There was a time," he said, in mild, Heart-humbled tones, "thou blessed child! When, young and haply pure as thou, I looked and prayed like thee; but now — " He hung his head ; each nobler aim And hope and feeling, which had slept From boyhood's hour,... Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 2811817Full view - About this book
| Richard Gilmour - 1894 - 418 pages
...said, in mild, Heart-humbled tones, " thou blessed child ! 11. "When, young and haply pure as thou, He hung his head — each nobler aim, And hope, and...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept. 12. And now behold him kneeling there By the child's side, in humble prayer, While the same sunbeam... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1895 - 838 pages
...s Travels. Nor found one sunny resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace. " There was a time," he said, in mild, Heart-humbled tones —...instant came Fresh o'er him and he wept — he wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
| 1895 - 768 pages
...Eepentance. Death is deferred, and penitence has room To mitigate, if not reverse the doom. Dryden. He hung his head — each nobler aim, And hope, and...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept ! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 534 pages
...of his life, Nor found one sunny resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace. "There was a time," he said, in mild, Heart-humbled tones, "thou...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence; In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only sense... | |
| Philip Williams, Celestine Sullivan - 1896 - 458 pages
...Heart-humbled tones — "thou blessed child! I looked and prayed like thee— but now—" He tiling his head — each nobler aim. And hope, and feeling,...From boyhood's hour, that instant came Fresh o'er hiui, and he wept— he wepb! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence! In whose benign redeeming flow Is... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne - 1897 - 702 pages
...of his life, Nor found one sunny resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace. "There was a time," he said, in mild, Heart-humbled tones, "thou...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence; In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first, the only sense... | |
| Robert McLean Cumnock - 1898 - 614 pages
...brought him back one branch of grace. "There was a time," he said, in mild Heart-humbled tones,—"thou blessed child! When, young and haply pure as thou,...boyhood's hour, that instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept—he wept! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence! In whose benign, redeeming flow Is felt the first,... | |
| Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Charles Welsh, Douglas Hyde, Lady Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche - 1904 - 544 pages
...his life, Nor found one sunny resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace? " There was a time," he said, in mild, Heart-humbled tones, "...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wept! Blest tears of soul-felt penitence ; Of guiltless joy that guilt can know. " There 'sa drop," said... | |
| Robert D. Blackman - 1904 - 1196 pages
...life. Nor found one sunny resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace ?— " There was a time," he said, in mild, Heart-humbled tones, "thou...instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept, — he wept I And now — behold him kneeling there, By the child's side in humble prayer, While tho same sunbeam... | |
| 1905 - 304 pages
...his life, Nor found one sunny resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace fr" There was a time," he said, in mild Heart-humbled tones, " thou...that instant came Fresh o'er him, and he wept — he wepci now ! behold him kneeling there By the child's side in humble prayer, While the same sunbeam... | |
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