 There was a time," he said, in mild, Heart-humbled tones, "thou blessed child! When, young and haply pure as thou, I looked and prayed like thee; but now — " He hung his head ; each nobler aim And hope and feeling, which had slept From boyhood's hour,...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 2811817Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - 1819 - 822 pages
...Heart-humbled tones — " thou blessed child ! " When young and haply pure as thou, " I look'd and pray'd like thee — but now — '' He hung his head —...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! Blest tears of soul felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
 | 1817 - 694 pages
...When young and haply pure as thou, I looked and prayed like thee — but now—" He hung liib heaJ — each nobler aim. And hope, and feeling, which had...everywhere makes an appeal to the heart ; and we can allow me flight of a Peri to be described with more gorgeous and brilliant colouring, than the real or imaginary... | |
 | 1817 - 576 pages
...Heart-humbled tones, — " thou blessed child ! When young and haply pure as thou, I look'd and pray'd like thee — but now — " He hung his head — each...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 502 pages
...Heart-humbled tones — " thou blessed child! " When young and haply pure as thou, "I look'd and pray'd like thee — but now — " He hung his head — each...instant came Fresh o'er him and he wept — he wept ! This tear of penitence was caught by the Peri. It proved the appointed gift. The Fire-Worshippers... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1817 - 416 pages
...Heart-humbled tones — " thou blessed child ! " When young and haply pure as thou, " I look'd and pray'd like thee — but now — " He hung his head — each...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! |p Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1817 - 418 pages
...as thou, " I look'd and pray'd like thee — but now — " He hung his head — each nobler aim "i And hope and feeling, which had slept From boyhood's...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1817 - 374 pages
...pure as thou, " I look'd and pray'd like thee—but now—" 134 1-AM,A ROOKB. He hung his head—each nobler aim And hope and feeling, which had slept From...boyhood's hour, that instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept—he wept! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first,... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 492 pages
...thou, " flooU'd and praj'd like thee — but now — " He hung his head — each nobler aim And nope and feeling, which had slept From boyhood's hour,...instant came Fresh o'er him and he wept — he wept! This tear of penitence was caught by Ac Peri. It proved die appointed gift. The Fire-Worshippers is... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1818 - 1264 pages
...Heart-humbled tones — " thou blessed child! " When young and haply pure as thou, " I look'd and pray'd like thee — but now — " He hung his head — each...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept— he wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1818 - 798 pages
...Heart-humbled tones — " thou blessed child! " When young and haply pure as thou, " 1 look'd and pray'd like thee — but now — " He hung his head — each...boyhood's hour, that instant came Fresh o'er him, and lie wept — he wept ! West tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt... | |
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