 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
 | 1842 - 504 pages
...tones — " thou blessed child ! When, young and haply pure as thou, I look'd and pray'd like thce — but now — " He hung his head — each nobler aim...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! From Lalla Kootk. THE DEATH OF AZIM. Time fleeted — years on years had pass'd away, And few of... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...I look'd and pray'd like thee — but now — " He hung his head- — each nobler aim And hope anil feeling, which had slept 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... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1844 - 274 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 —...came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept! THE CHILD'S RETURN FROM THE WOODLANDS. BY MRS. HEMANS. Hast thou been in the woods with the honey-bee ?... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1844 - 318 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 —...hour, that instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept I he wept Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1844 - 800 pages
..." thou blessed child! " When, young and haply pure as thou, " I look'd and pray'd like thee — hut now — " He hung his head — each nobler aim, 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... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pages
...— while memory ran O'er many a year of guilt and strife, Flew o'er the dark flood of his life, 21* Nor found one sunny resting-place, Nor brought him...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... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1845 - 298 pages
...Travels. Nor found one sunny resting-jJace, 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 sense... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 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, "...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... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 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... | |
 | 1845 - 614 pages
...Heart-humbled tones — " thou blessed child ! " When, young and haply pure "as thou, " I look'd and pray'd uxI , — be wept ! BJest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first,... | |
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