 STERN Daughter of the Voice of God! O Duty! if that name thou love, Who art a light to guide, a rod To check the erring, and reprove; Thou, who art victory and law When empty terrors overawe; From vain temptations dost set free; And calm'st the weary...  Essays and Poems by Frances Mary Owen - Page 161by Frances Mary Owen - 1887 - 252 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 180 pages
...terrors overawe; From vain temptations dost set free; From strife and from despair; a glorious ministry. There are who ask not if thine eye Be on them; who,...reproach or blot; Who do thy work, and know it not: May joy be theirs while life shall last ! And Thou, if they should totter, teach them to stand fast!... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1807 - 358 pages
...O Duty ! if that name thou love Who art a Light to guide, a Rod To check the erring, and reprove ; Thou who art victory and law When empty terrors overawe ; From vain temptations dost set free ; From strife and from despair; a glorious ministry. There are who ask not if thine eye Be on them;... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...O Duty ! if that name thou love Who art a Light to guide, a Rod To check the erring, and reprove ; Thou who art victory and law When empty terrors overawe...reproach or blot ; Who do thy work, and know it not : May joy be theirs while life shall last ! And Thou, if they should totter, teach them to stand fast... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...Duty ! if that name thou love Who art a Light to guide, a Rod V To check the erring, and reprove ; Thou who art victory and law ' When empty terrors overawe ; From vain temptations dost set free J And calm'st the weary strife of frail humanity ! There are who ask not if thine eye Be on them ;... | |
 | 1825
...man. Like his other tales, the predominant characters are all good and amiable ; they are of those " Who ask not if thine eye Be on them ; who, in love and trnth, Where no misgiving is, rely Upon the genial sense of youth : Blest hearts ! without reproach... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1823 - 548 pages
...the voice of nature. They belong to the class of beings described by the poet, in his Ode to Duty : " There are who ask not if thine eye Be on them ; who,...misgiving is, rely Upon the genial sense of youth ; Blest hearts ! without reproach or blot! Who do thy will, and know it not ! " . . It never occurs... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 418 pages
...O Duty ! if that name thou love Who art a Light to guide, a Rod To check the erring, and reprove ; Thou who art victory and law When empty terrors overawe...reproach or blot ; Who do thy work, and know it not : Long may the kindly impulse last ! But Thou, if they should totter, teach them to stand fast ! Serene... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...! O Duty! if that name thou love Who art a Light to guide, a Rod To check the erring, and reprove ; Thou who art victory and law When empty terrors overawe ; From vain temptations dost set free; And calmstthe weary strife of frail humanity! There are who ask not if thine eye Be on them ; who, in love... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 pages
...art victory and law When empty terrors overawe; • FfWD vain temptations dost set free; And calm'sl the weary strife of frail humanity! There are who ask not if thine eye . B*- on them; who, in love aud truth. * bere no misgiving is, rely I'poo the genial sense of youth:... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - 1832 - 378 pages
...overawe ; From vain temptations dost set free ; From strife and from despair ; a glorious ministry. There are who ask not if thine eye Be on them ; who,...reproach or blot ; Who do thy work, and know it not : May joy be theirs while life shall last ! [fast! And Thou, if they should totter, teach them to stand... | |
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