| Edmund Spenser - 1839 - 464 pages
...swowne, is by Aerates sonnes despoyld; Whom Arthure soone hath reskewed, And Paynim brethren foyld. AND is there care in heaven ? And is there love In heavenly spirits to these creatures bace, That may compassion of their evils move ? There is: — else much more wretched were the cace... | |
| Christian - 1840 - 318 pages
...on the heart, is set, The pride of his father-land ! ^ Y\ ■ - .. -\ ANGELIC MINISTRY. §frf>mger. And is there care in heaven ? and is there love In...O! th' exceeding grace Of highest God ! that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth embrace, That blessed angels he sends to and fro,... | |
| Christian - 1840 - 312 pages
...met;— Each name, like a seal on the heart, is set, The pride of his father-land ! ANGELIC MINISTRY. AND is there care in heaven ? and is there love In...! th" exceeding grace Of highest God ! that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth embrace, That blessed angels he sends to and fro,... | |
| Gems - 1841 - 624 pages
...pleasures being so possessed, Thy straying thoughts henceforth for ever rest. THE MINISTRY OF ANGELS. AND is there care in heaven, and is there love In...base, That may compassion of their evils move? There is,—else much more wretched were the case Of men than beasts. But, oh! th 1 exceeding grace Of highest... | |
| Dante Alighieri - 1842 - 456 pages
...never been treated in poetry so beautifully as by Spencer; we gladly here introduce his stanzas. " And is there care in heaven ? and is there love In...more wretched were the case Of men than beasts. But Oh ! the exceeding grace Of highest God that loves his creatures so. And all his works with mercy doth... | |
| Dante Alighieri - 1842 - 450 pages
...never been treated in poetry so beautifully as by Spencer ; we gladly here introduce his stanzas. " And is there care in heaven ? and is there love In...more wretched were the case Of men than beasts. But Oh ! the exceeding grace Of highest God that loves his creatures so. And all his works with mercy doth... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 656 pages
...Providence:— And is there care in Hcav'n, and is there love In heavenly spirits to these creatures base, There is: else much more wretched were the case Of men than beasts. But oh ! the exceeding grace That may compassion of their evils move ? Of highest God, that loves his creatures... | |
| H. D. - 1843 - 438 pages
...the sacred bread from heaven ;— Thou art the Life—the Truth—the Way. MINISTRY OP ANGELS. ANON. And is there care in heaven ? and is there love In...more wretched were the case Of men than beasts. But oh, the exceeding grace Of highest God! that loves His creatures so, And all His works with mercy doth... | |
| John Abraham Heraud - 1843 - 464 pages
...matter and spirit, and exhibits itself as much in the Church as in the world. How sings Spenser— ' And is there care in heaven ? And is there love In...creatures base, That may compassion of their evils move 1 There is ; else much more wretched were the case Of men than beasts. But oh! th' exceeding grace... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1843 - 698 pages
...described by two of our own poets: by Spenser, with his customary piety, sweetness, aud simplicity :— " And is there care in heaven? and is there love In heavenly spirits to these creatures base," &c.f by Milton, in a strain of greater sublimity, and with more philosophic dignity and grace:— -... | |
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