 | Anna U. Russell - 1853 - 580 sider
...found one sunny resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace? " There teas a time," he said, in mild, Heart-humbled tones, " thou blessed child, When young, and, haply, pure as thou, I looked and prayed like thee ; but now " lie hung his head; each nobler aim, And hope, and feeling,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1854 - 316 sider
...found one sunny resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace 1 " There was a time," he said, in mild Heart-humbled tones — " thou blessed child...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 sider
...found one sunny resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace ! " There teas a time," he said in mild Heart-humbled tones, " thou blessed child, " When young and haply pure as thou, " I looked and prayed like thee — but now"— He hung his head,— each nobler aim, And hope, and feeling,... | |
 | 1855 - 902 sider
...branch of grace. ' There WAS a time," he said, in mild, Heart humbled tones — ' thou blessed child I When young and haply pure as thou, I look'd and pray'd...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1856 - 830 sider
...branch of grace. " There was a time," he said, in mild, Heart-humbled tones — " thou blessed child ! u When, young and haply pure as thou, " I look'd and...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1856 - 438 sider
...— " thou blessed child ! " When, young and haply pure as thou, " I look'd and pray'd like tb.ee — but now — " He hung his head — each nobler aim,...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only sense... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1856 - 312 sider
...found one sunny resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace ! "There was a time," he said in mild, Heart-humbled tones — " thou blessed child...look'd and pray'd like thee — but now—" He hung Ms head — each nobler aim And hope and feeling, which had slept From boyhood's hour, that instant... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1856 - 794 sider
...tonen — 'ihou blessed t When young and haply pure as thoo, I look'd and pray'd like thee ! — but n He hung his head — each nobler aim And hope and feeling, which had sl< From boyhood's hour, that instant can Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he w pp. IS This tear of... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1857 - 434 sider
...beguiled Ev'n haughty Eblis of a sigh For glories lost and peace gone by ! "There was a time," he said, m mild, Heart-humbled tones — " thou blessed child...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1857 - 444 sider
...most impenetrable, inviolable, and scrupulous secrecy. CHAPTER XXI. " ' There was a time,' he said, in mild, Heart-humbled tones, ' thou blessed child...pray'd like thee. But now ' He hung his head ; each nohlier aim, And hope, and feeling, which had slept From boyhood's hour, that instant came Fresh o'er... | |
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O'er many a year of guilt and strife, Flew o'er the dark flood of his life, Nor found one sunny resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace ? "There was a time... 
