The Testimony of the PoetsB.B. Mussey and A. Tompkins, 1854 - 360 páginas |
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... doubt of God ! Ay , even the ploughman is more near to Heaven Who feels our nature's want to be forgiven ( As childlike more ) than he who with a load Of sin and learning , Pride's rebellious son , Hating old age and death , unto the ...
... doubt of God ! Ay , even the ploughman is more near to Heaven Who feels our nature's want to be forgiven ( As childlike more ) than he who with a load Of sin and learning , Pride's rebellious son , Hating old age and death , unto the ...
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... Doubts that ask why here we toil and weep , Scarce knowing why we came into this sleep Called Life . A spirit from my strain will pour , Whispering , that God is good and Nature kind , And that our struggles make our agony : And that to ...
... Doubts that ask why here we toil and weep , Scarce knowing why we came into this sleep Called Life . A spirit from my strain will pour , Whispering , that God is good and Nature kind , And that our struggles make our agony : And that to ...
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... doubts of Thee ! I play with language , but I feel no fears ! To me Thy faithfulness so true appears , My very sins have no alarm for me . Not like the world , disheriting its child , Dost Thou prove fickle , where Thou once hast smiled ...
... doubts of Thee ! I play with language , but I feel no fears ! To me Thy faithfulness so true appears , My very sins have no alarm for me . Not like the world , disheriting its child , Dost Thou prove fickle , where Thou once hast smiled ...
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... doubt with man Thy Spirit strove , Out of the pale even of Thy chosen race ; Wherever struggling from the vile and base There shone a spark of beauty and bright love ? But most where thirst of knowledge deep did move Knowledge of what ...
... doubt with man Thy Spirit strove , Out of the pale even of Thy chosen race ; Wherever struggling from the vile and base There shone a spark of beauty and bright love ? But most where thirst of knowledge deep did move Knowledge of what ...
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... doubt Buried His nearness in a dim eclipse ; And , like to Mary when her trembling lips Even to Himself did the inquiry frame , " Where lies He now ? " so did I syllable Vain words . But when He gently breathed my name I knew His voice ...
... doubt Buried His nearness in a dim eclipse ; And , like to Mary when her trembling lips Even to Himself did the inquiry frame , " Where lies He now ? " so did I syllable Vain words . But when He gently breathed my name I knew His voice ...
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ABOU BEN ADHEM Alphonse De Lamartine angel beauty behold beneath Bernard Barton bless blesséd blest bliss bosom breast breath bright calm cheerful child Christ clouds dark dead dear death deep divine dost doth doubt dream dust E'en earth earthly Elizabeth Barrett Browning Epes Sargent eternal eyes fair faith Father fear feel flowers forever gloom glorious glory God's grace grave grief happy harvest ended hath heart heaven heavenly holy hope Horace Smith human immortal John Sterling life's light live look Lord mercy mind morning mortal Nature Nature's never night o'er old minster pain peace perish praise prayer Psalm rest Ring Saviour seraphs shine silent skies smile sorrow soul sphere spirit stars sweet tears thee thine things Thomas Hood Thou art Thou hast thought throne trembling trust truth unto virtue voice wandering weary weep wings wisdom word
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Página 80 - Thou, whose exterior semblance doth belie Thy soul's immensity ! Thou best philosopher, who yet dost keep Thy heritage ! thou eye among the blind, That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep Haunted for ever by the eternal mind — Mighty prophet ! Seer blest, On whom those truths do rest, Which we are toiling all our lives to find...
Página 116 - 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...
Página 77 - And all together pray. While each to his great Father bends, Old men, and babes, and loving friends. And youths and maidens gay...
Página 84 - I have seen A curious Child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped Shell ; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely ; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy ; for murmurings from within Were heard, — sonorous cadences ! whereby, To his belief, the Monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native Sea.
Página 169 - The impetuous song, and say from whom you rage. His praise, ye brooks, attune, ye trembling rills; And let me catch it as I muse along. Ye headlong torrents, rapid and profound; Ye softer floods, that lead the humid maze Along the vale; and thou, majestic main, A secret world of wonders in thyself, Sound His stupendous praise, whose greater voice Or bids you roar, or bids your roarings fall.
Página 248 - Had she a brother ? Or was there a dearer one Still, and a nearer one Yet, than all other ? Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh ! it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full, Home she had none.
Página 90 - 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 chide, ' Doth God exact day-labor, light denied ?
Página 89 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night...
Página 312 - Give to the winds thy fears ; Hope, and be undismayed; God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears, God shall lift up thy head. Through waves and clouds and storms He gently clears thy way; Wait thou His time, so shall this night Soon end in joyous day.
Página 170 - tis nought to me: Since God is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full; And where He vital breathes there must be joy.