| George Merriam - 1828 - 286 pages
...a dove, To waft the soul away to Him who reigus above. LESSON XLIII. Another Extract from the Same. SOME high or humble enterprise of good Contemplate,...And grace to give the praise where all is ever due. No good of worth sublime will heaven permit To light on man as from the passing air ; The lamp of genius,... | |
| George Merriam - 1828 - 292 pages
...a dove, To waft the soul away to Him who reigns above. LESSON XLIII. Another Extract from the Same. SOME high or humble enterprise of good Contemplate,...this thy purpose — to begin, pursue, With thoughts nil fixed and feelings purely kind, Strength to complete, and with delight review, And grace to give... | |
| 1829 - 742 pages
...might ; An angtl's wing would droop if long at rat, And Gud himself inactive were no longer blest. Some high or humble enterprise of good Contemplate...And grace to give the praise where all is ever due. No of good worth sublime will heaven permit To light on man as from the passing air ; The lamp of genius... | |
| A. B. Cleveland - 1832 - 496 pages
...might; An angel's wing would droop if long at rest, And God himself, inactive, were no longer blest. Some high or humble enterprise of good Contemplate,...heaven for firmness thy whole soul to bind To this thy purpose—to begin, pursue, With thoughts all fixed, and feelings purely kind; Strength to complete,... | |
| 1836 - 424 pages
...Leaf after leaf, its bosom, rich and fair, Breathes freely its perfumes throughout the ambient air. Some high or humble enterprise of good, Contemplate...kind, Strength to complete, and with delight review, " ^1 grace to give the praise where all is ever due. ' <l No good of worth sublime will Heaven permit... | |
| 1839 - 430 pages
...And God himself, inactive, were no longer blest. Some high or humble enterprise of good Comernplate, till it shall possess thy mind, Become thy study,...Heaven for firmness thy whole soul to bind To this thy purpose—to begin, pursue, With thoughts all fixed, and feelings purely kind; Strength to complete,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 328 pages
...might ; An angel's wing would droop if long at rest, And God himself inactive were no longer bless'd. Some high or humble enterprise of good Contemplate...thy purpose — to begin, pursue, With thoughts all fix'd and feelings purely kind, Strength to complete, and with delight review, And grace to give the... | |
| Salem Town - 1841 - 170 pages
...might ; An angel's wing would droop if long at rest, And God himself, inactive, were no longer blest. Some high or humble enterprise of good Contemplate,...kind ; Strength to complete, and with delight review, AnrI orrnr»ja tn rrrvA flip nraief* wllprp nil i« p-irpr HnflRouse to some work of high and holy... | |
| 1851 - 428 pages
...might ; An angel's wing would droop if long at rest, And God himself, inactive, were no longer bless'd. Some high or humble enterprise of good Contemplate,...thy purpose — to begin, pursue, With thoughts all fix'd, and feelings purely kind ; Strength to complete, and with delight review, And grace to give... | |
| 1841 - 488 pages
...philanthropic suggestion of the poet is in unison with our desires. " Some high or humble enterprise of Rood Contemplate, till it shall possess thy mind, Become...pastime, rest, and food, And kindle in thy heart a flame relined. Pray Heaven for firmness, thy whole soul to bind To this thy purpose; to begin, pursue, With... | |
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