 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
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 692 pages
...Heart-humbled tones — ' thou blessed child ! When young and haply pure us thou, I look'd and pray'd like thee ! — but now !' — He hung his head —...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! " — p. 156, 157. This tear of repentance is the acceptable gift for the Peri's redemption. The... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 682 pages
...Heart-hnmbled tones — ' thou blessed child ! When young aud haply pure as thou, I look'd and pray'd like thee ! — but now !' — He hung his head —...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept!" — p. 156, 157. This tear of repentance is the acceptable gift for the Peri's redemption. The gates... | |
 | 1847 - 526 pages
...miser-care ; Time but the impression deeper makes, As streams their channels deeper wear ! BURNS. 30. 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... | |
 | 1847 - 540 pages
...miser-care ; Time but the impression deeper makes, As streams their channels deeper wear ! BURNS. 30. 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... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1848 - 612 pages
...time, thou blessed child ! When уоипг, and haply pure as thon, I look'd and pray'd like tnec — but now* — He hung his head — each nobler aim,...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! ' They set our former self in the character of a child before us, and voices from the cradle come... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1849 - 822 pages
...— " thou blessed child! " When, young and haply pure as thou, " I look'd and pray'd like thec — but now — " He hung his head — each nobler aim,...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 - 1850 - 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— each...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... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 pages
...young and haply pure as thou, " I looked and prayed like thee — but now1' — He hung his head,^-each nobler aim, And hope, and feeling, which had slept,...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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 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 whoso benign redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only sense... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1851 - 918 pages
...young and haply pure as thon, "I look'd and pray'd like thee — but now"— He hung his head^-each nobler aim, And hope, and feeling, which had slept...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... | |
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