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
| Half hours - 1847 - 560 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,...upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, : E 1::.-', MY and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings... | |
| 1848 - 530 Seiten
...therefore, is contrary to that attention which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For as I have seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring...; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud singing of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more at every... | |
| 1848 - 936 Seiten
...many a warm gush of love. He is speaking of sins in their influence upon the good man's prayers. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clonds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion... | |
| Robert Philip - 1848 - 378 Seiten
...seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upward, singing as he rises, and hopes to gSt 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 made irregular and inconstant ; descending... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 Seiten
...therefore is contrary to that attention which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so hare fore, and begin the battle in the паше of God and St Deni libration and frequent weighing of his wings, till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant,... | |
| Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 Seiten
...pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill note he hear,. And drops at once into her nest." "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... | |
| Albert Barnes - 1849 - 372 Seiten
...his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, and singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and rise above the clouds; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, [AD 58. 9 In like manner also, that woand his motion made irregular and inconsistent, descending more... | |
| 432 Seiten
...contemplating traveller may, if he likes, moralize with dear old Jeremy Taylor in this fashion : " For I have seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hoping to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds ; but, the poor hird was beaten back by the loud... | |
| Jeremy Taylor - 1850 - 706 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 its wings ; till the little creature was forced to sit down and... | |
| Eliza Cook - 1849 - 432 Seiten
...have seen a lark rising from his hed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hoping to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds ; but, the poor hird was heaten back by the loud sighing of an eastern wind, and his motion was irregular and inconstant,... | |
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