 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast...— In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best ' Now Is the high-tide of the year, And whatever of life hath ebbed away Comes flooding back with a... | |
 | Lyra - 1838 - 270 pages
...move, nor hear the unmannered mirth. S. XXV. Unto the godly there ariseth up tight in the darkness. LEAD, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on ! The night is dark, and I am far from home — Lead thou me on I Keep Thou my feet ; I do not ask to see The distant... | |
 | 1849 - 648 pages
...lets his illuminated being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast...sings ; He sings to the wide world, and she to her nestIn the nice ear of nature which song is the best. Now is the high tide of the year, And whatever... | |
 | 1870 - 846 pages
...it, when the darkness shall at length be past, and the shadows flee away ! * Newman's " Apologia." I Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, ' Lead Thou me on! | The night is dark, and I am fir from home — Lead Thou me on! Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 pages
...at his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun He sings to the wide world, and she to her nest, — In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best ? Now is the high-tide of the year, And whatever of life hath ebbed away Comes flooding back, with... | |
 | lady Charlotte Murdoch Wake - 1849 - 400 pages
...still struggle within him against the darkness of his unbelief. Take heed,—" the night cometh. " Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom — Lead Thou me on ! The night is dark, and I am far from home — Lead Thou me on I Keep Thou my feet ; I do not ask to see The distant... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1850 - 292 pages
...; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and rings ; He sings to the wide world, and she to her nest : In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best ? Now is the high tide of the year, And whatever of life hath ebbed away Comes flooding back, with... | |
 | Henry Phillpotts - 1850 - 722 pages
...those to whom He leads you for direction, and he assured all will be well. Recollect these words : " Lead kindly light amid the encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on. The night is dark and I am far from home, Lead Thou me on. Miss Sellon's Reply. the Foot of Calvary, and there offer... | |
 | 1855 - 724 pages
...With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate fuels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart hi her dumb breast flutters and sings, He sings to the...In the nice ear of nature which song is the best? Now is the high-tide of the year, And whatever of life hath ebbed away, Comes flooding back, witli... | |
 | 1851 - 856 pages
...And lets his Illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives. His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast...flutters and sings — He sings to the wide world, ¡she to her neat." Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how ; Everything is happy now, Everything is... | |
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The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings;... 
