 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 450 sider
...beguil'd Ev'n haughty Eblis of a sigh For glories lost and peace gone by ! " 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... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1860 - 372 sider
...said in mild, Heart-humbled tones — " thou blessed child; " When young anil haply pure as ihriu, " 1 look'd and pray'd like thee — but now — " He hung...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... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1860 - 782 sider
...resting-place, > .- brought him back one branch of grace. " There iras a time," he said, in mild, .'Kan-humbled tones — " thou blessed child ! " When, young and haply pure as thou, " I took'd and pray'd like thee — but now — " He himg his head — each nobler aim, And hope, and feeling,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1861 - 428 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...which had slept From boyhood's hour, that instant came Blest tcars of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only sense... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1861 - 778 sider
...— " thou blessed child ! " When, young and haply puro as thou, " I look'd and pray'd like thce — 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... | |
 | 1861 - 356 sider
...ROGERS. Sweet tears! the awful language, eloquent Of infinite affection; far too big For words. POLLOK. He hung his head ; each nobler aim And hope, and feeling,...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... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 sider
...said in mild, Heart-humbled tones — " thou blessed child ! " When, young and happy, pure as tbou, " I look'd and pray'd like thee — but now " He hung...nobler aim, And hope, and feeling, which had slept * "Sach Turks as at the common hour of prayer are on the road, or so employed as not to find convenience... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 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 ! 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,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1863 - 580 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...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 Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 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 ! When young and haply pure as thou, 1 look'd and pray'd like thee — but now " — He hung his head — each nobler aim And hope and feeling,... | |
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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... 
