 | 1784 - 196 sidor
...mtffenger of reft ! I hate the fins that made thee mourn', And drove thee from my bualt. The deareft idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne^ And worfliip only thee. . , So (hall my walk be clofe with God, Calm and ferene my frame ; So purer light... | |
 | Herbert Mends - 1801 - 432 sidor
...How sweet their memory still ! But now I find an aching void, The world can never fill. IV. Return, O holy dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest ! I hate...that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. v. The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship... | |
 | Edward Williams, James Boden - 1801 - 586 sidor
...meflenger of reft ; I hate the fins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breaft. 5 The deareft idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worfhip only thee. 6 So fhall my walk be clofe with God, Calm and ferene my frame ; So purer light... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 sidor
...How sweet jheir mem'ry still ! But they Have left an aching void The world can never fill. 4 Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest ; I hate...that made thee mourn* And drove thee from my breast. 5 The dearest idol I have known,. Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1805 - 308 sidor
...meffcnger of reft: I hate the fins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breaft. 5 The deareft idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne ; And worlhip only .thee. 6 So (hall my walk be clofe with God, Calm and fcrene my frame ; 80 purer light... | |
 | George Richards - 1806 - 394 sidor
...return, Sweet messenger of rest: I hate the sins that made me mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 5 The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol...to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee. 12 So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So, purer light shall mark the road... | |
 | Ralph Williston - 1806 - 436 sidor
...sweet their mem'ry still ! But they have left an aching void, The world can never fill. 4. Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest ! I hate...that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 5. The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to- tear it from thy throne,, And... | |
 | 1806 - 118 sidor
...mcflenger of reft ; 1 hate the fins which made thee motra, And drove thee from my bread. The deareft idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worihip only thee. So mall my walk be clofe with God, Calm and ferene my frame ; And light divine mark... | |
 | 1807 - 580 sidor
...Father ! too. -"v conduct ever prove , I hate the sins that in» — And drove thee from my breast. 5 The dearest idol I Have known, ' Whate'er that idol...to tear it from thy throne And worship only thee. 6 So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road... | |
 | John Newton - 1808 - 712 sidor
...How sweet their mem'ry still ! But they have left an aching void, The world can never fill. 4 Return, O holy Dove, return ! Sweet messenger of rest; I hate...that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 5 The dearest idol 1 have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship... | |
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Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest! I hate the sins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 5 The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee. 
