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" Not, that he may not here Taste of the cheer : But as birds drink, and straight lift up their head ; So must he sip, and think Of better drink He may attain to, after he is dead. "
The temple: sacred poems, and private ejaculations. To which is added, a ... - Page 132
by George Herbert - 1799
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The pursuit of holiness, a sequel to 'Thoughts on personal religion'.

Goulburn Edward Meyrick - 1885 - 444 pages
...not here Taste of the cheer ; But, as birds drink and straight lift up their head, So he must sip, and think Of better drink He may attain to after he is dead." But, alas ! men will not sip; for they find temperance very hard, much harder than total abstinence. They...
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A diurnal for the changes and chances of this mortal life [extracts] ed. by ...

Diurnal - 1885 - 246 pages
...may not here Taste of the cheer : But as birds drink, and straight lift up their head, So must he sip and think Of better drink He may attain to, after he is dead. GEORGE HERBERT. <SoB in Mature. YET Thou art working all around, And bidding us behold How everything...
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The poetical works of George Herbert; and The synagogue, by C. Harvey, with ...

George Herbert - 1885 - 408 pages
...not here Taste of the cheer : But as birds drink, and straight lift up their head ; So must he sip, and think. Of better drink He may attain to, after he is dead. 2I But as his joys are double, So is his trouble. He hath two winters, other things but one : Both...
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The Treasury of Sacred Song: Selected from the English Lyrical Poetry of ...

Francis Turner Palgrave - 1889 - 394 pages
...not here Taste of the cheer ; But as birds drink, and straight lift up their head, So must he sip, and think Of better drink He may attain to after he...: He hath two winters, other things but one ; Both frosts and thoughts do nip And bite his lip ; And he of all things fears two deaths alone. Yet ev'n...
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English Lyrics

1890 - 332 pages
...may not here Taste of the cheer : But as birds drink, and straight lift up their head, So must he sip and think Of better drink He may attain to after he...; He hath two winters, other things but one : Both frosts and thoughts do nip And bite his lip ; And he of all things fears two deaths alone. Yet even...
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The Day's Message

Susan Coolidge - 1890 - 382 pages
...may not here Taste of the cheer But as birds drink, and straight lift up their head, So he must sip, and think Of better drink He may attain to after he is dead. GEORGE HERBERT. 1\OT only our good thoughts but our good purposes also are frittered asunder and dissipated...
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English Poems: Together with His Collection of Proverbs Entitled Jacula ...

George Herbert - 1891 - 282 pages
...not here Taste of the cheer : But as birds drink, and straight lift up their head ; So must he sip, and think. Of better drink He may attain to, after he is dead. He hath two winters, other things but one : Both frosts and thoughts do nip, And bite his lip ; And...
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Charles H. Spurgeon: His Faith and Works

Heman Lincoln Wayland - 1892 - 370 pages
...may not here Taste of the cheer, But as birds drink and straight lift up their head, So must he sip and think Of better drink He may attain to after he is dead. ' But as his joys are double, So is h1s trouble; He hath two winters, other things but one; Both frosts and thoughts do nip And bite his...
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The Poetical Works of George Herbert

George Herbert - 1892 - 498 pages
...here Taste of the cheer ; " zo Bat as birds drink, and straight lift up their bead, So must he sip and think Of better drink He may attain to after he is dead. But as his joyes are double, 35 So is his trouble : He hath two winters, other things but one ; Both frosts and...
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Speculum Sacerdotum: Or, The Divine Model of the Priestly Life

William Charles Edmund Newbolt - 1894 - 366 pages
...may not here Taste of the cheer ; But as birds drink and straight lift up their head, So must he sip, and think Of better drink He may attain to after he Is dead." 'Of ITTW^OI, TToAAoue Si 7rXour/£ovTE?. (" As poor, yet making many rich.") THE sayings of our blessed...
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