 ... immortal. Longing is God's fresh heavenward will With our poor earthward striving; We quench it that we may be still Content with merely living; But, would we learn that heart's full scope Which we are hourly wronging, Our lives must climb from hope...  Beckonings of the Spirit - Page 3by Frederic Allen Hinckley - 1890Full view - About this book
 | James Russell Lowell - 1848 - 210 pages
...scope Which we are hourly wronging, Our lives must climb from hope to hope And realize our longing. Ah ! let us hope that to our praise Good God not only...self-satisfaction, When we are simply good in thought, How'er we fail in action. This book should be returned to the Library on or before the last date stamped... | |
 | 1854 - 440 pages
...heaven, which is our resting-place and our everlasting home. And let us hope that to our praise Our God not only reckons The moments when we tread his...simply good in thought, Howe'er we fail in action. ZJaj. " I AM not alone, because the Father is with me." The insufficiency of human sympathy is only... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American poetry - 1858 - 644 pages
...scope Which we are hourly wronging, Our lives must climb from hope to hope. And realize our longing. Ah ! let us hope that to our praise Good God not only...simply good in thought, Howe'er we fail in action. AUF WIEDERSEIIEN! i. SUMMER. THE little gate was reached at last, Half hid in lilacs down the lane... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...scope Which we are hourly wronging, Our lives must climb from hope to hope And realize our longing. Ah ! let us hope that to our praise Good God not only...simply good in thought, Howe'er we fail in action. ODE TO FRANCE. FEBRUARY, 1848. As, flake by flake, the beetling avalanches Build up their imminent... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 pages
...scope Which we are hourly wronging, Our lives must climb from hope to hope And realize our longing. Ah ! let us hope that to our praise Good God not only reckons The moments when we tread his ways, That some slight good is also wrought Beyond self-satisfaction, When we are simply good in thought,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 338 pages
...scope Which we are hourly wronging, Our lives must climb from hope to hope And realize our longing. Good God not only reckons The moments when we tread his ways, Ah ! let us hope that to our praise But when the spirit beckons,— Beyond self-satisfaction, When... | |
 | Life-lights - 1864 - 336 pages
...scope Which we are hourly wronging, Our lives must climb from hope to hope, And realise our Longing. Ah ! let us hope that to our praise Good God not only...simply good in thought, Howe'er we fail in action. JAMES R. LOWELL, 1819 — — American. THE SHADOW OF THE HAND. " How varied are life's flowery paths,... | |
 | American poetry - 1864 - 334 pages
...learn that heart's full scope Which we are hourly wronging, Our lives must climb from hope to hope, Ah ! let us hope that to our praise Good God not only...simply good in thought, Howe'er we fail in action. JAMES R. LOWELI, 1819 — — American. THE SHADOW OF THE HAND. " How varied are life's flowery paths,... | |
 | Baptists - 1866 - 578 pages
...Onrlivesmustclimb from hope to hope, And realize our longing. Ah ! let us hope that to our praise Good God riot only reckons The moments when we tread His ways, But...simply good in thought, Howe'er we fail in action. ANECDOTES AND SELECTIONS. ^necbotes anb I THE FIRMAMENT. — Is it not amid the rigours of winter that... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1866 - 342 pages
...scope Which we are hourly wronging, Our lives must climb from hope to hope And realize our longing. Ah ! let us hope that to our praise Good God not only...But when the spirit beckons, — That some slight {jood is also wrought Beyond self-satisfaction, When we are simply good in thought, Uowe'er we fail... | |
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