| Thomas Moore - 1827 - 426 pages
...soothes or cheers, And even the hope thai threw A moment's sparkle o'er our tears, Is dimm'd and vanish'd too! Oh ! who would bear life's stormy doom, Did not...the gloom Our peace-branch from above? Then sorrow, louch'd by Thee, grows bright With more than rapture's r.iy ; As darkness shows us worlds of light... | |
| John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...soothes or cheers, And ev'n the hope that threw A moment's sparkle o'er our tears, Is dimm'd and vanish'd too! Oh who would bear life's stormy doom, Did not...wing of love Come brightly wafting through the gloom, One Peace-branch from above ! Then sorrow, touch'd by thee, grows bright With more than rapture's ray;... | |
| Asahel Nettleton - Hymns, English - 1827 - 410 pages
...wafting thro' the gloom Our peace-hranch from ahove ? 4 Then sorrow touch'd hy theo, grows hright, With more than rapture's ray : As darkness shows us worlds of light, We never saw hy day. HYMN 562. CM HAWE!S. Buckingham. Martyrs. Wantage. Think upon me. Neh. v. 19. 1 f\ THOU, from... | |
| Religious poetry - 1828 - 202 pages
...or cheers. And ev'n the hope that threw A moment's sparkle o'er our tears, Is ditntn'd and vanish'd too ! Oh who would bear life's stormy doom, Did not...darkness shows us worlds of light We never saw by day. MOOHE. THIS IS NOT OUR HEST. 1 " We've no abiding city here," This may distress the worlding's mind;... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1828 - 230 pages
...soothes or cheers, And even the hope that threw A moment's sparkle o'er our tears, Is dimm'd and vanish'd too ! Oh ! who would bear life's stormy doom, Did...darkness shows us worlds of light We never saw by day ! WEEP NOT FOR THOSE. AlR. — Avistm. I. WEEP not for those whom the veil of the tomb, In life's happy... | |
| English poetry - 1828 - 812 pages
...soothes or cheers, And even the hope that threw A moment's sparkle o'er our tears, Is dimned and vanished too ! Oh who would bear life's stormy doom, Did not...wing of love Come brightly wafting through the gloom, One peace-branch from above ? Then sorrow, touched by thee, grows bright With more that rapture's ray... | |
| Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 pages
...cheers, And ev'n the hope that threw A moment's sparkle o'er our tears, Is dimm'd and vanish'd-too ! Oh who would bear life's stormy doom, Did not thy...wing of love Come brightly wafting through the gloom, One Peace-branch from above? Then sorrow, touch'd by thee, grows bright With more than rapture's ray... | |
| Baptists - 1828 - 648 pages
...sparkle o'er onr tears, h dimm'd and vanish'.! too : Ok, who would beer life's stormy doom, Did not the wing of love Come brightly wafting through the gloom Our peace-branch from above? Then sorrow, toucb'd by thee, grows bright, With more than rapture's ray ; Ai dirkness shews us worlds of light... | |
| Mary Roberts - 1829 - 414 pages
...like the plants that throw Their fragrance from the wounded part, Breathes sweetness out of wo. Ah! who would bear life's stormy doom, Did not thy wing...darkness shows us worlds of light We never saw by day." Notwithstanding the great attachment of the countess of Suffolk to her father, none of his family supported... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 518 pages
...tears, Is dinim'd-anJ vanquish'd too ! Oh ! who could bear life's stormy doom, Did not thy wing of Jove Come brightly wafting through the gloom Our peace-branch...rapture's ray ; As darkness shows us worlds of light, THE BIRD LET LOOSE IN EASTERN SKIES. THE bird, let loose in Eastern skies,* When hastening fondly home,... | |
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