 | George Herbert - 1842 - 400 pages
...it pass, And then the heaven espy. All may of thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture, FOR THY SAKE, Will not grow bright and clean..../Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that, and th' action, fine. This is the famous stone, That turneth all to gold ; For that, which God doth touch... | |
 | 1849 - 660 pages
...obedience, and exalts into inviolable sacredness the most insignificant duty. So Herbert sings : — " All may of thee partake ; Nothing can be so mean,...as for thy laws, Makes that and the action fine." • The same sublime motive makes great sacrifices to be counted little, and little duties to be counted... | |
 | Christian Henry Bateman - 1857 - 534 pages
...Published by GALL & INGLIS, 6 George Street, Edinburgh. HOULSTON & WRIGHT, London. EVERY THING TO GOLD. Which, with this tincture — For thy sake — Will...Makes drudgery divine ; Who sweeps a room, as for Thy cause, Makes that and the action fine. This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold: For that... | |
 | 1869 - 862 pages
...looks on glass, On it may stay his eye ; Or if he pleaseth, through it paas, And then the heiiv'n espy. All may of Thee partake; Nothing can be so mean, Which...Makes drudgery divine; Who sweeps a room, as for Thy l»wn, Makes that and th' action fine. This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold : For that... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...season 'd timber never gives ; Hut, though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives. Religion. ran, and cried ; Wheu heaven was uam'd, they loos'd...Then sprang she forth, they follow'd her amain. Not This is the famous stone That hirneth all to gold, For that which God doth touch and own, Cannot for... | |
 | 1863 - 518 pages
...sign-painter. But the next verse is smeared even worse. Who does not re member the saintly man's words : " A servant with this clause, Makes drudgery divine...as for Thy laws, Makes that, and the action, fine." But, as Sam Weller remarked of Mr. Pickwick in a certain contingency, " his most formiliar friend voodn't... | |
 | 1872 - 722 pages
...fear of God," — that adds dignity to the lowliest occupation. George Herbert finely says, — • " Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws, Makes that and the action fine; " and Keble, — " The trivial round, the common task, Will furnish all we ought to ask ; Room to deny... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1847 - 560 pages
...looks on glass On it may stay his eye ; And if be pleaseth, through it pus, And then the heaven espy. All may of Thee partake ; Nothing can be so mean,...tincture for thy sake, Will not grow bright and clean. A nen-ant with this clause, . Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room as for thy laws, Makes that and... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...season'd timber never gives ; But, though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly I r> . -, Religion. d approve it with a text, Hiding the grossnuss with...There is no vice so simple, but assumes Some mark of v This is the famous stone That turoeth all to gold, For that which God doth touch and own, Cannot for... | |
 | Jane Eliza Leeson - 1847 - 256 pages
...Teach me, my God and King, In all things Thee to see, And what I do in any thing, To do it as for Thee. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine:...as for Thy laws, Makes that and the action fine." Whether, however, it might be in returning from the fountain, which is still pointed out at Nazareth... | |
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All may of Thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with this tincture (for Thy sake) Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, Makes that and th 
