 I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope thro' darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord of all, And...  An Introduction to the Study of Poetry - Page 119by Henry Bernard Cotterill - 1882 - 328 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1880 - 146 pages
...I ? An infant crying in the night ; An infant crying for the light And with no language but a cry. I falter .where I firmly trod, And, falling with my weight of cares Upon the world's great altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and... | |
 | Alice Peloubet Norton - 1892 - 368 pages
...with our weight of cares Upon the world's great altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God, We stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, . . . And gather dust and chaff, and call On what we feel is Lord of all, And faintly trust the larger hope." But when we hear our Father's voice... | |
 | Daniel Moore - 1880 - 436 pages
...that part which I do not see ; — some angel of God, it may be, carrying on his unseen ministries, " Upon the great world's altar-stairs, That slope through darkness up to God." 3. The only other point I deem it needful to enforce, in vindicating the use of these special prayers,... | |
 | William Edward Winks - 1881 - 290 pages
...God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not ; and it shall be given him. — James i. 5. I FALTER where I firmly trod, And falling with my...and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord of all, ***** If e'er when faith had fallen asleep, I heard a voice ' ' Believe no more " And heard an ever-breaking... | |
 | Ernest Faulkner Brown - 1881 - 86 pages
...Her secret meaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty seeds She often brings but one to bear, I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my...gather dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is LOBD of all, And faintly trust the larger hope."* (b) Human life tells the same tale. Oh, we have not... | |
 | George Milner - 1881 - 370 pages
...Her secret meaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty seeds She often brings but one to bear ; I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my...cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope thro' darkness up to God ; I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1907 - 628 pages
...Her secret meaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty seeds She often brings but one to bear ; I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my...cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope thro' darkness up to God ; I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and... | |
 | Basil Willey - 1980 - 310 pages
...Her secret meaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty seeds She often brings but one to bear, I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my...cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope thro' darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and... | |
 | C. Leon Harris - 1981 - 360 pages
...meaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty seeds She often brings but one to bear, l falter where l firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon...altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God, l stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and call To what l feel is Lord... | |
 | Stephen Edelston Toulmin, Stephen Toulmin, June Goodfield - 1982 - 292 pages
...Her secret meaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty seeds She often brings but one to bear, I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my...cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope thro' darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and... | |
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