 Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we any thing so fair As is the smile upon thy face : Flowers laugh before thee on their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong...  The English Poets - Page 53edited by - 1893Full view - About this book
 | Epes Sargent - Religious poetry, English - 1854 - 374 pages
...same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face ; Flowers laugh...I myself commend Unto thy guidance, from this hour ; O, let my weakness have an end ! Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice ; The... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1854 - 392 pages
...same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face : Flowers laugh...I myself commend Unto thy guidance from this hour ; O, let my weakness have an end ! Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice ; The... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face ; Flowers laugh...I myself commend Unto thy guidance, from this hour ; O, let my weakness have an end ! Give unto me, made lowly, wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice ; The... | |
 | Gift books - 1854 - 330 pages
...spheres. DUTY: A TALE. STERN Lawgiver ! yet dost thou The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor knew we any thing so fair As is the smile upon thy face:...ancient heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong. WOBDSWOBTH. "WHY do you dwell so much, dear mamma, upon the necessity of acting from a principle of... | |
 | Lady - Gift books - 1854 - 326 pages
...Staty Stern lawgiver! yet dost thou wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we any thing BO fair As is the smile upon thy face : Flowers laugh...ancient heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong. WORDSWORTH. "WHY do you dwell so much, dear mamma, upon the necessity of acting from a principle of... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1855 - 704 pages
...same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face : Flowers laugh...guidance from this hour ; Oh, let my weakness have an end ! Give unto me, made lowly wise The spirit of self-sacrifice ; The confidence of reason give ; And... | |
 | American poetry - 1855 - 458 pages
...same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face ; Flowers laugh...myself commend ' Unto thy guidance, from this hour ; O, let my weak4(ss have an end ! * Give unto me, made lowly, wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice ;... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face ; Flowers laugh...I myself commend Unto thy guidance, from this hour ; O, let my weakness have an end ! Give unto me, made lowly, wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice ; The... | |
 | Clara Arnold - American literature - 1855 - 322 pages
...spheres. DUTY: A TAiE. STEBN Lawgiver! yet dost thou wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor knew we any thing so fair As is the smile upon thy face:...ancient heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong. \VOBDSWORTH. "WHY do you dwell so much, dear mamma, upon the necessity of acting from a principle of... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1856 - 538 pages
...I now would serve more strictly, if I may. Through no disturbance of my soul, Or strong cumpunction in me wrought, I supplicate for thy control: But in...guidance from this hour; Oh, let my weakness have an end! Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice ; The confidence of reason give : And in... | |
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