 There if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! There like the nightingale she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise.  The poetical works of William Cowper - Strana 297podľa William Cowper - 1882 - Počet stránok 630Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | William Cowper - 1802 - Počet stránok 350
...orient rays impart ; But, JESUS, 'tis thy light alone Can shine upon the heart. XLIV. RETIREMENT. 1 FAR from the world, O LORD, I flee, From strife and...scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1808 - Počet stránok 332
...fire, rejoices in the divine favour ; and thus retirement is sanctified by communion with him. » " The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. J There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, O with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
 | John Newton - 1808 - Počet stránok 712
...orient rays impart ; Cut, Jesus, 'tis thy light alone Can shine upon the heart. XLV. C. Retirement. 1 FAR. from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and...scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree; And seem, by thy sweet bounty made,... | |
 | 1829 - Počet stránok 610
...Satan wngc* till! His most succesjfnl war. VOL. IV. :Jd Series. The calm retreat and silent (hade,* With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet...thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode : Ob, with what peace, and joy, and love, She commune* with her God ! There, like the nightingale,... | |
 | John Newton - 1810 - Počet stránok 726
...orient rays impart ; But, Jesus, tis thy light alone Can shine upon the heart. XLV. C. Retirement. 1 FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and...scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made,... | |
 | Thomas Jones (chaplain to the earl of Peterborough) - 1812 - Počet stránok 486
...loveHere's my heart, Lord, take and seal it; Seal it from thy courts above ! 243. The Christian retiring. FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and...successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree, And seem, by thy swt.et bounty made, For those who follow thee. There if thy... | |
 | William Bengo Collyer - 1812 - Počet stránok 980
...impart ; But, Jesus, 'tis thy light alone Can shine upon the heart. HYMN CCXCVI. Retirement. COWPER. R from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult...scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree : And seem, by thy sweet bounty... | |
 | Reformed Church in America, John Henry Livingston - 1814 - Počet stránok 696
...With pray'r and praise agree : And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. 3 Then if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace and joy and love, She there communes with God ! 4 There, like the nightingale, she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness... | |
 | 1815 - Počet stránok 556
...I, as I walked farther on, how pleasing to be freed from the busy bustling world ! As the poet says, The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee. As I passed along, a flock of sheep in view, reminded me of those days when the sheep were led to the... | |
 | Robert White ALMOND - 1819 - Počet stránok 204
...fill our souls with LOVE, That we below, thy steps may trace, And reign with thee above. CXL. •. I . Far from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and...scenes where Satan wages stilL His most successful war. 2. The calm retreat, the silent shade j With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty... | |
| |
