 | Prince Albert Victor (Duke of Clarence and Avondale), George V (King of Great Britain) - 1886 - 836 pages
...follow Him " in the workman's life. " What are we set on earth for ! but to toil, Nor seek to leave our tending of the vines, For all the heat o' the day...declines, And death's mild curfew shall from work assoil." The high priest and his attendants were here to-day to welcome us, and showed us the plans of the proposed... | |
 | Anne Thackeray Ritchie - 1886 - 386 pages
...we sent on earth for? Say to toil, Nor seek to leave the tending of the vines, For all the heat of day till it declines, And death's mild curfew shall from work assoil. MADAME JACOB had a friend at Asnieres, an old maiden lady, Tou-Tou's godmother, who was well to do... | |
 | Lucy Larcom - 1887 - 252 pages
...things inherit ! " OWKN MEREDITH. Spirits are not finely touched, But to fine issues. SHAKESPEARE. God did anoint thee with His odorous oil, To wrestle, not to reign. MBS. BBOWHMO. God doth not need Either man's works or His own gifts ; who best Bear His mild yoke,... | |
 | International Council of Women - 1888 - 488 pages
...teaching is missionary work. It is not easy, but it is possible. Mrs. Browning sings : What are we sent to earth for ? Say, to toil ; Nor seek to leave thy tending of the vlues, For all the heat o' the day till it declines, And death's mild curfew shall from work assoil.... | |
 | Charles Russell Richards, Henry P. O'Neil - 1889 - 258 pages
...man's chief curse. » of some, but of all, and the greatest of blessings, not to some, but to all ; — "God did anoint thee with his odorous oil To wrestle, not to reign ! " Work is the law of life, and its binding force upon the individual increases with the progress... | |
 | 1890 - 492 pages
...MAIDEN ,OF OUR CENTURY. AN ENGLISH STORY. By MC JAQUES, author of " Sylvia Clifford." CHAPTER XV. WORK. What are we set on earth for, say, to toil. Nor seek...declines, And death's mild curfew shall from work assoil. • EB Broiettiiuj. ELSA had made up her mind that she would miss Walter, at all hours in the day ;... | |
 | 1890 - 516 pages
...deepest solemnity and of its highest worth. " What are we sent on earth for ? Say, to toil— * • * • God did anoint thee with His odorous oil, To wrestle, not to reign." This is the doctrine which Kingsley is constantly reiterating through the whole series of his novels,... | |
 | 1891 - 388 pages
...seek to leave the tending of thy vines, For all ihe heat o' the day till it declines, And deaih's w1ld curfew shall from work assoil. God did anoint thee. with His odorous oil. To wrestle, not to rlign ; and He assigns All thy tears over, like pure crystallines, For younger fellow-workers of the... | |
 | Frances Elizabeth Willard, Minerva Brace Norton - 1894 - 368 pages
...toilers will leave Baltimore this morning for North Carolina. " God be with them till we meet again." " God did anoint thee with His odorous oil To wrestle, not to reign." Nov. i. — A small unkindness is a great offense. — Hannah More. Nov. 7. — My dear husband's birthday.... | |
 | 1894 - 1636 pages
...ministère sacré doivent croire que c'est à eux individuellement que s'adressent les vers du poète : " God did anoint thee with His odorous oil To wrestle, not to reign ("2). , (1) "La vie est réelle, la vie est sérieuse, elle tombeau n'est pas son terme; ce n'est pas... | |
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WHAT are we set on earth for ? Say, to toil — Nor seek to leave thy tending of the vines, For all the heat o' the day, till it declines, And death's mild curfew shall from work assoil. God did anoint thee with his odorous oil, To wrestle, not to reign... 
