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... brow : The worky - days are the back part ; The burden of the week lies there , Making the whole to stoop and bow , Till thy release appear . Man had straightforward gone To endless death : but thou dost pull And turn us round to look ...
... brow : The worky - days are the back part ; The burden of the week lies there , Making the whole to stoop and bow , Till thy release appear . Man had straightforward gone To endless death : but thou dost pull And turn us round to look ...
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... brow ; And faint not , though the tears of anguish flow , And though upon thy head the angry vial Of fate be poured : but , with the conscious glow Of honourable thought and deed below , Look to that Power who watched thy self - denial ...
... brow ; And faint not , though the tears of anguish flow , And though upon thy head the angry vial Of fate be poured : but , with the conscious glow Of honourable thought and deed below , Look to that Power who watched thy self - denial ...
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... brow your lamps are dim . " " BE YE THEREFORE READY . " HE world is very evil ; The times are waxing late : Be sober and keep vigil ; The Judge is at the gate : The Judge that comes in mercy , The Judge that comes with might , To ...
... brow your lamps are dim . " " BE YE THEREFORE READY . " HE world is very evil ; The times are waxing late : Be sober and keep vigil ; The Judge is at the gate : The Judge that comes in mercy , The Judge that comes with might , To ...
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... active limb , And lay , perchance , some worshipped beauty low ; Then will ye gaze upon the altered brow , And love as fondly , faithfully , as now ? The Marriage Vow . 33 Should Fortune frown on your 32 Lays of the Pious Minstrels .
... active limb , And lay , perchance , some worshipped beauty low ; Then will ye gaze upon the altered brow , And love as fondly , faithfully , as now ? The Marriage Vow . 33 Should Fortune frown on your 32 Lays of the Pious Minstrels .
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... brow , as she stooped to view His silks and glittering pearls . And she placed their price in the old man's hand , And lightly she turned away ; But she paused at the wanderer's earnest call , " My gentle lady , stay ! " Oh ! lady fair ...
... brow , as she stooped to view His silks and glittering pearls . And she placed their price in the old man's hand , And lightly she turned away ; But she paused at the wanderer's earnest call , " My gentle lady , stay ! " Oh ! lady fair ...
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Page 94 - I HEARD the voice of Jesus say, ' Come unto Me and rest ; Lay down, thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon My breast.' I came to Jesus as I was, Weary, and worn, and sad ; I found in Him a resting-place, And He has made me glad. 2 I heard the voice of Jesus say, ' Behold, I freely give The living water ; thirsty one, Stoop down, and drink, and live.
Page 109 - TN the cross of Christ I glory, Towering o'er the wrecks of time ; All the light of sacred story Gathers round its head sublime.
Page 90 - THERE is no flock, however watched and tended But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted...
Page 90 - Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers, May be heaven's distant lamps. There is no Death ! What seems so is transition ; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death.
Page 83 - O, THOU ETERNAL ONE ! whose presence bright All space doth occupy, all motion guide ; Unchanged through time's all-devastating flight ; Thou only God ! There is no God beside ! Being above all beings ! Mighty One Whom none can comprehend and none explore...
Page 173 - Come near and bless us when we wake, Ere through the world our way we take ; Till in the ocean of Thy love We lose ourselves in heaven above.
Page 122 - Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes; Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies: Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee; In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me!
Page 75 - Give to the winds thy fears ; Hope, and be undismayed; God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears, God shall lift up thy head. Through waves and clouds and storms He gently clears thy way; Wait thou His time, so shall this night Soon end in joyous day.
Page 95 - I heard the voice of Jesus say, ' I am this dark world's Light ; Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise, And all thy day be bright.
Page 84 - Thou art! directing, guiding all, Thou art! Direct my understanding then to Thee: Control my spirit, guide my wandering heart: Though but an atom midst immensity, Still I am something fashioned by Thy hand! I hold a middle rank 'twixt heaven and earth, On the last verge of mortal being stand, Close to the realms where angels have their birth, Just on the boundaries of the spirit-land!