 Let us (said he) pour on him all we can: Let the world's riches, which dispersed lie, Contract into a span. So strength first made a way; Then beauty flowed, then wisdom, honour, pleasure: When almost all was out, God made a stay, Perceiving that alone...  The Retrospective Review - Page 2211821Full view - About this book
 | 1871 - 476 pages
...of love and sweetness, Bearing onward man's reluctant soul. ADELAIDE A. PROCTER. The Gifts of God. WHEN God at first made man, Having a glass of blessings...lie, Contract into a span. So strength first made a way ; Then beauty flowed, then wisdom, honor, pleasure ; When almost all was out, God made a stay,... | |
 | Asahel Clark Kendrick - 1871 - 484 pages
...and sweetness, Bearing onward man's reluctant soul. ADELAIDE A. PROCTER. The Gifts of God. "XT THEN God at first made man, • * Having a glass of blessings...lie, Contract into a span. So strength first made a way ; Then beauty flowed, then wisdom, honor, pleasure; When almost all was out, God made a stay,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...the cloud ; Thy wheel and thee we neither love nor hate. ALFRED TENNYSON. THE GIFTS OF GOD. WllF.N t I ns (said he) pour on him all we can : L«t the world's riches, which dispersed lie, Contract into a... | |
 | George Herbert - 1871 - 280 pages
...to show His power, Who once did bring My joys to weep, and now my griefs to sing. $)ritstfjooti 167 THE PULLEY WHEN God at first made man, Having a glass of blessing standing by; Let us (said He) pour on him all we can: Let the world's riches, which dispersed... | |
 | George Herbert - 1871 - 362 pages
...languish. I live to show His power, Who once did bring My joys to weep, and now my griefs to sing. THE PULLEY. WHEN God at first made man, Having a glass of blessing standing by, Let us, said He, pour on him all we can : Let the world's riches, which dispersed... | |
 | Poems - 1872 - 362 pages
...through these looms God ordered motion, but ordained no rest. HENRY VAUGHAN. THE PULLEY. "\ \ 7"HEN God at first made man, Having a glass of blessings...dispersed lie Contract into a span. So strength first made a way, Then beauty flowed, then wisdom, honour, pleasure : When almost all was out, God made a stay,... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...shadows in the cloud ; Thy wheel and thee we neither love nor hate. ALFRED TENNYSON. THE GIFTS OF GOD. home the : L«t the world's riches, which dispersed lie, So strength first made a way ; Then beauty flowed,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 pages
...Spake laws to them, and said, that by the soul Only, the Nations shall be great and free. WORDSWORTH. THE PULLEY. WHEN God at first made man, Having a glass...a span." So strength first made away ; Then beauty tlowed ; then wisdom, honor, pleasure. When almost all was out, God made a stay ; Perceiving that alone... | |
 | Henry Clay Fish - 1874 - 826 pages
...gently leads us towards that Better Land. THAT WEARINESS MAY TOSS HIM TO MY BREAST. GEORGE HEREERT. WHEN God at first made man, Having a glass of blessings...dispersed lie, Contract into a span." So Strength first gave away ; Then Beauty flowed, then Wisdom, Honor, Pleasure; When almost all was out, God made a stay,... | |
 | George Herbert - 1874 - 386 pages
...PULLEY. When God at first made man, Having a glasse of blessings standing by, ' Let us,' said He,' poure on him all we can : Let the world's riches, which...lie, Contract into a span.' So strength first made a way; Then beautie flowM; then wisdome, honour, pleasure. When almost all was out, God made a stay,... | |
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