 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 2791817Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Moore - 1883
...of 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 —...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 Arnold - 1885 - 634 pages
...When, yonng and haply pure as thou, ..... .....:: I looked and prayed like thee, — but now - ' lie hung his head,— each nobler aim And hope and feeling...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept— he wept ! 30. (5) The Historical Pofm is a metrical narrative of public events, extending over a period more... | |
 | 1889
...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, "...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... | |
 | 1889 - 436 pages
...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...boyhood's hour, that instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept—he wept! 12. And now—behold him kneeling there By the child's side, in humble prayer, While... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1890 - 379 pages
...When, young, and haply pure as thou, ' FEO.M SYRIA'S THOUSAND MINARETS." Paradise and the Peri. 197 " I looked and prayed like thee — but now — " He...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... | |
 | Morton Bryan Wharton - 1890 - 340 pages
...When young and happy, pure as thou I looked and prayed like thee; but now Each hope and feeling that had slept From boyhood's hour, that instant came ' Fresh o'er him, and he wept, he wept." Some years ago, I attended a service in the chapel of the Kentucky penitentiary at Frankfort. As the... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 382 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...that instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wepti Blest tears of soul-felt penitence! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
 | Hubert Marshall Skinner - 1893 - 448 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... | |
 | David Hoekzema - 1893 - 334 pages
...hung his head — each nobler aim And hope and feeling, which had slept HOEKZEMA, Poetry. 4th Ed. 10 From boyhood's hour, that 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... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893
...but now"— He hung his head — each nobler aim And hope and feeling, which had slept From boyhood hour, that instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! Blcss'd tears of soul-felt penitence, In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
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