 A better country, that is, an heavenly." TITOR thee, O dear, dear country, Mine eyes their vigils keep ; For very love, beholding Thy happy name, they weep. The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, And love, and life,...  The Seven Great Hymns of the Mediaeval Church - Page 19de Charles Cooper Nott - 1866 - 134 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | New Church gen. confer - 1862 - 606 pages
...evermore ! " His yearning towards this heavenly home the poet thus tenderly expresses :*— " For thee, 0 dear, dear Country ! Mine eyes their vigils keep ;...happy name, they weep. The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, And love, and life, and rest. 0 one, 0 onely mansion... | |
 | 1881 - 494 pages
...city!" No one answered ; at last Magdalene sang gently, as if heedless of the others, " ' For thee, 0 dear dear country. Mine eyes their vigils keep ; For...happy name, they weep ; The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, And love, and life, and rest.' " " Don't leave off,... | |
 | 1851 - 636 pages
...Shall we behold for ever, And worship face to face. * * * To thee, O dear, dear country 1 Mine eyas their vigils keep ; For very love, beholding Thy happy name, they weep. The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, And love, and life, and rest. 344 O one, O oiiely... | |
 | 1859 - 748 pages
...; and it is to the last sixty of these that the spirited lines below are meant to correspond. ' To thee, O dear, dear country, Mine eyes their vigils keep; For very love, {/eholding(I) Thy happy name, they weep. The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast, And medicine... | |
 | Henry William Burrows - 1855 - 148 pages
...our King and Portion, In fulness of His grace, Shall we behold for ever, And worship face to face. To thee, O dear, dear country ! Mine eyes their vigils...happy name, they weep : The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, And love, and life, and rest. O one, O only mansion... | |
 | 1856 - 588 pages
...which should at once dissipate all prejudice, fusing it into its own exquisite melody : — " To thce, O dear, dear country, Mine eyes their vigils keep...happy name, they weep : The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, And love, and life, and rest. O one, O only mansion,... | |
 | George Cosby White - 1856 - 174 pages
...from GOD, having the glory of Goo : and her light was like a jasper stone, clear as crystal." 176. To thee, O dear, dear Country, Mine eyes their vigils keep: For very love, beholding Is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, Thy happy name, they weep : The mention of thy... | |
 | London St. Mary Magdalene, Munster sq - 1857 - 188 pages
...landscape o'er, Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore. N 122. To thee, O dear, dear Country, Mine eyes their vigils...happy name they -weep ; The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, And love, and life, and rest. O one, O only mansion... | |
 | 1857 - 584 pages
...its metre. The following is a faint and feeble echo of a few lines of Bernard's long poem : — " To thee, O dear, dear country ! Mine eyes their vigils...happy name, they weep ; The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, And love, and life, and rest. O one ! 0 only mansion... | |
 | 1857 - 632 pages
...metre. The following is a faint and feeble echo of a few lines of Bernard's long poem : — " To thee, 0 dear, dear country ! Mine eyes their vigils keep ;...happy name, they weep ; The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, And love, and life, and rest. 0 one 1 0 only mansion... | |
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