 | Herbert Mends - 1801 - 432 pages
...myself inclin'd To love thee, if I could ; But often feel another mind, Averse to all that's good. IV. My best desires are faint and few, I fain would strive...cry, " My strength renew," Seem weaker than before. v. Thy saints are comforted, I know, And love thy house of prayer ; I sometimes go where others go,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...myself inclin'd To love thee, if I could ; But often feel another mind, Averse to all that's good. 4 My best desires are faint and few, I fain would strive...cry, " My strength renew," Seem weaker than before. 5 Thy saints are comforted I know, And love thy house of pray'r ; I therefore go where others go, But... | |
 | Ralph Williston - Hymns, English - 1806 - 436 pages
...'tis only pain, To love thee, if I could; But often feel another mind, Averse to all that's good. 4. My best desires are faint and few, I fain would strive...cry, " My strength renew," Seem weaker than before. 5. Thy saints are comforted, I know, And love thy house of pray'r; I therefore go where others go,... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1807 - 580 pages
...myself inclin'd To love thee if I could ; But often feel another mind, Averse to all that's good. 4 My best desires are faint and few, I fain would strive for more ; But when I cry, " My strength rent ««<>Tn weaker than before. •ould I drop a murmuring word, >* the whole world were gone, ek... | |
 | John Newton - 1808 - 712 pages
...myself inclin'd To love thee if I could ; But often feel another mind, Averse to all that's good. 4 My best desires are faint and few, I fain would strive...cry, " My strength renew," Seem weaker than before. 5 Thy saints are comforted, I know, And love thy house of pray'r ; I therefore go where others go,... | |
 | John Newton - Theology - 1810 - 726 pages
...myself inclin'd , To love thee if I could ; But often feel another mind, Averse to all that's good. 4 My best desires are faint and few, I fain would strive...cry, " My strength renew," Seem weaker than before. 5 Thy saints are comforted, I know, And love thy house of pray 'r ; I therefore go where others go,... | |
 | Thomas Jones (chaplain to the earl of Peterborough) - 1812 - 486 pages
...could; But often feel another mind, Averse to all that's good. My best desires are faint and few, I fein would strive for more ; But when I cry, ' my strength...saints are comforted, I know, And love thy house of pray'r; I therefore go where others go, But find no comfort there. O make this heart rejoice, or ache... | |
 | William Bengo Collyer - Hymns - 1812 - 980 pages
...myself inclin'd To love thee, if I could ; But often feel another mind, Averse to all that's good. 4 My best desires are faint and few, I fain would strive...cry, " My strength renew," Seem weaker than before. 6 Thy saints are comforted, I know, And love thy house of prayer ; I therefore go where others go,... | |
 | William Parkinson - Hymns, English - 1817 - 570 pages
...myself inclia'd , Tolovelhce, if I could; But often feel another mind, Averse to all that's good. 4 My best desires are faint and few, I fain would strive...cry, " My strength renew," Seem weaker than before. 5 Tliy saints are comforted I know, And love thy house of prayer ; I sometimes go where others go,... | |
 | Richard Herne Shepherd - Hymns, English - 1818 - 684 pages
...myself inclin'd To love thee if I could ; But often feel another mind, Averse from all that's good. 4 My best desires are faint, and few, I fain would strive...cry, " My strength renew," Seem weaker than before. 0 Thy saints are comforted, I know, And love thy house of pray'r ; I therefore go where others go,... | |
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My best desires are faint and few, I fain would strive for more ; But, when I cry, ' My strength renew, 
