 What forged her cruel chain of moods, What set her feet in solitudes, And held the love within her mute, What mingled madness in the blood, A life-long discord and annoy, Water of tears with oil of joy, And hid within the folded bud Perversities of flower...  The Whittier Birthday Book - Page 380by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1881 - 402 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1866 - 56 pages
...annoy, Water of tears with oil of joy, And hid within the folded bud Perversities of flower and fruit. It is not ours to separate The tangled skein of will...Merciful, and compassionate, And full of sweet assurances 42 And hope for all the language is, That He remembereth we are dust! At last the great logs, crumbling... | |
 | Laura Preston - 1867 - 454 pages
...cruel chain of moods— What set her feet in solitudes ; What held the love within her mate. ***** It is not ours to separate The tangled skein of will and fate." WUITTIER'S "Snow BOUHD." To La Guerita a lifetime seemed passed in those gloomy caves. Sometimes the... | |
 | 1868 - 416 pages
...over her, and we all can join in the conclusion of his admirable sketch of Harriet Livermore : " ' It is not ours to separate The tangled skein of will...the language is, That He remembereth we are dust.' " THE FRIEND (London). Marnea. MARRIED. WHEN Eloise heard of the Doctor's illness she felt, for an... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1868 - 76 pages
...annoy, Water of tears with oil of joy, And hid within the folded bud Perversities of flower and fruit. It is not ours to separate The tangled skein of will...all the language is, That He remembereth we are dust ! At last the great logs, crumbling low, Sent out a dull and duller glow, The bull's-eye watch that... | |
 | 1868 - 846 pages
...— " It Is not ours to separate The tangled »kein of will and fate. To allow what motes and hounds should stand Upon the soul's debatable land. And between...Providence Divide the circle of events. But He who knows oar frame Is just, Merciful, and compassionate, And full of sweet assurances, And hope for all the... | |
 | 1869 - 878 pages
...Livermore : " It Is not ours to separate The tnngled skein of will and fate, To show what mutes anrl bounds should stand, Upon the soul's debatable land,...Providence Divide the circle of events. But He who knows onr frame, is just, Merciful and compassionate, And full of sweet assurance!!, And hope for all the... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1871 - 506 pages
...leans with oil of jny, And hid within the folded hnd Perversities of flower and frnit. It is not oors to separate The tangled skein of will and fate,,. To show what metesand honnds shonld Upon the sonl's dehatahle land, And hetween choice and providence Divide the... | |
 | 1872 - 440 pages
...It is not ours to separate The tangled skin of will and fate, To show that rnetes and bounds shall stand Upon the soul's debatable land, And between...providence Divide the circle of events : But He who Vnows our frame is just, Merciful, and compassionate, And full of sweet assurances, And hope for all... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 424 pages
...annoy, Water of tears with oil of joy, And hid within the folded bud Perversities of flower and fruit. It is not ours to separate The tangled skein of will...all the language is, That He remembereth we are dust ! At last the great logs, crumbling low, Sent out a dull and duller glow, The bull's-eye watch that... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 420 pages
...annoy, Water of tears with oil of joy, And hid within the folded bud Perversities of flower and fruit. It is not ours to separate The tangled skein of will...all the language is, That He remembereth we are dust ! ] The bull's-eye watch that hung in view, ] Ticking its weary circuit through, Pointed with mutely... | |
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