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" For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds : but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made... "
The Christian Witness, and Church Member's Magazine: - Page 100
1845
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The life of the right reverend father in God, Jeremy Taylor, D.D.: chaplain ...

Henry Kaye Bonney - 1815 - 422 pages
...grass, and soaring upwards " singing as he rises, and hopes to get to '' heaven, and climb above the clouds ; but " the poor bird was beaten back with...wind, and his " motion made irregular and inconstant, de" scending more at every breath of the tern'' pest, than it could recover by the libration " and...
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Discourses on Various Subjects, Volume 1

Jeremy Taylor - 1816 - 526 pages
...of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds; but the poor bird was beaten back with the...wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descend ug more at every breath of the tempest, than it coi.id recover by the libration and frequent...
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Discourses on Various Subjects, Volume 1

Jeremy Taylor - 1816 - 536 pages
...of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motiori made irregular and inconstant, descend .iig more at every breath of the tempest, than it coijld...
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The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate

1819 - 896 pages
...get to heaven, and climb above the clouds: but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sigbings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular...tempest than it could recover by the libration and weighing of its wings— till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant, and stay till the...
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Sermons

Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822 - 634 pages
...of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds; but the poor bird was beaten back with the...breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the Vibration and frequent weighing of his wings; till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant,...
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A Treatise on Prayer: Designed to Assist in Its Devout Discharge

Edward Bickersteth - 1822 - 330 pages
...bed of grass, soars upward, singing as he rises, but the poor bird is beaten back by the sudden blast of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular,...descending more, at every breath of the tempest, than it can recover bv the libration of its wings, till the little creature is forced to sit down, and pant,...
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A Treatise on Prayer: Designed to Assist in Its Devout Discharge

Edward Bickersteth - 1822 - 312 pages
...rises, but the poor bird is beaten back by the sudilen blast of an eastern wind, and his motion nwle irregular, and inconstant, descending more, at every breath of the tempest, than it can recover by the libration of its wings, till the little creature is forced to sit down, and pant,...
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A Collection of Essays and Tracts in Theology, from Various ..., Volume 6

Jared Sparks - 1826 - 420 pages
...of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the...than it could recover by the libration and frequent weighings of his wings ; till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant, and stay till the...
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Analysis of the Principles of Rhetorical Delivery as Applied in Reading and ...

Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 pages
...of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the...an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and incon25 slant, descending more at every breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration...
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Analysis of the Principles of Rhetorical Delivery as Applied in Reading and ...

Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 pages
...grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the cluuds; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings...an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and incon25 slant, descending more at every breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration...
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