 | George Willis Cooke - 1883 - 454 pages
...sought. This is life to come, 'Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls...of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty — Be the sweet presence of a good diffused,... | |
 | Charles Kegan Paul - 1883 - 248 pages
...literary study or an intellectual delight, her wish is fulfilled that she might be to other souls A cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous...pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty. That That the mind of her who penned these novels was profoundly religious, no reader can doubt ; nor... | |
 | Victor Hugo - 1883 - 48 pages
...forever. This is the life to come Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls...of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty — Be the sweet presence of a good diffused,... | |
 | George Eliot - 1883 - 376 pages
...INVISIBLE* This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls...of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the srniles that have no cruelty — Be the sweet presence of a good diffused,... | |
 | Mathilde Blind - 1883 - 316 pages
...to the community, that life, in short, towards which she herself aspired in the now famous prayer to reach " That purest heaven, be to other souls The...of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty — Be the sweet presence of a good diffused,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1883 - 382 pages
...martyred men have made more glorious For us, who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven,—be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty, Be the sweet presence of a good diffused,... | |
 | 1883 - 420 pages
...Doddridge. " The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind's great bribe." — Iiryde*. *' Be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, lieget the smiles that have no cruelty. Be the sweet presence of a good diffused." —Geor¿e Eliot.... | |
 | English sacred lyrics - 1884 - 296 pages
...ever. This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls...good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER,... | |
 | George Eliot - 1884 - 46 pages
...have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach O MAY I JOIN THE CHOIR INVISIBLE! Beget the smiles that have no cruelty, Be the sweet...good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense ! So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world. HOW THEY BROUGHT THE... | |
 | Henry Westcott - 1884 - 274 pages
...purest heaven, — be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony. Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty,...sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion evermore intense : So shall I join the choir invisible, Whose music is the gladness of the world."... | |
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May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty — Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense.... 
