 | Collection - 1774 - 426 pages
...former year, Many fouls their race have run, Never more to meet us here : Fix'd in an eternal ftate, They have done with all below ; We a little longer wait, But how little, none can knowv As the winged arrow flies Speedily the mark to find, As the light'ning from the fkies Darts,... | |
 | John Newton, William Cowper - Hymns, English - 1783 - 432 pages
...have rur»> Never more to meet us here : Fix'd in an eternal ftate, They have done with all belowj We a little longer wait, But how little- — none...Speedily the mark to find ; As the light'ning from the fkies, I Dans, and leaves no trace behind ; Swiftly Swiftly thus our fleeting days Bear us down Iife's... | |
 | 1787 - 112 pages
...former year, Many fouls their race have run, Never more to meet us here : Fix'd in an eternal ftate, They have done with all below ; We a little longer...Speedily the mark to find ; As the light'ning from the flues, Darts, and leaves no trace behind i Swiftly thus our fleeting days, Bear us down life's rapid... | |
 | John Newton, William Cowper - Hymns - 1797 - 356 pages
...the winged arrow flies, • "t ... . Speedily the mark to find ; j As the lightning from the ikies Darts, and leaves no trace behind ; Swiftly thus our fleeting days Bear us down life's rapid fiream ; Upwards, Lord, our fpirits raife, All below is but a dream. 3 Thanks for mercies paft receive,... | |
 | John Newton, William Cowper - Hymns, English - 1797 - 360 pages
...their race have run, IJever more to meet us herei Fixt in an trcrnal ftate, They have done with a'l below ; We a little longer wait, But how little— none can know. 3. As the winged arrow flics, Speedily the mark re find ; As the lighming from the Ikies Darts, and... | |
 | Selection - 1801 - 426 pages
...former year, Many fouls their race have run ; Never more to meet us here : Fix'd in an eternal ftate, They have done with all below ; We a little longer wait — But how little, none can know. As the winged arrow flies Speedily the mark to find ; As the lightning from the flues • ' Darts,... | |
 | John Newton - 1808 - 712 pages
...NEW-YEAR'S HYMNS. I. Time how swift. 1 WHILE with ceaseless course the sun Hasted through the former year, Many souls their race have run, Never more to meet us here : Fix'd in an eternal state, They have done with all below ; We a little longer wait, But how ffttle... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1808 - 170 pages
...many fouls are fled, Never more to meet us here ! 2 Fix'd in an eternal ftate, They have now no cares below ; We a little longer wait, But how little — none can know. 3 Life how frail ! how fleeting breath ! Fate ftands threat'ning ftill in view ; And the next dread... | |
 | John Newton - Theology - 1810 - 726 pages
...OCCASIONAL SUBJECTS. isssss* .. I. SEASONS. NEW-YEAR'S HYMNS. 1§ H urae Hasted through the former year Many souls their race have run, Never more to meet us here ;' Fix'd in an eternal state, They have done with 'all below; We a little longer wait, But how little—... | |
 | Jeremy Belknap - Bible - 1812 - 540 pages
...That eternity is near, We are standing on the brink. 5 As the winged arrow flies Quick, the destin'd mark to find ; As the lightning from the skies Darts, and leaves no trace behind : 6 So our brief and transient days To their end speed swiftly on ; Soon we pass life's little space,... | |
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Hasted through the former year, Many souls their race have run, Never more to meet us here: Fixed in an eternal state, They have done with all below We a little longer wait, But how little none can know. 
