 Get leave to work In this world — 'tis the best you get at all; For God, in cursing, gives us better gifts Than men in benediction. God says, "Sweat For foreheads," men say "crowns," and so we are crowned, Ay, gashed by some tormenting circle of steel...  The Smith College Monthly - Page 1851903Full view - About this book
 | Religious education - 1888 - 526 pages
...the HOU!, the intellect, and the grasp of the mind on all eternal verities. If you would rise — " Get leave to work In this world— .'tis the best you get at all ; For God, in cursing, gives us better gifts Than man in benediction. God says, 'Sweat For foreheads,'... | |
 | Criticism - 1857 - 772 pages
...of a sublime truth vibrates in these lines, as the tone of H cathedral bell summoning to worship. " Get leave to work In this world, — 'tis the best you get at at1 : For God, in cursing, gives us better gifts Than men in benediction. God says, ' Sweut For foreheads... | |
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