 There was a time," he said, in mild, Heart-humbled tones, "thou blessed child! When, young and haply pure as thou, I looked and prayed like thee; but now — " He hung his head ; each nobler aim And hope and feeling, which had slept From boyhood's hour,...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 2811817Full view - About this book
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace ? " There was a time," he said, in mild, Heart - humbled tones — "thou blessed child !— When, young and...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence I In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only sense... | |
 | Andrew James Symington - 1880 - 284 pages
...Heart-humbled tones — " thou blessed child ! When, young and haply pure as thou, I look'd and pray'd like thee — but now — " He hung his head — each...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only sense... | |
 | Austin Barclay Fletcher - 1881 - 454 pages
...time," he said, in mild, Heart-humbled tones, " thcm blessed child ! When young, and haply pure as thcm, I looked and prayed like thee ; but now — He hung...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! And now ! behold him kneeling there, By the child's side in humble prayer, While the same sunbeam... | |
 | John Thomas Jeffcock - 1881 - 222 pages
...Heart-humbled tones — " thou blessed child ! When young, and haply, pure as thou, I look'd and pray'd like thee — but now " He hung his head — each...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept. But though it be true that every man, — I care not in what station of life, — can influence those... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 pages
...Hepentance. Death is deferred, and penitence has room To mitigate, if not reverse the doom. Drydzn, He hung his head — each nobler aim, And hope, and...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1881 - 900 pages
...TraaeU. 399 When, young and haply pure as thou, I look d and pray'd like thee — but now — ' He hang his head — each nobler aim And hope and feeling,...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1882 - 682 pages
...sunny resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace. "There was a time," he said, in mild I Heart-humbled tones — " thou blessed child ! When,...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept— he wept! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only sense... | |
 | P R Jackson - 1882 - 184 pages
...* pure as thou, I looked and prayed like thee ; but now" He hung his head — each nobler aim 1 1 J And hope and feeling, which had slept From boyhood's hour, that instant came 120 121 Blast tears of soul-felt penitence ! I2O In whose benign,* redeeming flow Is felt the first,... | |
 | Gleanings - 1882 - 548 pages
...now "— He hung his head — each nobler aim And hope and feeling, which had slept 4 A From boyhood hour, that instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept— he wept ! Bless'd tears of soul-felt penitence, In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
 | William Moffatt (publisher) - 1883 - 182 pages
...his life, Nor found one sunny resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace : " There was a time," he said in mild, Heart-humbled tones, " thou...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! 1 In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
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