 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 440 pages
...food, And kindle in thy heart a flame refined ; Pray Heaven for firmness thy whole soul to bind 15 To this thy purpose, — to begin, pursue, With thoughts...with delight review, And grace to give the praise wljere all is ever due. LESSON CXXV. MY NATIVE VILLAGE. JOHN H. BRYANT. There lies a village in a peaceful... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 pages
...might ; An angel's wing would droop if long at rest, And God himself inactive were no longer bless'd. Some high or humble enterprise of good Contemplate till it shall possess thy mind, CARLOS WILCOX. 121 Become thy study, pastime, rest, and food, And kindle in thy heart a flame refined... | |
 | Old Humphrey - 1846 - 256 pages
...for them in our hearts, and the philanthropic suggestion of the poet is in unison with our desires. " Some high or humble enterprise of good, Contemplate...heart a flame refined. Pray Heaven for firmness thy whol e soul to bind To this thy purpose, to begin, pursue, With thoughts all fix'd, and feelings purely... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1847 - 456 pages
...might ; An angel's wing would droop if long at rest, And God himself, inactive, were no longer blest. Some high or humble enterprise of good Contemplate,...And grace to give the praise where all is ever due. No good of worth sublime will Heaven permit To light on man as from the passing air ; The lamp of genius,... | |
 | George Washington Light - 1847 - 398 pages
...might ; An angel's wing would droop if long at rest, And God himself, inactive, were no longer blest. Some high or humble enterprise of good Contemplate,...And grace to give the praise where all is ever due. No good of worth sublime will Heaven permit To light on man as from the passing air ; The lamp of genius,... | |
 | David King (publisher) - 1848 - 596 pages
...fair. Breathes freely its perfumes throughout the ambient air, Some high or humble enterprise of goad, Contemplate till it shall possess thy mind, Become...And grace to give the praise where all is ever due. No good of worth sublime will Heaven permit To light on man as from the passing air ; The lamp of genius,... | |
 | John Lyth - 1848 - 116 pages
...droop if long at rest, And God himself, inactive, be no longer blessed. Some high, or humble enterprize of good Contemplate, till it shall possess thy mind,...Heaven for firmness, thy whole soul to bind To this thy purpose,—to begin, pursue, With thought all fixed, and feelings purely kind, Strength to complete,... | |
 | Caroline Howard Gilman - 1848 - 320 pages
...dread chasm ! HEMANS — Vespers of Palermo. 8. Some high or humble enterprise of good Thou'lt ponder, till it shall possess thy mind, Become thy study,...refined. Pray Heaven for firmness thy whole soul to bend To this thy purpose — to begin, pursue, With thoughts all fixed, and feelings purely kind ;... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 pages
...might ; An angel's wing would droop if long at rest, And God himself inactive were no longer blessed. Some high or humble enterprise of good Contemplate...kindle in thy heart a flame refined ; Pray Heaven with firmness thy whole soul to bind To this thy purpose — to begin, pursue, With thoughts all fixed... | |
 | Erskine Neale - 1849 - 540 pages
...might, 'Tis infamy to die and not be miss'd, Or let all soon forget that thou didst e'er exist ! " Some high or humble enterprise of good, Contemplate...pastime, rest, and food, And kindle in thy heart a flame refin'd : Pray heaven for firmness thy whole soul to bind To this thy purpose — to begin, pursue... | |
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Some high or humble enterprise of good Contemplate, till it shall possess thy mind, Become thy study, pastime, rest, and food, And kindle in thy heart a flame refined. Pray Heaven for firmness thy whole soul to bind To this thy purpose — to begin, pursue,... 
