 Rivers to the ocean run, Nor stay in all their course ; Fire, ascending, seeks the sun ; Both speed them to their source : So a soul, that's born of God, Pants to view His glorious face, Upward tends to His abode, To rest in His embrace.  All's Right with the World - Page 243by Charles Benjamin Newcomb - 1897 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Herbert Mends - 1801 - 432 pages
...decay, Time shall soon this earth remove : Rise, my soul, and haste away, To seats prepar'd above.. IT. Rivers to the ocean run, Nor stay in all their course ; Fire ascending seeks the sun, Both speeds them to their source : Thus a soul new born of GOD, Pants to view his glorious face, Upward... | |
 | George Richards - 1806 - 394 pages
...decay, Time shall soon this earth remove: Rise, my soul, and haste away To seats prepar'd above. 2 Rivers to the ocean run, Nor stay in all their course: Fire ascending seeks the sun, Both speed them to their source: Thus a soul new-born of God Pants to view his glorious face, Upward... | |
 | George Richards - 1808 - 400 pages
...decay, Time shall soon this earth remove ; Rise, my soul, and haste away . To seats prepar'd above. 2 Rivers to the ocean run, Nor stay in all their course ; Fire ascending seeks the sun, Both speed them to their source : So a soul, that's born of God, Pants to view his glorious face, Upward... | |
 | William Bengo Collyer - 1812 - 980 pages
...decay, Time shall soon this earth remove; Rise, my soul, and haste away To seats prepar'd above. 2 Rivers to the ocean run, Nor stay in all their course ; Fire ascending seeks the sun, , Both speed them to their source ; So a spirit born of God Pants to view his glorious face, Upward... | |
 | E. J. Jones - 1812 - 136 pages
...stars decay, Time shall soon this earth remove ; Rise, my soul, and haste away To seats prepar'd above. Rivers to the ocean run, Nor stay in all their course; Fire ascending seeks the sun ; Both speed them to their source : Thus a soul new-born of God, Pants to view his glorious face, Upward... | |
 | Thomas Jones (chaplain to the earl of Peterborough) - 1812 - 486 pages
...stars decay, Time shall soon this earth remove ; Rise, my soul, and haste away To seats prepar'd above. Rivers to the ocean run, Nor stay in all their course ; Fire ascending seeks the sun, . Both speed them to their source: So a soul that's born of God Pants to view his glorious face, Upwards... | |
 | 1851 - 772 pages
...growing " in grace and iu the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ." " Uivers to tlio occnn run, Nor stay in all their course; Fire ascending seeks the sun ; — Both speed them to their source: So a eoul that 's born of God, Pants to view his glorious face;... | |
 | 1846 - 612 pages
...rivers. Henry. Then the poet, father, was more of a philosopher than I supposed, when he wrote — " Rivers to the ocean run, Nor stay in all their course ; Fire, ascending, seeks the Sun — Both speed them to their source." I have often questioned the correctness of this verse, as I never... | |
 | William Parkinson - 1817 - 570 pages
...stars decay Time shall soon this earth remove; Rise, my soul, and haste away To seats prcpar'd above. 2 Rivers to the ocean run, Nor stay in all their course ; Fire ascending seeks the gun, • Both speed them to their source. Thus a soul new-born of God, Pants to view his lovely face... | |
 | Richard Herne Shepherd - 1818 - 684 pages
...decay, Time shall soon this earth remove : Rise, my soul, and haste away To seats prepar'd above ! 2 Rivers to the ocean run, Nor stay in all their course ; Fire ascending seeks the sun, Both speed them to their source ; So a soul that's born of God, Pants to view his glorious face ; Upwards... | |
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