For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made... The Merry Monarch - Seite 260von W. H. Davenport Adams - 1885Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Jared Sparks - 1826 - 420 Seiten
...and therefore is contrary to that attention, which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration and frequent weighings of his wings ; till the little creature was forced to sit down and... | |
| Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1828 - 632 Seiten
...and therefore is contrary to that attention, which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration and frequent weighing of his wings ; till the little creature was forced to sit down and... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 Seiten
...therefore is contrary to that attention, which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For 20 so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and incon25 slant, descending more at every breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration... | |
| John Angell James - 1828 - 444 Seiten
...and, therefore, is contrary to that attention which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...heaven, and climb above the clouds : but the poor bin! was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant—... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 418 Seiten
...therefore is contrary to that attention, which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For 20 so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the cluuds; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion... | |
| Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 314 Seiten
...therefore is contrary to that attention, which presents our prayer in a right time to God. For «o have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hope's to get to heaven and climb above the clouds; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud... | |
| John Angell James - 1830 - 300 Seiten
...and, therefore, is contrary to that attention which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing 68 as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds : but the poor bird was beaten... | |
| William Hone - 1832 - 874 Seiten
...nibbling the short dripping grass. And the birds are on the bushes. Kntglil'g Quarterly Magazine. " For ull imprison'd ray, A sunbeam which hath lost its way, And through the crevice and the by the loud sigliings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstint, descending... | |
| William Hone - 1832 - 852 Seiten
...rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back by the loud, sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion...breath of the tempest than it could recover by the vibrations and frequent weighings of his wings ; till the little creature was forced to sit down, and... | |
| 1833 - 336 Seiten
...and therefore is contrary to that attention, which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration and frequent weighing of his wings; till the little ' creature was forced to sit down and... | |
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