 Great God, I ask thee for no meaner pelf Than that I may not disappoint myself, That in my action I may soar as high, As I can now discern with this clear eye. And next in value, which thy kindness lends, That I may greatly disappoint my friends, Howe'er...  The Life of Henry David Thoreau - Page 34by Henry Stephens Salt - 1890 - 315 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, George Ripley - Transcendentalism - 1843 - 564 pages
...aspiration of a different mind, in quite other regions of power and duty, yet they all accord at last. " Great God, I ask thee for no meaner pelf Than that...kindness lends, That I may greatly disappoint my friends, Howe 'er they think or hope that it may be, They may not dream how thou 'st distinguished me. That... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, George Ripley - Transcendentalism - 1843 - 560 pages
...aspiration of a different mind, in quite other regions of power and duty, yet they all accord at last. " Great God, I ask thee for no meaner pelf Than that...as high, As I can now discern with this clear eye. That my weak hand may equal my firm faith, And my life practise more than my tongue saith ; That my... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - Civil disobedience - 1866 - 314 pages
...aspiration of a different mind, in quite other regions of power and duty, yet they all accord at last. " Great God, I ask thee for no meaner pelf Than that...think or hope that it may be, They may not dream how thon 'st distinguished me. " That my weak hand may equal my firm faith. And my life practise more than... | |
 | Laurence Oliphant - Piccadilly (London, England) - 1870 - 346 pages
...saint, which, in years gone by, had fixed itself permanently in some vacant niche of my mind : — " Great God ! I ask Thee for no meaner pelf, Than that I may not disappoint myself, That in my actions I may soar as high As I can now discern with this clear eye ; »?' And next in value what Thy... | |
 | Laurence Oliphant - Piccadilly (London, England) - 1870 - 338 pages
...Great God ! I ask Thee for no meaner pelf, Than that I may not disappoint myself, That in my actions I may soar as high As I can now discern with this clear eye; And next in value what Thy kindness lends, That I may greatly disappoint my friends^ Howe'er they think or hope that... | |
 | George Willis Cooke - Authors, American - 1881 - 406 pages
...Papers. Thoreau was the author of the poetical prayer in this article, beginning with the words, — *' Great God, I ask thee for no meaner pelf Than that I may not disappoint myself." and gives broad hint of his deep sympathy with every true form of the spirit of devotion and faith.... | |
 | Franklin Benjamin Sanborn - Authors, American - 1882 - 358 pages
...with selfishness — was expressed by him early in a prayer which he threvr into this verse : — " Great God ! I ask Thee for no meaner pelf, Than that I may not disappoint myself ; That in my conduct I may soar as high As I can now discern with this clear eye. That my weak hand may equal my... | |
 | John Burroughs, Edmund Clarence Stedman - American essays - 1882 - 194 pages
...thy anthem's rung, When that is done I will not fear But the same power will abet my tongue. PRAYER. Great God ! I ask thee for no meaner pelf, Than that I may not disappoint myself ; That in my conduct I may soar as high As I can now discern with this clear eye ; That my weak hand may equal my... | |
 | 1886 - 580 pages
...following is the prayer of Henry D. Thoreau, an American author and philosopher : " Great God, I ask no meaner pelf Than that I may not disappoint myself,...be, They may not dream how Thou'st distinguished me. That my weak hand may equal my firm faith. And my tongue practice more than my tongue saith; That my... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - Québec (Province) - 1892 - 304 pages
...regions of power and J, yet they all accord at last. " Great God, I ask thee for no meaner pelf Thau that I may not disappoint myself, That in my action I may soar aa high As I can now discern with this clear eye. " And next in value, which thy kindness lends, That... | |
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