Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control, That o'er thee swell and throng; They will condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. " But he who lets his feelings run In soft, luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must be done, And faints... Eastward-ho! - Page 1511885Full view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...swell and throng; They will condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. Bnt he who leta his feelings run In soft luxurious flow, Shrinks when...And faints at every woe. Faith's meanest deed more favor bears. When hearts and wills are weighed. Than highest transport's choicest prayers, Which bloom... | |
| 1836 - 814 pages
...o'er thee swell and throng ; They will condense within thy sou). And change to purpose strong. But he, who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow....weighed. Than brightest transports, choicest prayers, That bloom their hour, and fade. VOL. X.— August, 1836. WHENE'ER I seek the Holy Altar's rail. And... | |
| Lyra - 1836 - 264 pages
...o'er thee swell and throng ; They will condense within thy soul. And change to purpose strong. But he, who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow,...And faints at every woe. Faith's meanest deed more favor bears, Where hearts and wills are weighed, Than brightest transports, choicest prayers, Which... | |
| 1837 - 282 pages
...o'er thee swell and throng ; They will condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. But he, who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow,...And faints at every woe. Faith's meanest deed more favor bears, Where hearts and wills are weighed, Than brightest transports, choicest prayers, Which... | |
| 1844 - 264 pages
...swell and throng ; They will condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. — * LXV1I. But he, who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow,...choicest prayers, Which bloom their hour and fade. I. LXIX. I have need to be baptized of Thee, and comest Thou to me ? How didst thou start, Thou Holy... | |
| Churchman - 1844 - 396 pages
...labour: but else, for mine own self, I beseech thee to take my soul. Homily against Fear of Death. Faith's meanest deed more favour bears Where hearts...choicest prayers, Which bloom their hour and fade. Lyra Apostolica. DECEMBER, 1844. DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. THE destruction of Jerusalem is a subject... | |
| Philip Smith Sparling - 1854 - 136 pages
...That o'er thee swell and throng; They will condense within thy soul And change to purpose strong. But he who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow,...choicest prayers Which bloom their hour and fade. Lyra Apostolica. D 2 A MOTHER. IN the days of his assumption she admonished him; in the time of his... | |
| Frederick William Faber - 1855 - 596 pages
...o'er thee swell and throng ; They will condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. But he, who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow,...choicest prayers, Which blOOm their hour and fade." Hence it is that so few people have a sufficiently strong spiritual constitution to be able to indulge... | |
| Songs - 1856 - 712 pages
...That o'er thee swell and throng; They will condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. But he, who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow,...choicest prayers, Which bloom their hour and fade. ANON. foe BUtfjelg, tfjen, tfje TO, the lilies of the field, How their leaves instruction yield ! Hark... | |
| St. John's in the Wilderness - 1857 - 166 pages
...o'er thee swell and throng ; They will condense within thy sonl, And change to purpose strong. But he, who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must be done, Ami faints at every woe. NEWMAN, Lyra Apostolwa. Next to religious " excitement," and, as near akin... | |
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