 | William Cowper - 1870 - 574 pages
...\iaUttv7 crams, Va. A REFLECTION ON THE FOREGOING ODE. AND is this all ! Can Reason do no more Than bid me shun the deep, and dread the shore ? Sweet moralist...life's rough sea, The Christian has an art unknown to thce : He holds no parley with unmanly fears ; Where Duty bids he confidently steers, Faces a thousand... | |
 | Birmingham central literary assoc - 1877 - 452 pages
...interest our Members. I therefore subjoin it. " And is this all ? Can Reason do no more Than bid me shun the deep, and dread the shore ? Sweet moralist...Faces a thousand dangers at her call, And, trusting in his God, surmounts them all. OTO. * Vide page 128, Vol. III. OUR CONFIDENTIAL CORNER. " RCJ" —... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1873 - 518 pages
...think," he replied. "While Cowper," continued Fisher, "defines a hero in admirable language : — ' He holds no parley with unmanly fears; Where duty...Faces a thousand dangers at her call, And, trusting In hii God, surmounts them all ' "And therefore, young fellows, while I would not have you depreciate... | |
 | 1874 - 620 pages
...nobly and well he has laboured for us in the past, and how often it might have been said of him, — " He holds no parley with unmanly fears ; Where duty...Faces a thousand dangers at her call, And, trusting in his God, surmounts them all." It seems to us a noble recital for a dying Government to be able to... | |
 | Samuel Wordsworth Bailey - 1874 - 732 pages
...when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul : and he sent for him. He holds no parley with unmanly fears ; Where duty...Faces a thousand dangers at her call, And, trusting in his God, surmounts them all. And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him : thy... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1876 - 314 pages
...in all good, And strength in evil ? " — WORDSWORTH. CHAPTER II. MORAL COURAGE : AND ITS RESULTS. He holds no parley with unmanly fears; Where Duty...Faces a thousand dangers at her call, And, trusting in his God, surmounts them all. COWPKK. He dares much, And to that dauntless temper of his mind, He... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1876 - 328 pages
...he replied. "While Cowper," continued Fisher, "defines a hero in admirable language : — 'Beholds no parley with unmanly fears ; Where duty bids, he confidently steers; Faces a thousaud dangers at her call, And, trusting in his God, surmounts them all.' "And therefore, young... | |
 | William Robertson (of Rochdale.) - 1877 - 568 pages
...carried them away, and his honesty and moral earnestness won for him their sympathy and respect. " He holds no parley with unmanly fears, Where duty...Faces a thousand dangers at her call, And trusting in his God, surmounts them all." His first speech in the Metropolis, delivered with great power and... | |
 | Edwin Hodder - 1878 - 380 pages
...generosity are ever united ; " and of the true British sailor it may be said in the words of Cowper : — " He holds no parley with unmanly fears ; Where duty...Faces a thousand dangers at her call, And, trusting in his God, surmounts them all." COOI'BH S CHEEK. CHAPTER VIII. AUSTRALIAN HEROES. The Story of Kxploration... | |
 | 1878 - 946 pages
...extremity, the Lord would provide. Here is still the Christian's highway both of safety and comfort : — " BoQ ۲gp `5 0 - I 9t A ? - > w ~` n zW B [ 7(L f 9\ z < 7h in his God, surmounts them all." Branching out from this there is a diligent use of the likeliest means... | |
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AND is this all ? Can Reason do no more Than bid me shun the deep, and dread the shore ? Sweet moralist ! afloat on life's rough sea, The Christian has an art unknown to thee : He holds no parley with unmanly fears ; Where Duty bids he confidently steers,... 
