 There was a time," he said, in mild, Heart-humbled tones, "thou blessed child! When, young and haply pure as thou, I looked and prayed like thee; but now — " He hung his head ; each nobler aim And hope and feeling, which had slept From boyhood's hour,...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Seite 2811817Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1850 - 492 Seiten
...his life, Nor found one sunny resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace! " There was a time," he said, in mild, Heart-humbled tones —...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only sense... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 Seiten
...his life, Nor found one sunny resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace ? " There was a time," he said, in mild, Heart-humbled tones, "...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 432 Seiten
...his life, Nor found one sunny resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace?— " There was a time," he said, in mild, Heart-humbled tones, "...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept! X. And now! behold him kneeling there, By the child's side in humble prayer, While the same sunbeam... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1872 - 660 Seiten
...Trtuxlt. 399 Wlicn, youug and haply pare as Hum, I look'd and pray'd like tliee— but now — ' He huuff his head — each nobler aim And hope and feeling,...instant came fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming now Is felt the first, the only sense... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1873 - 622 Seiten
...resting-place, . Nor brought him back one branch of grace ! ' There was a time,' he said, in mild Heart -humbled tones, — ' thou blessed child ! When, young and...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! 5. The Historical poem is a metrical narrative of public events, extending over a period more or... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1873 - 590 Seiten
...tones, — ' thou blessed child ! When, young and haply pure as thou, I looked and prayed like theo, — but now * He hung his head,• — each nobler aim...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! 5. The Historical poem is a metrical narrative of public events, extending over a period more or... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 874 Seiten
...but now"— He hung his head— each nobler aim And hope and feeling, which had slept From boyhood hour, that instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept— he wept ! Bless'd tears of soul-felt penitence, In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
 | Public school series - 1874 - 408 Seiten
...Heart-humbled tones, — " thou blessed child ! "When, young, and haply pure as thou, " I look'd and pray'd like thee — but now — " He hung his head — each...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
 | Samuel Wordsworth Bailey - 1874 - 732 Seiten
...flood of his life, Nor found one sunny resting place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace ! — He hung his head — each nobler aim And hope and...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! NOW Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom. And the king said... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 240 Seiten
...his life, Nor found one sunny resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace P " There was a time," he said, in mild, Heart-humbled tones, —...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept, — he wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
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