 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
 | James Macaulay - 1879 - 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." So far as " the sound of the church-going bell " is concerned the... | |
 | 1880 - 956 sider
...hefur. READING. " But the sound oi the church-going bell Those valleys and rocks never heard, Never sighed at the sound of a knell, Nor smiled when a Sabbath appeared." 1. (a) "Those valleys and rocks" is the subject, (b) By making (i) a slight pause after " bell; " (2)... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1880 - 676 sider
...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 kmUcd when a Sabbath appeared. * Ve winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 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 sliore... | |
 | Thomas Trotter Matthews - 1881 - 188 sider
...Palanquin, Madagascar. "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 appeared!" On Christmas-day, '74, we had the largest congregation I had seen at our own station for two years,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1882 - 984 sider
...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 shore,... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 sider
...charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Ibid. 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. Ibid. How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1885 - 728 sider
...realizing the often quoted verse of Gowper : — " 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." Such a Sabbath picture is given by Thomas Pringle, in his " African... | |
 | 1891 - 828 sider
...to Cowper's lines : But the sound of a church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard ; Never sighed at the sound of a knell Nor smiled when a Sabbath appeared. But it shows how relative all principles of style are, that to thousands of good evangelicals, such... | |
 | James Macaulay - 1891 - 426 sider
...silver or gold, Or all that the 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.' The entire ideas connected with the poem are pensive, yet not sad,... | |
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