 | 1865
...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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865
...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 ! 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,... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1866
...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,... | |
 | 1866 - 400 sider
...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 lik« thee; but now — ." He hung his head ; each nobler aim And hope and feeling... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 546 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,... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1866
...brought him back one branch of grace ? — " There was a time," he said, in mild, He art -hum bled 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... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 715 sider
...Eepcntanco. Death is deferred, and penitence has room To mitigate, if not reverse the doom. Dryden. He hnng 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 pemtence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only sense... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869
...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, William Smith - 1869 - 477 sider
...Heart-humbled tones — " thou bless&l child! 23 When young and haply pure as thou, I looked and prayed like thee — but now" — He hung his head — each...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 T. Watson - 1869 - 506 sider
...with miser-care; Time but the impression deeper makes, As streams their channels deeper wear ! BURNS He hung his head— each nobler aim, And hope, and...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! . In whose benign, redeeming flow \B felt the first, the only... | |
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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... 
