 Religion! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell Or smiled...  Annals of the American Pulpit: Methodist. [1860 - Side 180af William Buell Sprague - 1859Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | William Wordsworth - 1805 - 262 sider
...silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appeared. Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 sider
...silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appeared. Ye winds, that have made me your sport. Convey to this desolate... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 sider
...silver and gold, Or all that this earth can aftbrd. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appeared. Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 sider
...silver or gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard ; Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a Sabbath appeared. Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1827 - 418 sider
...silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appeared. Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate... | |
 | William Jay - 1834 - 326 sider
...by Alexander Selkirk in his solitary abode : "But the sound of the church-going bell, These valleys and rocks never heard; Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Nor smiled when a sabbath appeared." But it is principally designed to be a rest for the mind, a spiritual rest; and thus it is not a day... | |
 | Robert MOFFAT (Missionary.) - 1843 - 196 sider
...earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Never sighed at the sound of a knell, Nor smiled when a Sabbath appeared. To the Christian Bechuanas this touching stanza reauires no commentator. But hi those doleful regions... | |
 | William Pridden - 1843 - 406 sider
...privation of all : — • " The sound of the church-going bell Those valleys and rocks never heard ; Never sighed at the sound of a knell, Nor smiled when a sabbath appear' d." They had but one old clasp knife ; there was but one small bed, for one person, the others... | |
 | Journal - 1844 - 280 sider
...may truly be said, " The sound of the church.going bell These vallies and rocks never heard ; Never sighed at the sound of a knell, Nor smiled when a Sabbath appeared." 24th January. After breakfast, my steward told me that two of my silver spoons were amissing, and that... | |
 | John Hall - 1845 - 354 sider
...to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. But the sound of a church-going bell These valleys and rocks never* heard — Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Nor smiled when a sabbath appeared. See truth, love, and mercy In triumph descendmg, And nature all glowing In Eden's first bloom On the... | |
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