 The fall thou darest to despise, — May be the angel's slackened hand Has suffered it, that he may rise And take a firmer, surer stand ; Or, trusting less to earthly things, May henceforth learn to use his wings. And judge none lost ; but wait and see,...  Legends and Lyrics: A Book of Verses - Seite 18von Adelaide Anne Procter - 1858 - 264 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1876 - 832 Seiten
...May be the slackened angel's hand Has suffered it, that he may rise And take a firmer, surer stand ; Or, trusting less to earthly things, May henceforth learn to use his wings." But when the strong, searching light of eternity dawns upon us, all T'll be revealed. As some one has... | |
 | Allyn Weston, Charles Scott - 1856 - 578 Seiten
...May be the slackened angel's hand Has suffered it, that he may rise And take a firmer, surer stand; Or, trusting less to earthly things, May henceforth...measure of the height of pain, And love and glory may raise This soul to God in after days !" Believe us. Brethren, you have great and solemn duties... | |
 | 1856 - 796 Seiten
...slackened angel's hand Has suffered it, that he may rise And take a firmer, surer stand ; Or, trusting lese to earthly things, May henceforth learn to use his...none lost ; but wait and see With hopeful pity, not dUdain, The depth of the abyss may be The measure of the height o4 pain, And love, and glory, that... | |
 | 1856 - 640 Seiten
...May be the slackened angel's hand Has suffered it, that he may rise And take a firmer, surer stand; Or, trusting less to earthly things, May henceforth...wings. And judge none lost, but wait and see With bopeiul pity, not disdain; The depth of the abyss may be The measure of the height of pain, A nd love... | |
 | Henry Robert Reynolds - 1860 - 370 Seiten
...kindle hope when the lamps of earth are all gone out. ***** CHAPTER IX. SYMPATHY, SUSPICION, AND SONG. " And judge none lost, but wait, and see, With hopeful...glory that may raise This soul to God in after days." ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER. BENSON MABEELY had persisted in his determination to accept the commissionership... | |
 | Margaret Maria Gordon - 1860 - 464 Seiten
...May be the slackened angel's hand Has suffered it, that he may rise And take a firmer, surer stand ; Or, trusting less to earthly things, May henceforth learn to use his wings." ADELAIDE ANXE PKOCTOR. On the afternoon that the travellers were to leave Castle Mordaunt, a more cold... | |
 | Christian lyrics - 1861 - 240 Seiten
...May be the slackened angel's hand Has suffered it, that he may rise And take a firmer, surer stand ; Or, trusting less to earthly things, May henceforth...glory, that may raise This soul to God in after days. AA Procter. JUUf, §*?t* anb (JIlj<mfg, AITH Hope, and Charity, — these three, Yet is the greatest... | |
 | Charlotte Maria Tucker - 1862 - 242 Seiten
...May be the angel's slackened hand Has suffered it. that he may rise And take a firmer, surer stand, Or trusting less to earthly things May henceforth learn to use his wings 1" MiasPiocTOB. rHO is that singer?" inquired Mrs. Cleveland in broken Italian of the girl Giuseppina,... | |
 | 1863 - 658 Seiten
...Maybe the angel's slackened hand Has suffered it, that he may rise And take a firmer, surer stand ; Or, trusting less to earthly things, May henceforth...glory that may raise This soul to God in after days." We will transfer to our pages only a single specimen of still another modulation of our author's song... | |
 | 1863 - 668 Seiten
...Maybe the angel's slackened hand Has suffered it, that he may rise And take a firmer, surer stand ; Or, trusting less to earthly things, May henceforth...; but wait and see, With hopeful pity, not disdain j The depth of the abyss may be The measure of the height of pain And love and glory that may raise... | |
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