 COUNT each affliction, whether light or grave, God's messenger sent down to thee. Do thou With courtesy receive him : rise and bow : And, ere his shadow pass thy threshold, crave Permission first his heavenly feet to lave, Then lay before him all thou...  Littell's Living Age - Page 601896Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1864 - 998 pages
...touches are a very different strain, a sermon confew and light, but distinct and densed in a sonnet: — Count each affliction, whether light or grave, God's...shadow pass thy threshold, crave Permission first his\heavenly feet to lave, — Then lay before him all thou hast ; allow No cloud of passion to ursurp... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1843 - 714 pages
...sonnets with one entitled ' Sorrow,' breathing a very full and noble strain of moral exhortation : — ' Count each affliction, whether light or grave, God's...thou With courtesy receive him : rise and bow ; And And ere his shadow pass thy threshold, crave Permission first his heavenly feet to lave. Then lay before... | |
 | 1845 - 328 pages
...long line of descendants by his first born son, William. Ipswich, Mast. SORROW. BY AOBREV DE VERB. COUNT each affliction, whether light or grave, God's messenger sent down to thee. Do then With courtesy receive him : rise and bow : And ere his shadow pass thy threshold, crave Permission... | |
 | Hannah J. Woodman - 1846 - 226 pages
...fashion, And its bounding hopes control ; Pray that no unhallowed passion Soil the ermine of thy soul. Count each affliction, whether light or grave, God's...no wave Of mortal tumult to obliterate The soul's marmorial calmness. Grief should be Like joy, majestic, equable, sedate ; Confirming,, cleansing, raising,... | |
 | Thomas Vincent Fosbery - 1850 - 416 pages
...chaff will only cleanse the gold. Kentrer unto p?im (umble tfmnks for &is bisitation. AUBREY DE VERB. COUNT each affliction, whether light or grave, God's...hospitality, no wave Of mortal tumult to obliterate Thy soul's marmoreal calmness. Grief should be Like joy, majestic, equable, sedate, Confirming, cleansing,... | |
 | Margaret Maria Gordon - 1854 - 270 pages
...though speechless desire for the glory of G-od, may all bring forth fruit unto everlasting life. " Count each affliction, whether light or grave, God's messenger sent down to thee. Bo thou With courtesy receive him Grief should be, Like joy, majestic, equable, sedate — Confirming,... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 416 pages
...the press, we have received the news of Mr. Lockhart's death at Abbotsford, in December, 1854. WBR "Count each affliction, whether light or grave God's...Permission first his heavenly feet to lave. Then lay hefore him all thou hast. Allow No cloud of passion to usurp thy brow, Or mar thy hospitality ; no... | |
 | Matthew Simpson - 1856 - 254 pages
...godlike power, If, for one brief, dark hour, My heart forgets Jerusalem, fallen city of my home! Sorroto. COUNT each affliction, whether light or grave, God's...no wave Of mortal tumult to obliterate The soul's marmorean calmness. Grief should be, Like joy, majestic, equable, sedate, Confirming, cleansing, raising,... | |
 | mrs. Robert Cartwright - 1857 - 372 pages
...comme votre ombre : courez apris, elle VOUB fuit, fuyez la, elle court apres vous. ALFRED DE MUSSET. Count each affliction whether light or grave God's...no wave Of mortal tumult to obliterate The soul's marmorean calmness. AUBBET DE VBBB. THEKLA was ill for many days. Prince Peter paid her a little more... | |
 | Thomas Vincent Fosbery - 1857 - 436 pages
...only cleanse the gold. Urntrer unto jlljim fiiimfilr tljanUs for ?iji« btsitation. AUBREY DE VERB. COUNT each affliction, whether light or grave, God's...to lave, Then lay before him all thou hast. Allow Xo cloud of passion to usurp thy brow, Or mar thy hospitality, no wave Of mortal tumult to obliterate... | |
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