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
| Thomas Moore - 1856 - 438 pages
...— " thou blessed child ! " When, young and haply pure as thou, " I look'd and pray'd like tb.ee — 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 sense... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1856 - 312 pages
...child ; " When young and haply pure as thou, " I look'd and pray'd like thee — but now—" He hung Ms head — each nobler aim And hope and feeling, which...boyhood's hour, that instant came Fresh o'er him, and he weptl he wept Blest tears of soul -felt penitence! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 pages
...young, and haply pure as thou, I look'd aud pray'd like thee — but now" — 570 MOORE. [VICTORIA, lie hung 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 sense... | |
| Catherine Sinclair - 1857 - 444 pages
...young, and haply pure, as thou, I look'd and pray'd like thee. But now ' He hung his head ; each nohlier aim, And hope, and feeling, which had slept From boyhood's...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept." MOORB. AMIDST a very wide circle of acquaintances, Daniel Brownlow had long been considered really... | |
| Nathaniel James Walter Le Cato - 1858 - 284 pages
...blessed child I When young, 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 I" — MOORE. ON the same day that Robert Scarborough went to London, and the day after the c6nference... | |
| lady Georgiana Charlotte Fullerton - 1858 - 316 pages
...dark flood of his life, Nor found one sunny resting place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace. Each nobler aim And hope and feeling which had slept...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept ! He wept ! " DITTO. " Dare I when mountains of my sins O'erwhelm me, at my last gasp Ask for mercy ? " MASSINGEE.... | |
| Francis Fulford - 1859 - 126 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... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1859 - 606 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... | |
| James Burke - 1859 - 168 pages
...Heart-humbled tones — " thou blessed child ! When young and happy, 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... | |
| Francis Fulford (bp. of Montreal.) - 1859 - 484 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 weptl Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
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