 EVE. DEEP on the convent-roof the snows Are sparkling to the moon: My breath to heaven like vapour goes : May my soul follow soon ! The shadows of the convent-towers Slant down the snowy sward, Still creeping with the creeping hours That lead me to my...  The Christian Remembrancer - Page 571842Full view - About this book
 | A. J. Waldegrave - 1905 - 172 pages
...cleanliness. Quote Tennyson's beautiful lines breathing the passionate desire for inward purity — " Make thou my spirit pure and clear, As are the frosty skies, Or this first snowdrop of the year, Which in my bosom lies." Also, " Blessed ,ire the pure in heart ;" and " Only the pure in heart shall... | |
 | Robert Elliott Speer - 1905 - 256 pages
...bright and sparkling. There is nothing like nature in the open air, and that is the life for me. ' Make Thou my spirit pure and clear as are the frosty skies.' " December 7. Received to-day the first money I have earned as a business man. A very pleasant sensation... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1906 - 648 pages
...frosty skies, Or this first snowdrop of the year That in my bosom lies. As these white robes are soiled and dark, To yonder shining ground; As this pale taper's earthly spark, So shows my soul before the Lamb, My spirit before Thee; So in mine earthly house I am, To that I hope... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1907 - 608 pages
...My breath to heaven like vapour goes : May my soul follow soon 1 The shadows of the convent-towers Slant down the snowy sward, Still creeping with the...year That in my bosom lies. As these white robes are soiled and dark, To yonder shining ground ; As this pale taper's earthly spark, To yonder argent round... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 654 pages
...: My breath to heaven like vapour goes: May my soul follow soon ! The shadows of the convent-towers Slant down the snowy sward, Still creeping with the...first snowdrop of the year That in my bosom lies. 12 As these white robes are soil'd and dark, To yonder shining ground ; As this pale taper's earthly... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 616 pages
...pure and clear As are the frosty skies, Or this first snowdrop of the year That in my bosom lies. 12 As these white robes are soil'd and dark, To yonder...shows my soul before the Lamb, My spirit before Thee; 18 So in mine earthly house I am, To that I hope to be. Break up the heavens, O Lord ! and far, Thro'... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1907 - 376 pages
...DEEP on the convent-roof the snows Are sparkling/to the rnoorv: The shadows of the convent-towers 5 Slant down the snowy sward, Still creeping with the...my spirit pure and clear As are the frosty skies, 10 Or this first snowdrop of the year That in my bosom lies. As these white robes are soil'd and dark,... | |
 | 1859 - 754 pages
...tinged with their hues. To this fact the poet beautifully refers when he thus beseeches his Maker — " Make thou my spirit pure and clear As are the frosty skies, Or this first snowdrop of the year That on my bosom lies." In this place the winter aconite must be mentioned (Eranthis hiemalisj — " With... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1908 - 796 pages
...moon: My breath to heaven like vapour goes: May my soul follow soon ! The shadows of the convent-towers Slant down the snowy sward, Still creeping with the...yonder argent round ; So shows my soul before the Iamb, My spirit before Thee; So in mine earthly house I am, To that I hope to be. Break up the heavens,... | |
 | Elizabeth Godfrey - 1908 - 460 pages
...My breath to heaven like vapour goes ; May my soul follow soon ! The shadows of the convent towers Slant down the snowy sward, Still creeping with the...skies, Or this first snowdrop of the year That in my hosom lies. As these white robes are soiled and dark, To yonder shining ground ; As this pale taper's... | |
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