 | 822 pages
...consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide ; And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though...account, lest he returning chide ; Doth God exact day labour, light denied? I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies : God doth... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless (though...chide), " Doth God exact day-labor, light denied ? " I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God doth not need Either man's work... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 616 pages
...I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though...account, lest he returning chide ; Doth God exact day-labour, light denied, I fondly ask : but patience to prevent That murmur, soon replies, God doth... | |
 | John Milton - 1848 - 420 pages
...I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though...account, lest he, returning, chide ; " Doth God exact day-labour, light denied ?" I fondly ask : but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1849 - 578 pages
...consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though...account, lest He, returning, chide ; " Doth God exact day -labor, light denied ?" I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God... | |
 | Thomas Vincent Fosbery - Hymns, English - 1850 - 416 pages
...consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though...account, lest He, returning, chide, — " Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?" I fondly ask — But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies —... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though...account, lest he, returning, chide : " Doth God exact day-lab'nnr, light denied ?" I fondly ask : but Patience to prevent That murmur, soon replies, ' God... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - Readers - 1851 - 422 pages
...I consider how my life is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though...returning chide; " Doth God exact day-labor, light denied J " I fondly ask; but patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God doth not need Either man's... | |
 | Christian poets - Christian poetry, English - 1851 - 470 pages
...consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide ; And that one talent, which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though...account, lest He, returning, chide ; — " Doth God exact day-labour, light denied ? " I fondly ask : But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, —... | |
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 418 pages
...consider how my life is spent * Ere half my day's, in this dark world and-wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though...account, lest He, returning, chide ; " Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?" I fondly ask ; but patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies : God... | |
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WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning... 
