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... rise ! Confusion dwelt in every face , And fear in every heart ; When waves on waves , and gulphs on gulphs , O'ercame the pilot's art . Yet then from all my griefs , O Lord , Thy mercy set me free ; Whilst , in the confidence of prayer ...
... rise ! Confusion dwelt in every face , And fear in every heart ; When waves on waves , and gulphs on gulphs , O'ercame the pilot's art . Yet then from all my griefs , O Lord , Thy mercy set me free ; Whilst , in the confidence of prayer ...
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... rise in ; A sure and safe one , though thy master miss'd it— Mark but my fall , and that that ruin'd me . Cromwell , I charge thee , fling away ambition : By that sin fell the angels ; how can man then , The image of his Maker , hope to ...
... rise in ; A sure and safe one , though thy master miss'd it— Mark but my fall , and that that ruin'd me . Cromwell , I charge thee , fling away ambition : By that sin fell the angels ; how can man then , The image of his Maker , hope to ...
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... rise in vain , Sinking back heavily with a moan of pain . And the monk said , " " Tis but the Brotherhood Of Mercy going on some errand good ; Their black masks by the palace wall I see . " Piero answered faintly , " Woe is me ! This ...
... rise in vain , Sinking back heavily with a moan of pain . And the monk said , " " Tis but the Brotherhood Of Mercy going on some errand good ; Their black masks by the palace wall I see . " Piero answered faintly , " Woe is me ! This ...
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... rise on the evil and on the good , and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust . For if ye love them which love you , what reward have ye ? do not even the publicans the same ? And if ye salute your brethren only , what do not even ...
... rise on the evil and on the good , and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust . For if ye love them which love you , what reward have ye ? do not even the publicans the same ? And if ye salute your brethren only , what do not even ...
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... rise And take a firmer , surer stand ; Or , trusting less to earthly things , May henceforth learn to use his wings . And judge none lost ; but wait , and see , With hopeful pity , not disdain ; The depth of the abyss may be The measure ...
... rise And take a firmer , surer stand ; Or , trusting less to earthly things , May henceforth learn to use his wings . And judge none lost ; but wait , and see , With hopeful pity , not disdain ; The depth of the abyss may be The measure ...
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Popular passages
Page 20 - Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints...
Page 135 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Page 161 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening" mild; then silent night With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
Page 239 - Samuel, and of the prophets : who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Page 262 - Delight and liberty, the simple creed Of Childhood, whether busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast : — Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise...
Page 56 - Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains; and of all that we behold From this green earth ; of all the mighty world Of eye and ear, both what they half create*, And what perceive...
Page 35 - They mount up to the heaven ; they go down again to the depths ; their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Page 362 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of GOD, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering : for he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, driven with the wind, and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the LORD.
Page 200 - Abide with me ; fast falls the even-tide ; The darkness deepens ; Lord, with me abide ; When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
Page 133 - Shall, one by one, be gathered to thy side, By those who in their turn shall follow them.