 | Protestant association - 1853 - 406 páginas
...present joy of the departed, we cannot withhold a glad ' Amen,' from Cowper's lines upon hie mother — ' Yet, oh ! the thought that thou art safe, and He ! That thought is joy, arise what may to me.' " This joy is the birthright of God's faithful children, and this the balm with... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 páginas
...current's thwarting force, Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Yet, O the thought, that Ihou art safe, and he! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. 35 My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the Earth; But higher... | |
 | Brandon Turner - 1840 - 258 páginas
...righteous limitation of its act, By which Heaven moves in pard'ning guilty man." — Id. ' ' ' Yet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me." — Id. ' ' Then palaces and lofty domes arose ; These for devotion, and for pleasure those." — Blackmore.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 páginas
...And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosp'rous course. Tet O the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthron'd, and rulers of the Earth ; But higher... | |
 | John D. Post - 1842 - 314 páginas
...And, day by day, some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. Vet, O, the thought, that thou art safe, and he ! — That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - 1843 - 316 páginas
...by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. But, oh ! tin; thought that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me : My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned and rulers of the earth, But higher far... | |
 | Protestant association - 1843 - 480 páginas
...present glory of the departed, we cannot withhold a glad Amen from Cowper's lines on his mother — " But oh ! the thought that thou art safe, and he, That thought is joy, arise what may to me." Yes, it is joy — a mournful joy, but still a joy unutterable — a joy that... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 páginas
...from port withheld, always distress'd — Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest toss'd, Sails ript, seams opening wide, and compass lost, And day by day...and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 páginas
...lost; And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. But our That calls me from the dream of bliss, To find myself still lone, and hear The same My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 páginas
...; And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me more distant from a prosperous course. But to the place of deputy-secretary at war ; fifthly, that he was bound by some strong tie My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; Hut higher far... | |
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Yet, oh, the thought that thou art safe, and he ! That thought is joy, arrive what may to me. My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed... 
