STRONG Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have not seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove; Thine are these orbs of light and shade; Thou madest Life in man and brute ; Thou madest Death; and lo, thy foot... The Creed of the Christian - Page 26by Charles Gore - 1895 - 109 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...day: Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay. [From In Mtmoriam.] STJtOA'G SOJf OF GOD. STRONG Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have...prove; Thine are these orbs of light and shade; Thou inadest life in man and brute, Thou inadest Death; and lo, thy foot Is on the skull which thou hast... | |
| Criticism - 1850 - 676 pages
...breaks out in the opening stanzas like one who feels that he stands upon a solid basis of faith. " Strong Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have...By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where WB cannot prove ; " Thine are these orbs of light and shade ; Thou madest Life in man and brute ; Thou... | |
| Literature - 1850 - 640 pages
...wrestling and achieved repose it is akin to the quiet grandeur of the litany of the Church of England : Strong Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have...Thou madest Death ; and lo, thy foot Is on the skull which thou hast made. Thou wilt not leave us in the dust : Thou madest man, he knows not why; He thinks... | |
| 1910 - 848 pages
...bloodthirsty ogress, with glaring eyes, long, protruding teeth, and adorned with a trophy of human skulls: Thou madest Death, and lo! Thy foot Is on the skull that Thou hast made. In such a struggle life may appear a burden rather than a privilege, and the despair of such a philosophy... | |
| Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1878 - 530 pages
...will give you rest." Here is the solution of all our doubts, and the realisation of all our hopes. Strong Son of God, immortal love, Whom we, that have...faith alone embrace, Believing where we cannot prove. Our little systems have their day, They have their day and cease to be ; They are but broken lights... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 236 pages
...LONDON : EDWARD MOXON, DOVER STREET. 1850. LOSDOB : FRADRURY AND BVASB, PKISTKRH, W 1I ITBFBIAR9 . STRONG Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have...Thou madest Death ; and lo, thy foot Is on the skull which thou hast made. Thou wilt not leave us in the dust : Thou madest man, he knows not why ; He thinks... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 272 pages
...DCCC L. .-{. i , I >•. « , vv <v^i CAMBRIDGE : METCALF & CO., PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY. •\J' STRONG Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have...Thou madest Death ; and lo, thy foot Is on the skull which thou hast made. Thou wilt not leave us in the dust : Thou madest man, he knows not why ; He thinks... | |
| Churches of Christ - 1850 - 590 pages
...not bear his nameis undoubtedly Alfred Tennyson. The following beautiful lines form the proem: — STRONG Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have...Thou madest death ; and lo thy foot Is on the skull which thou hast made. Thou wilt not leave us in the dust : Thou madest man, he knows not why ; He thinks... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English Literature - 1850 - 228 pages
...BY t, ; • ^ IN MEMOEIAM. IiN MEMORIAM. SECOND EDITION". LONDON : EDWARD MOXON, DOVER STREET. 1850. STRONG Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have...Believing where we cannot prove ; Thine are these orhs of light and shade ; Thou madest Life in man and hrute ; Thou madest Death ; and lo, thy foot... | |
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