 Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us; The beggar is taxed for a corner to die, in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in ; At the devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce of dross costs its...  Messiah Pulpit - Page 111896Full view - About this book
 | Julia B. Hoitt - 1890 - 426 pages
...with all its splendors lie ; Daily, with souls that cringe and plot, We Sinais climb, and know it not. For a cap and bells our lives we pay ; Bubbles we...soul's tasking ; 'Tis heaven alone that is given away, 'Tis only God may be had for the asking. No price is set on the lavish summer, June may be had by the... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1889 - 248 pages
...to die in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in ; At the devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce...soul's tasking : 'Tis heaven alone that is given away, 'Tis only God may be had for the asking ; so No price is set on the lavish summer ; June may be had... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1889 - 656 pages
...gush of light these eyes will brim, Only to think she came and went. FROM "THE VISION OP SIR LAUNFAL." FOR a cap and bells our lives we pay, Bubbles we buy...soul's tasking: 'Tis heaven alone that is given away, 'Tis only God may be had for the asking; No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the... | |
 | 1889 - 552 pages
...corner to die in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in. At the devil's booth are all things sold : Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold ; 1 See Wordsworth's Ode on Intimations of Immortality. For a cap and bells our lives we pay, Bubbles... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 338 pages
...corner to die in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in; At the devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce...we pay, Bubbles we buy with a whole soul's tasking: 'T is heaven alone that is given away, 'T is only God may be had for the asking; No price is set on... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 452 pages
...who comes and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in ; At the devil's booth are all tilings sold, Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold...we pay, Bubbles we buy with a whole soul's tasking : 'T is heaven alone that is given awav, TU only God шау be had for the asking ; No price is set... | |
 | Robert Percival Downes - 1890 - 154 pages
...price for what earth gives us; We bargain for the graves we lie in; At the devil's mart all things are sold, Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold. For a cap and bells our lives we pay, Bubbles we earn with our whole soul's tasking; 'Tis only God that is given away, 'Tis only heaven may be had for... | |
 | Robert Percival Downes - 1890 - 142 pages
...fee who tries to heal us ; We bargain for the graves we lie in; At the devil's mart all things are sold, Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold. For a cap and bells our lives we pay, Bubbles we earn with our whole soul's tasking ; 'Tis only God that is given away, 'Tis only heaven may be had... | |
 | James Stark - 1890 - 200 pages
...We bargain for the graves we die in ; At the devil's mart are all things sold ; Each ounce of dust costs its ounce of gold ; For a cap and bells our lives we pay ; Bubbles we earn with our whole soul's tasking : 'Tis only God that is given away, 'Tis only heaven may be had... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 370 pages
...to die in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in ; At the devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of g<?ld ; .G, .rrTT"n ^ •• * |. '**- • "V • ML*^. uj .bor a cap and bells our lives we pay, •... | |
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