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... and the tremor and the pain , That oft before had filled or haunted me , And now returned with threefold strength again . The Two Angels . The door I opened to my 30 Lays of the Pious Minstrels . THE THREE HOMES 67 THE TWO ANGELS.
... and the tremor and the pain , That oft before had filled or haunted me , And now returned with threefold strength again . The Two Angels . The door I opened to my 30 Lays of the Pious Minstrels . THE THREE HOMES 67 THE TWO ANGELS.
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... pain assail each 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 ...
... pain assail each 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 ...
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... and gifts ; Let them take from us bodily life , Goods , honour , child , and wife ; Let them go hence , They have nothing for their pains ; To us the Kingdom still remains . 41 A TRADITION OF THE VAUDOIS . Long before a Bible.
... and gifts ; Let them take from us bodily life , Goods , honour , child , and wife ; Let them go hence , They have nothing for their pains ; To us the Kingdom still remains . 41 A TRADITION OF THE VAUDOIS . Long before a Bible.
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... pain ; The orphans mourn , the crushed complain . Give freely ; hoarded gold is curst , A prey to robbers and to rust . Christ , through His poor , a claim doth make : Give gladly , for thy Saviour's sake . GIVE BOOKS : they live when ...
... pain ; The orphans mourn , the crushed complain . Give freely ; hoarded gold is curst , A prey to robbers and to rust . Christ , through His poor , a claim doth make : Give gladly , for thy Saviour's sake . GIVE BOOKS : they live when ...
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... pain , the smile without the tear . T THY NEIGHBOUR . HY neighbour ? it is he whom thou Hast power to aid and bless , Whose aching heart or burning brow Thy soothing hand may press . Thy neighbour ? ' tis the fainting poor , Whose eye ...
... pain , the smile without the tear . T THY NEIGHBOUR . HY neighbour ? it is he whom thou Hast power to aid and bless , Whose aching heart or burning brow Thy soothing hand may press . Thy neighbour ? ' tis the fainting poor , Whose eye ...
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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!