 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
 | 1889 - 610 pages
...clasped in prayer, and a lovely face of innocence. She stands as the special emblem of pure aspiration. ' Make Thou my spirit pure and clear As are the frosty skies, Or this first snowdrop of the year That on my bosom lies. As these white robes are soil'd and dark To yonder shining ground, As this pale taper's... | |
 | Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - 1890 - 402 pages
...snowy sward, Still creeping with the creeping hours, Make thou my spirit pure and clear, As are these frosty skies, Or this first snow-drop 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 To yonder argent round... | |
 | Walter Learned - 1891 - 404 pages
...: My breath to heaven like vapor goes : May my soul follow soon ! 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... | |
 | Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - 1891 - 408 pages
...: My breath to heaven like vapor goes : May my soul follow soon ! The shadows of the convent towers Slant down the snowy sward, Still creeping with the...Lord ! Make thou my spirit pure and clear, As are these frosty skies, Or this first snow-drop of the year, That in my bosom lies. As these white robes... | |
 | 1893 - 298 pages
...: My breath to heaven like vapor 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 Lamb, So in mine earthly house I am, To that I hope to be. Break up the heavens, O Lord ! and far, Thro'... | |
 | William John Deane - 1893 - 628 pages
...spirit of Shulamith. A few of his lines will illustrate this — " 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. He lifts me to the golden doors; The flashes come and go ; All Heaven bursts her starry floors, And... | |
 | James Champlin Fernald - 1904 - 352 pages
...description Shall lose a hair through Bassanio's fault SHAKESPEARE Merchant of Venice act iii, sc. 2. As these white robes are soil'd and dark, To yonder...shows my soul before the Lamb, My spirit before Thee. TENNYSON Saint Agnetf Eve st. 2. BEHIND Behind is derived from the Anglo Saxon behindan, from the adverb... | |
 | James Champlin Fernald - 1904 - 344 pages
...description Shall lose a hair through Bassanio's fault SHAKESPEARE Merchant of Venice act iii, sc. 2. As these white robes are soil'd and dark, To yonder...shows my soul before the Lamb, My spirit before Thee. TENNYSON Saint Agnes? Eve st. 2. BEHIND Behind is derived from the Anglo Saxon behindan, from the adverb... | |
 | James Champlin Fernald - 1904 - 344 pages
...description Shall lose a hair through Bassanio's fault SHAKESPEARE Merchant of Venice act ill, sc. 2. As these white robes are soil'd and dark, To yonder...So shows my soul before the Lamb, My spirit before Thea TENNYSON Saint Agnes' Eve st. 2. BEHIND Behind is derived from the Anglo -Saxon behindan, from... | |
 | 1905 - 736 pages
...My breath to heaven like vapour goes : May my soul follow soon I The shadows of the convent-towers Slant down the snowy sward, Still creeping with the...pale taper's earthly spark, To yonder argent round ; So'shows my soul before the Lamb, My spirit before Thee ; So in mine earthly house I am, To that... | |
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