 | 1902 - 390 pages
...cannot, come to us without study and work, and by God's blessing and help upon the ordinary means. " God did anoint thee with his odorous oil To wrestle, not to reign." ILLUSTRATION. "There is a legend which relates how King Midas wished that everything he touched might... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1903 - 704 pages
...hath won Ъе issue of completed cadences, \Tid, smiling down the stars, they whisper — SWEET. WORK. WHAT are we set on earth for ? Say, to toil ; Nor...declines, And Death's mild curfew shall from work assoit. God did anoint thee with His odorous oil, To wrestle, not to reign ; and He assigns All thy... | |
 | Henry Charles Beeching - 1903 - 460 pages
...compensation for our stormy years ! As heaven has paused from song, let earth from moan. WORK "\T7"HAT are we set on earth for ? Say, to * " toil ; Nor seek...the heat o' the day, till it declines, And Death's wild curfew shall from work assoil. God did anoint thee with His odorous oil To wrestle, not to reign... | |
 | Edward Hind - 1904 - 930 pages
...hath won The issue of completed cadences, And, smiling down the stars, they whisper — SWEET. WORK WHAT are we set on earth for ? Say, to toil ; Nor...declines, And Death's mild curfew shall from work asaoil. God did anoint thee with His odorous oil, To wrestle, not to reign ; and He assigns All thy... | |
 | James Russell Miller - 1905 - 122 pages
...errands, to help his needy, suffering ones, to train children for his service, to fight his battles. " What are we set on earth for? Say to toil, Nor seek...thee with his odorous oil To wrestle, not to reign. . . . 99 So others shall Take patience, labor, to their heart and hand From thy hand and thy heart... | |
 | John Brown Maclean - 1907 - 196 pages
...lead us to its gates. CHAPTER X THE DAY'S WORK " What are we set on earth for ? Say. to toa : Nor to seek to leave thy tending of the vines For all the heat of the day, till it declines. And Death's mild curfew shall from work assoil." MRS BROWNING. " Work... | |
 | Laura Elizabeth Lee Battle - 1909 - 390 pages
...all alone the death rattle." — ETHEL LYNN BEERS. "What are we set on earth for? Say, to toll — Nor seek to leave thy tending of the vines, For all...declines, And Death's mild curfew shall from work assoll. God did anoint thee with His odorous oil, To wrestle, not to reign; and He assigns All thy... | |
 | 1915 - 696 pages
...hearten others who, without him, might count their "tending of the vines" a vain or useless labor. 'What are we set on earth for ? Say, to toil ; N'or...vines For all the heat o' the day, till it declines. W death's mild curfew shall from work assoil. i.<od did anoint thee with his odorous oil, To wrestle,... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1916 - 692 pages
...cadences, And, smiling down the stars, they whisper — SWEET. WORK WHAT are we set on earth for? Say, to Nor seek to leave thy tending of the vines, For all...declines. And Death's mild curfew shall from work assoil. Goddid anoint thee with His odorous oil. To wrestle, not to reign ; and He assigns All thy tears over,... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1920 - 686 pages
...hath won The issue of completed cadences, And, smiling down the stars, they whisper — SWEET. WORK WHAT are we set on earth for ? Say, to toil; Nor seek...declines, And Death's mild curfew shall from work assoil. Goddid anoint thee with His odorous oil, To wrestle, not to reign ; and He assigns All thy tears over,... | |
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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... 
