 | 1890 - 542 pages
...of heaven, Without reproof. But as for us, it seems Scarce lawful, with our broken tones, to apeak Familiarly of thee. Methiuks, to tint Thy glorious...make the soul A wondering witness of thy majesty, But as it presses with delirious joy To pierce thy vestibule, dost chain its step And tame its rapture... | |
 | 1890 - 562 pages
...But as for us, it seems Scarce lawful, with our broken tones, to speak Familiarly of thee. Methinks, to tint Thy glorious features with our pencil's point,...make the soul A wondering witness of thy majesty, But as it presses with delirious joy To pierce thy vestibule, dost chain its step And tame its rapture... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - 1890 - 640 pages
...for us — it seems Scarce lawful with our broken tones to speak Familiarly of thee. — Methinks, to tint Thy glorious features with our pencil's point, Or woo thee to a tablet of a song, Were profanation. Thou dost make the soul A wondering witness of thy majesty; And... | |
 | Grace Townsend - 1891 - 570 pages
...as for us— it seems Scarce lawful with our broken tones to speak Familiarly of thee. — Methinks, to tint Thy glorious features with our pencil's point, Or woo thee to a tablet of a song, Were profanation. Thou dost make the soul A wondering witness of thy majesty; And... | |
 | William Dean Howells, Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, Mark Twain - 1893 - 254 pages
...to a cradle calm ; but thou With everlasting, undecaying tide, Dost rest not, night or day." * * * " Thou dost make the soul A wondering witness of thy majesty, And as it presses with delirious joy To pierce thy vestibule, dost chain its step, And tame its rapture... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1890 - 524 pages
...But as for us, it seems Scarce lawful, with our broken tones, to speak Familiarly of thee. Methinks, to tint Thy glorious features with our pencil's point,...make the soul A wondering witness of thy majesty, But as it presses with delirious joy To pierce thy vestibule, dost chain its step And tame its rapture... | |
 | William Wilfred Birdsall, Rufus Matthew Jones - 1897 - 602 pages
...But as for us, it seems Scarce lawful, with our broken tones, to speak Familiarly of thee. Methinks, to tint Thy glorious features with our pencil's point,...make the soul A wondering witness of thy majesty, But as it presses with delirious joy To pierce thy vestibule, dost chain its step, And tame its rapture,... | |
 | 1901 - 172 pages
...But, as for us, it seems Scarce lawful, with our broken tones, to speak Familiarly of thee. Methinks, to tint Thy glorious features with our pencil's point,...make the soul A wondering witness of thy majesty, But as it presses with delirious joy To pierce thy vestibule, dost chain its step, And tame its rapture... | |
 | William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, Nathaniel Southgate Shaler - 1901 - 432 pages
...them to a cradle calm ; but thou With everlasting, undecaying tide, Dost rest not, night or day." " Thou dost make the soul A wondering witness of thy majesty. And as it presses with delirious joy To pierce thy vestibule, dost chain its step, And tame its rapture... | |
 | Ellen E. Kenyon-Warner - 1910 - 298 pages
...But as for us— it seems Scarce lawful with our broken tones to speak Familiarly of thee. Methinks to tint Thy glorious features with our pencil's point,...delirious joy To tread thy vestibule, dost chain its step, And check its rapture with the humbling view Of its own nothingness, bidding it stand In the... | |
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Or listen at the echoing gate of heaven, Without reproof. But as for us, it seems Scarce lawful, with our broken tones, to speak Familiarly of thee. Methinks, to tint Thy glorious features with our pencil's point, Or woo thee to the tablet of a song,... 
