 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
 | Charles Eliot Norton - 1906 - 416 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 pant,... | |
 | 1885 - 884 Seiten
...sin, is like that little lark., described in one of the greatest and most eloquent of our divines, rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards,...above the clouds ; " but the poor bird was beaten back by the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motions made irregular and inconstant, descending... | |
 | Elizabeth Lee - 1907 - 112 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,...singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and 10 climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern... | |
 | George Lansing Raymond, Post Wheeler - 1911 - 236 Seiten
...my son Absalom! Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son! " 2 Sam. xviii. 33. " For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and [he] hopes to get to heaven and climb above the clouds : but the poor bird was beaten back with the... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1912 - 788 Seiten
...and famed outsides of another's piety. J. TAYLOR. — Funeral Sermon on the Countess ofCarbery. THE LARK So have I seen a lark rising from his bed of...breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the liberation and frequent weighing of his wings ; till the little creature was forced to sit down and... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1912 - 518 Seiten
...is contrary j to that attention | which presents I our prayers | in a right | line | to God. | For so | have I seen | a lark | rising | from his bed | of grass, | soaring j upwards | and singing | as he rises | and hopes | to get | to Heaven | and climb | above... | |
 | Logan Pearsall Smith - 1920 - 264 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,...an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and unconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest than it could recover by the libration and... | |
 | Logan Pearsall Smith - 1920 - 272 Seiten
...beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and unconstant, descending more at every 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 pant,... | |
 | Stephen Coleridge - 1922 - 138 Seiten
...excellent ; it contains in it proportion and satisfaction, and rest and confidence." Again : — " So have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the liberation and frequent weighing of his wings ; till the little creature was forced to sit down and... | |
 | Stephen Coleridge - 1922 - 266 Seiten
...things excellent; it contains in it proportion and satisfaction, and rest and confidence. " Again: — "So have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descend45 ing more at every breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the liberation and frequent... | |
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