 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
 | 1890 - 648 pages
...the foundation of his career in the enduring principles of everlasting truth. — Young Folks ILural. "BUBBLES we buy with a whole soul's tasking Tis heaven alone that is given away 'Tis only God can be had for the asking." JR [Contributed by Orren N. Haskins.] MAXIMS. Found in the... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 560 pages
...lie in ; At the devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of For a cnp and bells our lives we pay, Bubbles we buy with a whole soul's tasking : No price is set on the lavish summer ; June may be had by the poorest comer. And what is so rare... | |
 | Thomas William Herringshaw - 1890 - 1032 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 cost its ounce of gold: For a cap and bells our lives we pay ; Bubbles we buy with a whole soul's tasking;... | |
 | 1891 - 558 pages
...corner to die in, The priest has 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. — Ibid. CHILDREN. Children are God's apostles, day by day... | |
 | 1891 - 608 pages
...corner to die in, The priest has 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. — Ibid. CHILDREN. Children are God's apostles, day by day... | |
 | 1891 - 884 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...we pay, Bubbles we buy with a whole soul's tasking, 'Tie Heaven alone that is given away, 'Tie only Gol may be had for the asking. But Lowell does not... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1891 - 540 pages
...comes and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in; At the devil's booth are all things soldj Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold; For a...soul's tasking; 'Tis heaven alone that is given away, 'Tis only God may be had for the asking. — Ibid. CHILDREN. Children are God's apostles, day by day... | |
 | 1891 - 508 pages
...and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in ; At the Devil's booth are all things sold, as Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold ; For...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; so No price is set... | |
 | James Russell Lowell, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1892 - 394 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...; For a cap and bells our lives we pay, Bubbles we earn with a whole soul's tasking : 'T is heaven alone that is given away, 'T is only God may be had... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1892 - 476 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 gold ; For a cap and bells our lives we pay, 9. In allusion to Wordsworth's " Heaven lies about us in our infancy," in his ode, Intimations of Immortality... | |
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