| 1881 - 1046 sidor
...Which most leave undone or despise, For naught that sets one's heart at ease ***** Is low-esteemed in her eyes. ' Blessing she is ; God made her so ;...chanced to know That aught were easier than to bless.' TERHAPS the most remarkable characteristic of Miss Gibson,' writes an acute observer, ' was the wonderful... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1841 - 206 sidor
...heart entwines and clings, And patiently she folds her wings To tread the humble paths of life. VI. Blessing she is: God made her so, And deeds of week-day...chanced to know That aught were easier than to bless. Vil. She is most fair, and thereunto Her life doth rightly harmonize; Feeling or thought that was not... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 sidor
...heart entwines and clings, And patiently she folds her wings To tread the humble paths of earth. 9 VI. Blessing she is : God made her so, And deeds of week-day...chanced to know That aught were easier than to bless. VII. She is most fair, and thereunto Her life doth rightly harmonize ; Feeling or thought that was... | |
| Lloyd's patriotic fund - 1854 - 206 sidor
...story of my life was but a dream, and all these things had ever been the same. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE. God made her so, And deeds of week-day holiness Fall from her gently as the snow ; Nor hath she ever chanced to know, That anght were easier than to bless. LOWEi.I.... | |
| Kenelm Henry Digby - 1856 - 368 sidor
...her heart entwines and clings, And patiently she folds her wings, To tread the humble paths of earth. Blessing she is : God made her so, And deeds of week-day...chanced to know That aught were easier than to bless." In fine, we must admire the excellence of common thoughts, for their affinity with a religion that... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1857 - 334 sidor
...ner heart entwines and clings, And patiently she folds her wings To tread the humble paths of earth. Blessing she is : God made her so, And deeds of weekday...chanced to know That aught were easier than to bless. VII. She is most fair, and thereunto Her life doth rightly harmonize ; Feeling or thought that was... | |
| 1859 - 334 sidor
...her heart entwines and clings, And patiently she folds her wings, To tread the humble paths of life. Blessing she is, God made her so, And deeds of week-day...chanced to know That aught were easier than to bless. She is most fair, and thereunto Her life doth rightly harmonize ; Feeling or thought that was not true... | |
| 1861 - 356 sidor
...desire, Our hearts ne'er bow but to superior worth, Nor ever fail of their allegiance there. YOUNG. Blessing she is; God made her so; And deeds of week-day...chanced to know That aught were easier than to bless. JE LOWELL. He lived the Truth which reconciled The strong man Reason, Faith the child; In him belief... | |
| George Washington Doane (bp. of New Jersey.) - 1861 - 652 sidor
...entwines and clings, And patiently she folds her wings, To tread the humble paths of earth. * Lowell. " Blessing she is ; God made her so : And deeds of week-day...Nor hath she ever chanced to know, That aught were eaiser than to bless. • " On nature doth she muse and brood, With such a still and love-clear eye,... | |
| 1861 - 144 sidor
...heart entwines and clings, And patiently she folds her wings To treaa tne uum'u'ie p.iths of earth. I Blessing she is ; God made her so ; And deeds of week-day holiness Fall from her noiseloss as the snow ; Xor hath she ever chanced to know That aught were easier than to bless. She... | |
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