 | Gleanings - 1882
...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 look'd and pray'd Uke thee— but now "— He hung his head — each nobler aim And hope and feeling, which had slept... | |
 | P R Jackson - 1882
...resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace ? no " 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 1 1 J And hope and feeling,... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1882
...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 which... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1882
...sunny resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace. "There was a time," he said, in mild I 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,... | |
 | William Moffatt (publisher) - 1883
...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 Arnold - 1885 - 634 sider
...When, yonng and haply pure as thou, ..... .....:: I looked and prayed like thee, — but now - ' lie hung his head,— each nobler aim And hope and feeling...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept— he wept ! 30. (5) The Historical Pofm is a metrical narrative of public events, extending over a period more... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 708 sider
...brought him back one branch of 'There was a time,' he said in mild, 465 Heart-humbled tones—'thou it, and saw, with a great deal of pleasure, the whole human species marchin thee—but now—' He hung his head—each nobler aim grace! And hope and feeling, which had slept... | |
 | 1887 - 376 sider
...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...like thee — but now " — He hung his head — each noUer aim From boyhood hour, that instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept— he wept ! Bless'd tears... | |
 | 1889 - 436 sider
...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, which had slept...boyhood's hour, that instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept—he wept! 12. And now—behold him kneeling there By the child's side, in humble prayer, While... | |
 | 1889
...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... | |
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And how felt he, the wretched Man reclining there — while memory ran 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 ! 
