 Strange, piteous, futile thing, Wherefore should any set thee love apart? Seeing none but I makes much of naught" (He said), "And human love needs human meriting: How hast thou merited — Of all man's clotted clay the dingiest clot? Alack, thou knowest...  Catholic World - Page 6271908Full view - About this book
 | 1894 - 858 pages
...thy earth so marred, Shattered in shard on shard ? Lo, all things fly thee, for thou fliest Me !" " Strange, piteous, futile thing ! Wherefore should..." (He said) " And human love needs human meriting : Alack, thou knowest not How little worthy of any love thou art ! Whom wilt thou find to love Ignoble... | |
 | Henry Charles Beeching - 1903 - 454 pages
...thy earth so marred, Shattered in shard on shard ? Lo, all things fly thee, for thou fliest Me ! " Strange, piteous, futile thing ! Wherefore should...thou knowest not How little worthy of any love thou an ! Whom wilt thou find to love ignoble thee, Save Me, save only Me ? All which I took from thee I... | |
 | Charles Wesley Emerson - 1905 - 142 pages
...thy earth so mai'red, Shattered in shard on shard ? Lo, all things fly thee, for thou fliest me I IX. "Strange, piteous, futile thing! Wherefore should...Seeing none but I makes much of naught " ( He said), Of all man's clotted clay the dingiest clot? Alack, thou knowest not How little worthy of any love... | |
 | Francis Thompson - 1908 - 176 pages
..."And is thy earth so marred, Shattered in shard on shard? Lo, all things fly thee, for thou fliest Me! Strange, piteous, futile thing, Wherefore should any...apart? Seeing none but I makes much of naught " (He saidj, " And human love needs human meriting: How hast thou merited— Of all man's clotted clay the... | |
 | 1910 - 332 pages
..."And is thy earth so marred Shattered in shard on shard? Lo, all things fly thee, for thou fliest Me! "Strange, piteous, futile thing! Wherefore should...thou art! Whom wilt thou find to love ignoble thee, All which I took from thee I did but take, Not for thy harms, But just that thou might'st seek it in... | |
 | Alfred Noyes - 1911 - 446 pages
...is thy earth so marred, Shattered in shard on shard ? Lo, all things fly thee, for thou fliest Me " Strange, piteous, futile thing ! Wherefore should...Seeing none but I makes much of naught " (He said), How hast thou merited — Of all man's clotted clay the dingiest clot ? Alack, thou knowest not How... | |
 | John Kelman - 1912 - 350 pages
...Finally we have the answer of Christ to the soul He has chased down after so long a following — " Strange, piteous, futile thing ! Wherefore should...set thee love apart? Seeing none but I makes much of nought (He said), And human love needs human meriting : How hast thou merited Of all man's clotted... | |
 | Catholic University of America - 1912 - 778 pages
...even though he be " of all man's clotted clay the dingiest clot," still God has a care for him : — "Strange piteous futile thing! Wherefore should any set thee love apart? Seeing none but makes much of nought; (He said) ' And human love needs human meriting.' " God watches always: in the... | |
 | Francis Thompson - 1913 - 254 pages
...is thy earth so marred, Shattered in shard on shard ? Lo, all things fly thee, for thou fliest Me ! Strange, piteous, futile thing ! Wherefore should...merited — Of all man's clotted clay the dingiest dot F Alack, thou knowest not How little worthy of any love thou art ! Whom wilt thou find to love... | |
 | 1918 - 478 pages
...turn. It was this that Francis Thompson experienced when he felt as if the unseen Christ said to him Strange, piteous, futile thing, Wherefore should any...love, apart? Seeing none but I makes much of naught. And human love needs human meriting: How hast thou merited — Of all man's clotted clay the dingiest... | |
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