 Then she sang Handel's song — " What though I trace each herb and flower That decks the morning dew? Did I not own Jehovah's power, How vain were all I knew...  The Juvenile Gardener - Page 1by Lady - 1824 - 129 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1819 - 426 pages
...devout soul, by which to ascend to the knowledge and adoration of GOD.— Life of Dr. Wattt. What though I trace each Herb and Flower That drinks the morning...not own JEHOVAH'S power, How vain were all I knew ! Say what's the rest but empty boast, The pedant's idle claim, Who, having all the substance lost,... | |
 | Miss Stockdale (Mary R.), Mary R. Stockdale - 1821 - 454 pages
...herself in its first blank leaf, the delicate pen of her mother had transcribed — ' What, though I trace each herb and flower, That drinks the morning...not own Jehovah's power, How vain were all I knew 1* " Thy spirit, dear mother," said the enraptured girl, " animates every object: oh, may its dictates... | |
 | John Platts - 1822 - 844 pages
...wills are checked from violence and misdemeanor." What! though I trace each herb and flower, And drink the morning dew, Did I not own Jehovah's power, How vain were all I Itnew! Say, what's ihe rest but empty boast, The pedant's idle claim, Who, having all the substance... | |
 | 1834 - 424 pages
...Knyvett had the recitative " Bless'd be the Lord," from Handel's Solomon, and the song — " What though I trace- each herb and flower That drinks the morning...not own Jehovah's power, How vain were all I knew !" which was correctly sung, and with just expression, but suffered in its general effect from the... | |
 | 1825 - 366 pages
...assures us that the temple was ploughed up by the Romans, and that he himself saw it lying in ruins. What tho' I trace each herb and flower, That drinks the morning dew ; Did I not own Jehovah's pow'r, How vain were all I knew. Eusebius. 119 120 NATURAL HISTORY. THE BEE. THERE is scarcely a more... | |
 | 1825 - 630 pages
...correspondent who brought to our recollection the following lines from an Oratorio of Handel. What though I trace each herb and flower, That drinks the morning dew, Did I not own Jehovah's power, {low vain were all I knew. We must venture, too, to quote the following beautiful lines of Cowper,... | |
 | York city, musical festival - 1825 - 100 pages
...Solomon.— HANDEL. •'•«.- ' . „ . Miu TRAVIS. What, though I trace each herb and flower That drink the morning dew, Did I not own Jehovah's power, How vain were all I knew. CHORUS — HANDEL. Let nolte-despair, relief may come, though late, And heaven can snatch us from the... | |
 | George MOGRIDGE - 1829 - 80 pages
...so beautified the earth with shrubs and flowers. " O, could I trace each herb and flower That sips the morning dew ; Did I not own Jehovah's power, How vain were all I knew ! " Jessy. There was something about flowers in the chapter we read this morning : I forget the words;... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1834 - 608 pages
...admirable words of Handel's beautiful and impressive air should be always in our recollection : — What tho I trace each herb and flower That drinks the morning dew ? Unless I own JEHOVAH'S power, How vain were all I knew ! Hand. Sol. 13 Dr. Kidd's concluding paragraph... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1834 - 610 pages
...admirable words of Handel's beautiful and impressive air should be always in our recollection :— What tho I trace each herb and flower That drinks the morning dew ? Unless I own JEHOVAH'S power, How vain were all I knew ! Hand. Sol. « Dr. Kidd's concluding paragraph... | |
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