 | Thomas Ellwood - 1808 - 442 pages
...well worth the inserting, that I hope they will make amends for being misplaced, viz. O that mine eye might closed be, To what becomes me not to see ! That deafness might possess mine ear, To what concerns me not to hear ! That truth my tongue might always tye, From ever speaking foolishly! That... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 482 pages
...deigns to look upon us with the * Some lines of his friend Ellwood are preserved, in which he prays, ' O that mine eyes might closed be To what becomes me not to see ! ' t 2 Cor. HI. 9. greater affection and benignity, as we are incapable of looking upon any thing... | |
 | Thomas Ellwood - 1838 - 236 pages
...well worth the inserting, that I hope they will make amends for being misplaced, viz. D that mine eye might closed be, To what becomes me not to see ! That deafness might possess mine ear, To what concerns me not to hear ! That truth my tongue might always, tie, From ever speaking foolishly ! That... | |
 | 1843 - 396 pages
...hosts I'll bear my part, In praising " SHARON'S ROSE." CN PIOUS WISHES. 0 THAT mine eye might clouded be To what becomes me not to see ! That deafness might possess mine ear, To what concerns me not to hear ! That truth my tongue might always tie, From ever speaking foolishly ! That... | |
 | 1847 - 640 pages
...condensed in a manner worthy of Quarles or Herbert : " Oh ! that mine eye might closed be To what concerns me not to see ; That deafness might possess mine ear To what concerns me not to hear ; That Truth my tongue might always tie From ever speaking foolishly ; That... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1850 - 324 pages
...condensed in a manner worthy of Quarles or Herbert: " Oh! that mine eye might closed be To what concerns me not to see ; That deafness might possess mine ear To what concerns me not to hear; That Truth my tongue might always tie From ever speaking foolishly; That no... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1850 - 326 pages
...condensed in a manner worthy of Quarles or Herbert : " Oh ! that mine eye might closed be To what concerns me not to see ; That deafness might possess mine ear To what concerns me not to hear ; That Truth my tongue might always tie From ever speaking foolishly ; That... | |
 | 1852 - 1162 pages
...[To be continued.] THE WISH AND THE PRAYER. (Ill' ELLWOOD, TOE FKUiXD OP Mil. IW. J Oh, THAT mine eye might closed be, To what becomes me not to see; That deafness might possess mine ear, To what concerns me not to hear; That truth my tongue might always tie From ever speaking foolishly; That no... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...The path of glory leads but to the grave. Gray. O, that mine eye might closed be, To what concerns me not to see; That deafness might possess mine ear, To what concerns me not to hear; That Truth my tongue might always tie From ever speaking foolishly; That no... | |
 | Thomas Ellwood - 1855 - 330 pages
...following is given as a specimen of Thomas Ellwood's poetry, written at an early period of his life :— Oh that mine eyes might closed be To what becomes...see; That deafness might possess mine ear, To what concerns me not to hear; That Truth my tongue might always tie, From ever speaking foolishly; That... | |
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Oh ! that mine eye might closed be To what concerns me not to see ; That deafness might possess mine ear To what concerns me not to hear ; That Truth my tongue might always tie From ever speaking foolishly ; That no vain thought might ever rest Or be... 
