 I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God. I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope. And gather dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord of all, And...  The National Review - Side 382redigeret af - 1855Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1861 - 878 sider
...more analogies against than for; " So careful of the type she seeme, So careless of the single life. That I, considering everywhere, Her secret meaning in her deeds, And finding that ot fifty seeds, She often brings but one to bear." Nor is this all ; she is not careful even of the... | |
 | 1862 - 1006 sider
...Faith pretends not to be knowledge. Let the spirit of speculation succeed to the spirit of trust, and ' I falter where I firmly trod : And, falling with my...cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God, ' I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1862 - 698 sider
...Nature lends such evil dreams ? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life ; That I, considering everywhere Her secret meaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty seeds I falter wnere I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1863 - 516 sider
...Nature lends such evil dreams ? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life ; That I, considering everywhere Her secret meaning...cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs, That slope through darkness up to God ; 1 stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and... | |
 | Norman Macleod - 1863 - 338 sider
...infant crying in the night: An infant crying for the light: And with no language but a cry. * * * * " I falter where I firmly trod ; And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar stairs, That slope through darkness up to God, " I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope And... | |
 | Eliza Woodson Burhans Farnham - 1864 - 484 sider
...infant crying in the night: An infant crying for the light : And with no language but a cry. ******* " I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my...cares, Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God, " I stretch lame hands of faith and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - 734 sider
...Nature lends such evil dreams V So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life ; That I, considering everywhere Her secret meaning...that of fifty seeds She often brings but one to bear, 1 falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1866 - 414 sider
...meaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty seeds She often brings but one to bear, I falter wncrc I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-steirs That slope through darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1866 - 852 sider
...pleasure iuto a staggering chase, that this passage, every word of which is vital, becomes real : " I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of caret Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope through darkness unto God, I stretch lame hands... | |
 | Laura Preston - 1867 - 454 sider
...slave, trying in vain to silence doubts which had never troubled their minds before. CHAPTER XXIX. " I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my...cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs, That slope through darkness up to God; I stretch Inme bunds of faith, and grope And gather dust and chaff, and... | |
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