A thousand ages in thy sight are like an evening gone, short as the watch that ends the night before the rising sun. 5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, bears all its sons away; they fly forgotten, as a dream dies at the opening day. A Liturgy for the Use of a Christian Church - Strana 455podľa Chandler Robbins - 1861 - Počet stránok 110Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| Jeremy Belknap - 1812 - Počet stránok 530
...dust, " Return, ye sons of men ;" All nations rose from earth at first, And turn to earth again. 3 A thousand ages in thy sight, Are like an evening...watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. 4 Time, like an ever-running stream, Bears all its sons away ; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies... | |
| Thomas Jones (chaplain to the earl of Peterborough) - 1812 - Počet stránok 486
...order stood, Or earth receiv'd its frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone,...the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. The busy tribes of flesh and blood, With all their cares and fears, Are carry'd downward by the flood,... | |
| John Wesley, Charles Wesley - 1816 - Počet stránok 602
...order stood, On earth receiv'd her frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless, years the same. 4 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone...watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. 3 The husy trihes of flesh and hlood, With all their cares and fears, Are carried downward hy the flood,... | |
| Methodist Episcopal Church - 1817 - Počet stránok 610
...order stood, Or earth receiv'd her frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone;...watch that ends the night* Before the rising sun. ^5 The husy trihes of. flesh and hlood, With all their cares and fears, Are carried downward hy the... | |
| John Wesley - 1818 - Počet stránok 306
...order stood, Or earth recei>'d her frame; From everlasting thou art God} To endless years the same. A thousand ages in thy sight, Are like an evening...watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. 5 The busy tribes of flesh and blood, ,/j/ With all their cares and fears, Are carried downward by... | |
| Richard Herne Shepherd - 1818 - Počet stránok 684
...to dust. " Return, ye sons of men :" All nations rose from earth at first. Aud turn to earth again. A thousand ages in thy sight, Are like an evening...watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. The busy tribes of flesh and blood, "With all their lives and cares, Are carried downwards by the flood,... | |
| Isaac Watts - 1818 - Počet stránok 612
...dust, " Iteturn ye sons of men •." AH nat,ons rose from eartn at first, « And turn to earth again. 5 A thousand ages, in thy sight, Are like an evening...watch that ends the night, -; Before the rising sun. 6 [The busy tribes of flesh and blood, With all their lives and cares, } Are carry'd downwards hy the... | |
| Richard Marks - 1818 - Počet stránok 232
...its value, and then it is in vain to wish its return, or to entreat its stay. So true it is, that " Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons...fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day." Unhappy, heedless children of this world ! when will ye become wise? When will ye understand these... | |
| Isaac Watts, James Manning Winchell - 1820 - Počet stránok 314
...dust, " Return, ye sons of men :" All natipns rose from earth at first, And turn to earth again. 5 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone;...watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. 6 [The busy tribes of flesh and blood, With all their lives and cares, Are carry 'd downward by the... | |
| 1820 - Počet stránok 414
...order stood, Or earth received her frame, From everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 3 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone,...the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 4 But, like an ever-flowing stream, Time bears its sons away ; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies... | |
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