 PRUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o:er thee swell and throng ; They will condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. But he who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must be done, And faints...  Quiet Hours: A Collection of Poems - Seite 48von Mary Wilder Tileston - 1874 - 182 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Robert William Dale - 1877 - 344 Seiten
...commentary, you have it in the well-known verses by John Henry Newman, in the " Lyra Apostolica." " Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control, That o'er thee...And faints at every woe. " Faith's meanest deed more favour bears, Where hearts and wills are weighed, Than brightest transports, choicest prayers, Which... | |
 | R. W. Dale - 1877 - 330 Seiten
...commentary, you have it in the well-known verses by John Henry Newman, in the " Lyra Apostolica." " Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control, That o'er thee...And faints at every woe. " Faith's meanest deed more favour bears, Where hearts and wills are weighed, Than brightest transports, choicest prayers, Which... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 Seiten
...that may raise This soul to God in after days ! ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER. FLOWERS WITHOUT FRUIT. FHUKE thou thy words ; the thoughts control That o'er thee...But he who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious How, Shrinks when hard service must be done, And faints at every woe. Faith's meanest deed more favor... | |
 | Churchman - 1877 - 434 Seiten
...God ! in the sight of the All-seeing, Whose " eyes are on the ways of man." — Bishop Magee. Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. JULY 7. • " He beheld the city, and wept over it." — LUKE xix. 41. TWICE only is it written in... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1878 - 416 Seiten
...upon the breeze, And youth's unclouded weather. FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE. FLOWERS WITHOUT FRUIT. RUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...And faints at every woe. Faith's meanest deed more favour bears, Where hearts and wills are weigh'd, Than brightest transports, choicest prayers, Which... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1878 - 462 Seiten
...breeze, And youth's unclouded weather. FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE. XCI. FL O WERS WITHO UT FR UIT. RUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...And faints at every woe. Faith's meanest deed more favour bears, Where hearts and wills are weigh'd, Than brightest transports, choicest prayers, Which... | |
 | Days - 1878 - 464 Seiten
...are discoursed of which they cannot bear a part in, these are times for silence. BISHOP BUTLER. Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...hard service must be done, And faints at every woe. DR. NEWMAN. The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. S. MATTHEW xxii. 8. O... | |
 | 1890 - 668 Seiten
...penetrating bit of ethics than the three stanzas of his little poem "Flowers without Fruit": — " Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...weighed Than brightest transports, choicest prayers, That bloom their hour and fade." I know what social premiums are offered upon effusive sympathy. Glib... | |
 | Lyra - 1879 - 296 Seiten
...spoken twice, they mark instead A sin against the light. 8. ftobrietg, 85 LXVIII. DEEDS NOT WORDS. PRUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...And faints at every woe. Faith's meanest deed more favour bears, Where hearts and wills are weighed, Than brightest transports, choicest prayers, Which... | |
 | H. L. Sidney Lear - 1879 - 426 Seiten
...are discoursed of which they cannot bear a part in, these are times for silence. BISHOP BUTLER. Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...hard service must be done, And faints at every woe. DR. NEWMAN. The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. S. MATTHEW xxii. 8. O... | |
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