 | Anna U. Russell - 1853 - 580 sider
...haply, pure as thou, I looked and prayed like thee ; but now " lie hung his head; each nobler aim, And hope, and feeling, which had slept From boyhood's...the only sense Of guiltless joy that guilt can know. And now behold him kneeling there, By the child's side, in humble prayer, While the same sunbeam shines... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 sider
...enemies, From which as oft he saves them penitent. — Milton. He hung his head — each nohler aim, And hope, and feeling, which had slept From boyhood's...first, the only sense Of guiltless joy that guilt may know! Moore. Grieve not so much that sin Hath found a stealthy passage to thy heart, As now rejoice... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - 1853 - 442 sider
...she lost. Row. REPENTANCE. Bepentance is the heart's sorrow, And a clear life ensuing. Shakspeare. Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign,...the only sense Of guiltless joy that guilt can know. Moore. A true repentance, shuns the evil itself, More than the external suffering or the shame. Shakspeare.... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1853 - 790 sider
...pure as thou, " I look'd and pray'd like thee — but now" — He hung his head — each nobler aim, And hope, and feeling, which had slept From boyhood's...hour, that instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — ho wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt tho first,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 sider
...sigh "For glories lost and peace gone by ! 570 MOORE. [VICTORIA, He hung his head— each nobler aim And hope and feeling, which had slept From boyhood's hour, that instant came Fresh o'er hhn, and he wept — he wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign redeeming flow... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 sider
...pure as thou, " I look'd and pray'd like thee — but now — " He hung his head — each nobler aim, And hope, and feeling, which had slept From boyhood's hour, that instant came BEAUTIFUL POI.TBr. FLOWEBS. By Mrs. HEMANS. " O FATHER, Lord ! The All-beneficent ! I bless thy name,... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 sider
...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, From boyhood's...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept I Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1856 - 424 sider
...pure as thou, " I look'd and pray'd like thee — but now — " He hung his head — each nobler aim, And hope, and feeling, which had slept From boyhood's...There's a drop," said the PERI, " that down from the " Falls through the withering airs of June [moon " Upon EGYPT'S land,* of so healing a power, " So... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1856 - 830 sider
...pure as thou, " I look'd and pray'd like thee — but now — " He hung his head — each nobler aim, And hope, and feeling, which had slept From boyhood's...benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only sense " There 'sa drop," said the PERI, " that down from the " Falls through the withering airs of June [moon... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1856 - 312 sider
...haply pure as thou, " I 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 came Fresh o'er him, and he weptl he wept Blest tears of soul -felt penitence! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first,... | |
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There was a time," he said in mild, Heart-humbled tones — " thou blessed child! " When young and haply pure as thou, 
