam ; She pointed him on to the shining west , And whispered of love and home . Weary and worn at last he crept , And laid ...
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... hour of day , the season's sweetness , Gave me good cause to cherish expectation Of overcoming that gay creature's fleetness , Had not a lion suddenly appearing Brought back again my fear in its completeness . 10 20 339 30 40 He came ...
... hour of day , the season's sweetness , Gave me good cause to cherish expectation Of overcoming that gay creature's fleetness , Had not a lion suddenly appearing Brought back again my fear in its completeness . 10 20 339 30 40 He came ...
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... hours shoñe , Our darkness best may rule . ' Then , in contrast to the efforts made in vain to reach the shining mirage lake , or the salt bitter pools of the desert , both mere matters of sight not of faith , is set the sure instinct ...
... hours shoñe , Our darkness best may rule . ' Then , in contrast to the efforts made in vain to reach the shining mirage lake , or the salt bitter pools of the desert , both mere matters of sight not of faith , is set the sure instinct ...
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Page 431 - Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, that he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place." And they gave forth their lots ; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
Page 229 - I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amorist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her Siren Daughters; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 325 - Of His own will begat He us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
Page 546 - He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown; But what fair dell or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown.
Page 317 - For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
Page 518 - I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Page 230 - This also we humbly and earnestly beg, that human things may not prejudice such as are divine ; neither that from the unlocking of the gates of sense, and the kindling of a greater natural light, anything of incredulity, or intellectual night, may arise in our minds towards divine mysteries.
Page 463 - Flowers have time before they come to seed, And she is young, and now must sport the while. And sport, Sweet Maid, in season of these years, And learn to gather flowers before they wither; And where the sweetest blossom first appears, Let Love and Youth conduct thy pleasures thither. Lighten forth smiles to clear the clouded air, And calm the tempest which my sighs do raise; Pity and smiles do best become the fair; Pity and smiles must only yield thee praise. Make me to say when all my griefs are...
Page 233 - I cast anchor ; and, thinking to ride safely, the storm followed me with so impetuous violence that it broke a cable, and I lost my anchor ; and, here again, I was exposed to the mercy of the sea, and the gentleness of an element that could neither distinguish things nor persons : and but that He who...
Page 231 - And like th' old Hebrews many years did stray In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last. The barren wilderness he past, Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land, And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it.