 | English lyrics - 1883 - 340 pages
...guide their chime, With falling oars they kept the time. HINIY VAUGHAN, CVII. t6ar—t69$. THE RKTREAT. HAPPY those early days, when I Shined in my angel...Appointed for my second race, Or taught my soul to fancy ought But a white, celestial thought ; When yet I had not walked above A mile or two, from my first... | |
 | English lyrics - 1883 - 330 pages
...the time. HENRY VAUGHAN, CVIL 1621—1695. THE RETREAT. HAPPY those early days, when I Shined in ray angel infancy ! Before I understood this place Appointed for my second race, Or taught my soul to fancy ought But a white, celestial thought ; When yet I had not walked above A mile or two, from my first... | |
 | 1884 - 662 pages
...light in which he looked back upon childhood. " Happy those early dayes, when I Shined in my angell infancy! Before I understood this place Appointed...But a white Celestial thought; When yet I had not walkt above A mile or two from my first love, And looking back, at that short space, Could see a glimpse... | |
 | Ellen E. Lushington - 1884 - 408 pages
...who could be unconscious of their sweet influence ? " Happy those early days, when I Shone in mine angel infancy ! Before I understood this place Appointed for my second race, Or taught my soul to fancy ought But a white, celestial thought; While yet I had not walked above A mile or two from my first... | |
 | John Brown - 1861 - 482 pages
...expresses this passionaU love of Nature — " Happy those early dayes, when I Shin'd in my Angell-infancy 1 Before I understood this place Appointed for my second race, Or taught my soul to fancy ought But a white, Celestial! thought ; When yet I had not walkt above A mile or two from my first... | |
 | John Brown - 1885 - 552 pages
...this passion' ate love of Nature — ' Happy those early dayes, when I Shin'd in my Angell-infancy ! Before I understood this place Appointed for my second race, Or taught my soul to fancy ought But a white, Celestiall thought ; When yet I had not walkt above A mile or two from my first... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1885 - 530 pages
...days, when I Shined1 in my angel infancy2 ! Before I understood this place Appointed for my second 3 race, Or taught my soul to fancy aught But a white, celestial thought ; 4 When yet I had not walk'd above 6 A mile or two from my first love, And looking back, at that short... | |
 | John Campbell Shairp - 1887 - 416 pages
...in which he looked back upon childhood : — " Happy those early dayes, when I Shined in my angell infancy ! Before I understood this place Appointed...But a white Celestial thought ; When yet I had not walkt above A mile or two from my first love, And looking back, at that short space, Could see a glimpse... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1887 - 180 pages
...well expressed by a good English poet, who says, as he looks back regretfully to his childhood — Happy those early days when I Shined in my angel infancy ; Before I taught my tongue to wound My conscience with a sinful sound ; 46 THE CHILDREN'S PSALMS. SERM. v. But... | |
 | Edward Dwight Walker - 1888 - 696 pages
...REINCARNATION. 189 THE RETREAT. BY HENKY VAUGHAN. HAPPY those early days when I Shined in my angel-infancy, Before I understood this place Appointed for my second...white celestial thought ; When yet I had not walked ahove A mile or two from my first love, And, looking back, at that short space, Could see a glimpse... | |
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Before I understood this place Appointed for my second race, Or taught my soul to fancy aught But a white, celestial thought ; When yet I had not walk'd above A mile or two from my first Love, And looking back, at that short space Could see a glimpse... 
