 ... should not war with brother, And worry and devour each other : But sing and shine by sweet consent, Till life's poor transient night is spent, Respecting in each other's case The gifts of nature and of grace. Those Christians best deserve the name,...  Poems, - Strana 204podľa William Cowper - 1817Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Book - 1864 - Počet stránok 396
...and of grace. Those Christians best deserve the name Who studiously make peace their aim ; Peace both the duty and the prize Of him that creeps and him that flies. COWPER. THE ROMANCE OF THE SWAN'S NEST. ^ITTLE Ellie sits alone 'Mid the beaches of a meadow, By a... | |
 | Life-lights - 1864 - Počet stránok 344
...and of grace. Those Christians best deserve the name Who studiously make peace their aim ; Peace both the duty and the prize Of him that creeps and him that flies. WILLIAM COWPER, 1731-1800. MY MOTHER'S GRAVE. THY grave 's among a thousand graves, And no memorial... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1865 - Počet stránok 226
...want, nor care ; There good and happy beings dwell, And all are holy there. LESSON XIX. THE GOLDFINCH. Time was when I was free as air\ The thistle's downy...drink the morning dew^ ; I perched* at will on every spray',c My form genteel', my plumage3 gay', My strains' e forever new'. But gaudy' plumage', sprightly... | |
 | Easy poetry - 1865 - Počet stránok 206
...us all try their example to mind, And always, like them, be obliging and kind. THE GOLDFINCH STARVED IN HIS CAGE. TIME was when I was free as air, The...thistle's downy seed my fare, My drink the morning dew ; I perch'd at will on ev'ry spray, My form genteel, my plumage gay, My strains for ever new. But gaudy... | |
 | Richard Hobson - 1866 - Počet stránok 400
...happiness. "Those Christiana best deserve the name, Who studiously make peace their aim ; Peace, both the duty and the prize Of him that creeps, and him that flies." In speaking of the attachments of birds to particular objects, or to peculiar localities, it may not... | |
 | Words - 1866 - Počet stránok 368
...of grace. Those Christians best deserve the name, Who studiously make peace their aim ; Peace both the duty and the prize Of him that creeps and him that flies. Cowper. ON A GOLDFINCH STARVED TO DEATH IN HIS CAGE. Time was when I was free as air, The thistle's... | |
 | James Fleming - 1866 - Počet stránok 382
...grace. Those Christians best deserve the name Who studiously make peace their aim : — Peace, both the duty and the prize, Of him that creeps, and him that flies. IN HEAVEN THERE'S REST. " IN Heaven there's rest :" that thought hath a power To scatter the shades... | |
 | William Cowper - 1866 - Počet stránok 720
...of grace. Those Christians best deserve the name Who studiously make peace their aim ; Peace, both the duty and the prize Of him that creeps and him that Hies. ON A GOLDFINCH STAEVED TO DEATH IN HIS CAGE. TIME was when I was free as air, The thistle's downy... | |
 | 1867 - Počet stránok 80
...might say, When nought was heard along the blossom'd lea, To join thy music, save the listless bee. ON A GOLDFINCH, STARVED TO DEATH IN HIS CAGE. TIME...thistle's downy seed my fare, My drink the morning dew ; I perch'd at will on every spray, My form genteel, my plumage gay, My strains for ever new. For caught... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1867 - Počet stránok 432
...your wandering eyes And heedless hearts is lawful prize, Nor all, that glisters, gold. Thomas Gray. ON A GOLDFINCH STARVED TO DEATH IN HIS CAGE. TIME...thistle's downy seed my fare, My drink the morning dew ; I perch'd at will on every spray, My form genteel, my plumage gay, My strains for ever new. But gaudy... | |
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