 | 1881 - 1046 pages
...leave undone or despise, For naught that sets one's heart at ease ***** Is low-esteemed in her eyes. ' Blessing she is ; God made her so ; And deeds of week-day...chanced to know That aught were easier than to bless.' TERHAPS the most remarkable characteristic of Miss Gibson,' writes an acute observer, ' was the wonderful... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1841 - 206 pages
...her eyes. v. She hath no scorn of common things, And, though she seem of other birth, Round us her heart entwines and clings, And patiently she folds her wings To tread the humble paths of life. VI. Blessing she is: God made her so, And deeds of week-day holiness Fall from her noiseless... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 pages
...her eyes. v. She hath no scorn of common things, And, though she seem of other birth, Round us her heart entwines and clings, And patiently she folds her wings To tread the humble paths of earth. 9 VI. Blessing she is : God made her so, And deeds of week-day holiness Fall from her noiseless as... | |
 | Lloyd's patriotic fund - 1854 - 206 pages
...story of my life was but a dream, and all these things had ever been the same. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE. God made her so, And deeds of week-day holiness Fall from her gently as the snow ; Nor hath she ever chanced to know, That anght were easier than to bless. LOWEi.I.... | |
 | Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth - 1855 - 636 pages
...AT OLD FIELD COTTAGE "She hath no scorn of common things, And though she seems of other birth, Yet patiently she folds her wings To tread the humble paths of earth. She doeth little kindnesses, Which most IcaTe undone or despise, For naught that sets one heart at... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1856 - 368 pages
...personifying her, " She hath no scorn of common things, And, though she seem of other birth, Round us her heart entwines and clings, And patiently she folds...chanced to know That aught were easier than to bless." In fine, we must admire the excellence of common thoughts, for their affinity with a religion that... | |
 | 1859 - 334 pages
...esteemed in her eyes. She hath no scorn of common things, And though she seem of other birth, Round us her heart entwines and clings, And patiently she folds her wings, To tread the humble paths of life. Blessing she is, God made her so, And deeds of week-day holiness Fall from her noiseless as the... | |
 | 1861 - 356 pages
...desire, Our hearts ne'er bow but to superior worth, Nor ever fail of their allegiance there. YOUNG. Blessing she is; God made her so; And deeds of week-day...chanced to know That aught were easier than to bless. JE LOWELL. He lived the Truth which reconciled The strong man Reason, Faith the child; In him belief... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - 1861 - 540 pages
...her eyes. r. She hath no scorn of common things ; And, though she seem of other birth, Round us her heart entwines and clings, And patiently she folds her wings To tread the humble paths of earth. n. Blessing she is : God made her so ; And deeds of week-day holiness 2G6 Fall from her noiseless as... | |
 | 1861 - 436 pages
...he wrote — " She hath no scorn of common things, And though she seem of other birth, Round us her heart entwines and clings, And patiently she folds her wings To tread the humble paths of earth." " Yes, those lines do indeed suit her, dear good little girl ! it does one good even to look at her."... | |
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Blessing she is : God made her so ; And deeds of week-day holiness Fall from her noiseless as the snow ; Nor hath she ever chanced to know That aught were easier than to bless. 
