 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...canvass in. 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...Faces a thousand dangers at her call, And, trusting in his God, surmounts them all. THE LILY AND THE ROSE. THE nymph must lose her female friend, If more... | |
 | Mrs. Elizabeth HOLMES - 1838 - 208 pages
...that morning been exposed. But we remembered Cowper's beautiful reflection on one of Horace's odes : " Sweet moralist, afloat on life's rough sea, The Christian...Faces a thousand dangers at her call, And trusting in his God, surmounts them all." We left our home, rendered strangely dear to us by the uncertainty... | |
 | Mary Ashdowne - 1839 - 328 pages
...waters of oblivion quench its spiritual flame. " 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." The unreasonableness — nay, the impiety — of our affecting to... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...all i Can reason do no more Than bid me shun the deep and dread the shore! Sweet moralist ! affoat on life's rough sea The Christian has an art unknown...Faces a thousand dangers at her call, And trusting in his God, surmounts them all. TRANSLATIONS FROM VINCENT BOURNE. I. THE GLOW-WORM. BENEATH the hedge... | |
 | John N Woodroffe - 1839 - 408 pages
...17. Ezek. ii. 6. Matt. x. 26, 28, 31. Mark iv. 40. John xiv. 27. 1 Peter iii. 14, 15. The Christian holds no parley with unmanly fears ; Where duty bids,...Faces a thousand dangers at her call, And, trusting in his God, surmounts them all. DUTY TO FEAR GOD. Cowper. Deut. vi. 13; x. 12. Josh. iv. 24; xxiv.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 456 pages
...canvass in. 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...has an art unknown to thee. He holds no parley with untimely fears ; Where Duty bids, he confidently steers, Faces a thousand dangers at her call, And,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 260 pages
...canvass im> 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 t heu. He holds no parley with unmanly fears ; Where duty bids, he confidently steers, Faces a thousand... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 362 pages
...canvass in. 270 A REFLECTION ON THE FOREGOING ODE. AMD 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... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...noble soul his fear subdues, [from. And bravely dares the danger, which he shrinks He holds no parly with unmanly fears; Where duty bids, he confidently...Faces a thousand dangers at her call, And trusting in hia God, surmounts them all. What is ftf«? Tie not to stalk about, and draw in fresh air, From... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 390 pages
...fearsn&i/uw, [from. And bravely dares the danger, which he shrinks He holds no parly with unmanly yiwv Where duty bids, he confidently steers; Faces a thousand dangers at her call, And trusting in his God, surmounts them all. Wbatis/t/e> 'Vie not in stalk about, and draw in fresh air, From time... | |
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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,... 
