| William Cowper - 1801 - 280 sider
...religion and truth, Might learn from the wisdom of age, And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth. 4. 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 belt These vallies and... | |
| William Cowper - 1803 - 310 sider
...religion and truth, Might learn from the wisdom of age, And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth. IV. 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 vallies... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 sider
...sorrows I then might assuage Might leam from the wisdom of age, And be cheer'cl by the sallies of youth. Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly...word ! More precious than silver or gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These vallies and rocks never heard ;... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 390 sider
...religion and truth, Might learn from the wisdom of age, And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth. IV. 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 vallies and... | |
| William Cowper - 1812 - 396 sider
...religion and truth, Might learn from the wisdom of age, And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth. IV. 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 chnr«h-going bell These vallies... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 sider
...of religion and truth ; Might learn from the wisdom of age, And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth. Religion '. what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly....'„ More precious than silver or gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These vallles and rocks never heard ^... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 sider
...quotation, and I have done. It is from Cowper's verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk : " Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can aftbrd. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and... | |
| William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 sider
...quotation, and I have done. It is from Cowper's verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk : " 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... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1816 - 328 sider
...from the wisdom of age, And be cbeer'd by the sallies of youth. Religion! what treasure untold Reside in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver or gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-soing bell These vallies and rocks never heard ;... | |
| 1829 - 1008 sider
...conclusion !" Surely the man who criticises the following stanza from Cowper'g Alexander Selkirk, •' Religion ! what treasure untold, Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford!" in the following severe terms — " These four lines... | |
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