 | 1902 - 902 pages
...in life: — 1 • T i - not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, 0 Lord, we stay ; 'T is by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. " These clumsy f«et still in the mire, Qo crushing blossoms without end ; These hard, well-meaning hands we thrust... | |
 | 1879 - 978 pages
...merciful to me, a fool! " No pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong to white as wool; The rod must heal the sin; but, Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool! " 'T is not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay; 'T is by our follies that... | |
 | George Melville Baker - 1879 - 734 pages
...- •'• ; . " No pity, Lord, could change the heart : .;. From red with wrong to white as wool ; The rod must heal the sin ; but, Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool! •• . • . 1 t'- ''.^ '.*•-••' , • '* " 'Tis not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and... | |
 | 1883 - 804 pages
...merciful to me, a fool 1 "No pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong to white as wool; The rod must heal the sin ; but, Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool 1 " 'Tis not by guilt the onward sweep » Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay ; Tis by our follies... | |
 | 1907 - 682 pages
...There is a dignity in the verse, and a calm simplicity in the message, that is powerfully impressive. ' Tis not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right,...we thrust Among the heart-strings of a friend. The ill-timed truth we might have kept — Who knows how sharp it pierced and stung ? The word we had not... | |
 | 1885 - 466 pages
...merciful to me, a fool I " No pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong to white as wool; The rod must heal the sin ; but, Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool I "'Tis by our guilt the onward sweep Of truth and light, O Lord, we stay; T is by our follies that... | |
 | George F. Crook - 1885 - 106 pages
...the monarch's silken stool; His pieading voice arose : " O LORD, Be merciful to me — a Fool! 'T is not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right, O LORD, we stay; T is by our follies that so long We hold the earth from Heaven away. These clumsy feet, still in the... | |
 | 1885 - 470 pages
...merciful to me, a fool I " "Tis by our guilt the onward sweep Of truth and light, O Lord, we stay; T is by our follies that so long We hold the earth from heaven away. fc These clumsy feet, still in the mire, Go crushing blossoms without end ; These hard, well-meaning... | |
 | Slason Thompson - 1886 - 474 pages
...merciful to me, a fool ! "No pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong to white as wool ; The rod must heal the sin ; but, Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! " 'Tis by our guilt the onward sweep Of truth and light, O Lord, we stay; 'T is by our follies that so long... | |
 | Edward Rowland Sill - 1887 - 136 pages
...merciful to me, a fool ! The rod must heal the sin : but Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool ! " 'T is not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth and right,...thrust Among the heart-strings of a friend. " The ill-timed truth we might have kept — Who knows how sharp it pierced and stung ? The word we had not... | |
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No pity, Lord, could change the heart From red with wrong to white as wool ; The rod must heal the sin : but Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool... 
