 The soul on earth is an immortal guest, Compelled to starve at an unreal feast : A spark, which upward tends by nature's force -. A stream, diverted from its parent source ; A drop, dissevered from the boundless sea ; A moment, parted from eternity ;...  The Works of Hannah More - Page 161by Hannah More - 1830Full view - About this book
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 pages
...indifferent eye All finite joys, all blessings bora to die. The soul on earth is an immortal guest, Compelled to starve at an unreal feast : A spark, which upward...stream, diverted from its parent source ; A drop, dissevered from the boundless sea ; A moment, parted from eternity ; A pilgrim, panting for the rest... | |
 | 1850 - 340 pages
...its bliss in pleasure, wealth, or praise ? No : wisdom• views, with an indifferent eye, All finite joys, all blessings born to die. The soul on earth...Compell'd to starve at an unreal feast : A spark, that upward tends by nature's force ; A stream, diverted from its parent source ; A drop, dissever'd... | |
 | George Copway - 1851 - 372 pages
...laid its body in the dust and ascended to its God. " The soul on earth is an immortal guest, Compelled to starve at an unreal feast ; A spark which upward tends by nature's force ; A stream, divided from its parent source ; A drop, dissevered from the boundless sea ; A moment, parted from... | |
 | George Copway - 1851 - 358 pages
...laid its body in the dust and ascended to its God. " The soul on earth is an immortal guest, Compelled to starve at an unreal feast; A spark which upward tends by nature's force; A stream, divided from its parent source; A drop, dissevered from the boundless sea; A moment, parted from eternity;... | |
 | Christian souvenir - 1851 - 286 pages
...seek its bliss in pleasure, wealth, or praise ? No: wisdom views, with an indifferent eye, All finite joys, all blessings born to die. The soul on earth is an immortal guest, CompelTd to starve at an unreal feast ; A spark that upward tends by nature's force ; A stream diverted... | |
 | Christian poets - 1851 - 470 pages
...its bliss in pleasure, wealth, or praise ? No : — wisdom views with an indifferent eye, All finite joys, all blessings born to die. The soul on earth is an immortal guest, Compelled to starve at an unreal feast : A spark that upward tends by nature's force ; A stream diverted... | |
 | Lady Colquhoun - 1851 - 224 pages
...soul on earth is an immortal guest, m Compell'd to starve at an unreal feast : A spark that upwards tends by Nature's force, A stream diverted from its parent source, A drop disscver'd from the boundless sea, A moment parted from'eternity ! A pilgrim paming for a rest to come,... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1852 - 424 pages
...seek its bliss in pleasure, wealth, or praise! No! Wisdom views with an indifferent eye All finite joys, all blessings born to die. The soul on earth...guest Compell'd to starve at an unreal feast; A spark that upward tends by Nature's force; A stream diverted from its parent source; A drop dissever'd from... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1853 - 604 pages
...its bliss in pleasure, wealth, or praise? No : — Wisdom views with an indifferent eye All finite joys, all blessings born to die. The soul on earth is an immortal guest, Compelled to starve at an unreal feast : A spark, which upward tends by nature's force ; A stream,... | |
 | H. C. Foster - 1853 - 378 pages
...seek its bliss in pleasure, wealth, or praise ? No : wisdom views, with an indifferent eye, All finite joys, all blessings born to die. The soul on earth is an immortal guest, Compelled to starve at an unreal feast ; A spark that upward tends by nature's force, A stream diverted... | |
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