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
| Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1879 - 334 Seiten
...difficulty, exacted a promise never to allude to him in her letters. CHAPTER XXXIII. BITTER FAREWELLS. But he who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious...hard service must be done And faints at every woe. y. H. Neiaman. WELCOME shone in Mr. Ogilvie's face in the gaslight on the platform as the train drew... | |
| John Towle Marriott - 1879 - 204 Seiten
...gathered are, Be in the midst of them, God's own Jerusalem. Francis Turner Palgravc. 65 CM i PRUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. 2 But he, who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must be done,... | |
| Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1879 - 670 Seiten
...so little chagrin that she ascribed his offer to generous compassion at her desertion. CHAPTER II. 1 He who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow,...hard service must be done, And faints at every woe." SEVEN years more, and Honora was in mourning for her . mother. She was alone in the world, without... | |
| Armoury, Berdmore Compton - 1880 - 274 Seiten
...war Th' eternal calm to gain ! No. 15. "He that refraineth his lips is wise. "— PROV. x. 19. 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... | |
| John Henry Newman (card.) - 1880 - 410 Seiten
...side." Off Sardinia. June 20, 1833. FLOWERS WITHOUT FRUIT. 165 XOV1I. • FLOWERS WITHOUT FRUIT. 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 weigh'd, Than brightest transports, choicest prayers, Which... | |
| 1880 - 396 Seiten
...make people good-natured. Though they do not cost much, yet they accomplish much. — PASCAL. " Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. God blesses still the generous thought, And still the fitting word He speeds; And truth, at His requiring... | |
| Philip Schaff, Arthur Gilman - 1880 - 1108 Seiten
...accept my sheaves. 1858. MRS. ELIZABETH ANN CHASR ALLEN. (FLORENCE PERCY.) FLOWERS WITHOUT FRUIT. PRUNE ilip HENRY NEWMAN. OFF SARDINIA, June 20, 1833.' TEMPERANCE. GOD gives to man five wits : To see, to hear,... | |
| 1881 - 302 Seiten
...Busy as sin my work I ply, Till I rest in the rest of eternity. —Sonar. DEEDS, NOT WOKDS. PRUNE thon thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee swell...hard service must be done, And faints at every woe. 'aith's meanest deed more favour bears Where hearts and wills are weighed, Than brightest transports,... | |
| 1881 - 532 Seiten
...who would be not hirelings, but true shepherds of the flock of Christ. FLOWERS WITHOUT FRUIT. PRUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...soft, luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must he done, And faints at every woe. Faith's meanest deed more favour bears Where hearts and wills are... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 Seiten
...appear to have been diametrically opposed in their religious notions. FLOWERS WITHOUT FRUIT. Prune thon pes mnst be done, Aud faints at every woe. Faith's meanest deed more favor bears, Where hearts and wills... | |
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