Religious Thought in Old English VerseSampson Low, 1892 - 456 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 29
Página 9
... reason , however , was preserved to him by the special grace of God , and St. Andrew was sent to release him from his sufferings , and was rowed thither by three men , who , though he knew it not , were an incarnation of the Holy ...
... reason , however , was preserved to him by the special grace of God , and St. Andrew was sent to release him from his sufferings , and was rowed thither by three men , who , though he knew it not , were an incarnation of the Holy ...
Página 64
... reason right and wrong ; And little bairns there be that ne'er wrought bale ; And many poor brute beasts be in the burgh , Who sin no sort to suffer grief of soul ; Shall I be wrath with them , when wights will turn And come to me as ...
... reason right and wrong ; And little bairns there be that ne'er wrought bale ; And many poor brute beasts be in the burgh , Who sin no sort to suffer grief of soul ; Shall I be wrath with them , when wights will turn And come to me as ...
Página 71
... reason why He had delight in minstrelsy . He answered him in this mannére— Wherefore he held the harp so dear . ' The harp , ' he said , ' by thought and right Hath power to quench the devil's might . So he who thinks of it with wit ...
... reason why He had delight in minstrelsy . He answered him in this mannére— Wherefore he held the harp so dear . ' The harp , ' he said , ' by thought and right Hath power to quench the devil's might . So he who thinks of it with wit ...
Página 102
... Reason God gave to thee , and will , and mind , With divers goods he well endowed thee ; He gave thee all , and me he left behind , Thy subject made , in full simple degree . But thou wert negligent and ruled by me , Thou should'st in ...
... Reason God gave to thee , and will , and mind , With divers goods he well endowed thee ; He gave thee all , and me he left behind , Thy subject made , in full simple degree . But thou wert negligent and ruled by me , Thou should'st in ...
Página 103
... reason above mentioned : - He calles euery man a kyng That here has cure or governyng , He biddes thaim loue god in hys lawe And teche it other to kepe and knawe . And ther aboute euer to be most helye And than schall they in hevene ...
... reason above mentioned : - He calles euery man a kyng That here has cure or governyng , He biddes thaim loue god in hys lawe And teche it other to kepe and knawe . And ther aboute euer to be most helye And than schall they in hevene ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
A. B. Grosart A. H. Bullen angels Ballates beauty beginning behold Bishop blessed blest bliss Book of Praise bright Cædmon century Charles Wesley Christ Christian Church dear death delight Divine Do-well dost doth dwell earth England English Essay eternal eyes faith Father fear feeling give glorious glory God's grace Grosart Hannah More's hath heart heaven heavenly holy honour hope hymns John King light lines live Lord Lord Vaux Lyra Brit mercy Miles Coverdale mind moral nature never night Olney Hymns pain Paradise Lost paraphrase Percy Society pleasure poem poetical Poets prayer psalmody Psalms published pure quote reign religious sacred poetry Say-well shalt sing sins Sir Philip Sydney sleep song sonnet sorrow soul spirit stanzas sweet thee thine things thou art thou hast thought truth unto verses Wesley words writer written wrote
Pasajes populares
Página 374 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God.
Página 263 - The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more. For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, so certain to be lost. Clouds of affection from our younger eyes Conceal that emptiness which age descries. The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home.
Página 332 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than Heaven pursue. What blessings Thy free bounty gives, Let me not cast away; For God is paid when man receives, T
Página 365 - From seeming evil still educing good, And better thence again, and better still, In infinite progression.
Página 271 - tis said, Before was never made, But when of old the sons of morning sung While the Creator great His constellations set, And the well-balanced world on hinges hung, And cast the dark foundations deep, And bid the weltering waves their oozy channel keep.
Página 256 - Thou wilt not wake Till I thy fate shall overtake : Till age, or grief, or sickness must Marry my body to that dust It so much loves, and fill the room My heart keeps empty in thy tomb. Stay for me there ; I will not fail To meet thee in that hollow vale.
Página 441 - Nature never did betray The heart that loved her ; 'tis her privilege Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy : for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith that all which we behold Is...
Página 440 - All thinking things, all objects of all thought, And rolls through all things. Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains; and of all that we behold From this green earth ; of all the mighty world Of eye and ear, both what they half create *, And what perceive...
Página 178 - Even such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust ; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days ; But from this earth, this grave, this dust. My God shall raise me up, I trust ! ELIZABETHAN MISCELLANIES.
Página 224 - How happy is he born and taught, That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill.