 | James Grahame - Sabbath - 1805 - 184 pages
...his God in secret prayer, — > To bless the Lord, that in his downward years His children are about him : sweet meantime, The thrush that sings upon '...thought; he joys to think His journey near a close ; heav'n is his home. More happy far that man, tho' bowed down, Tho' feeble be his gait, and dim his... | |
 | James Grahame - English poetry - 1807 - 250 pages
...his God in secret prayer, — To bless the Lord, that in his downward years His children are about him : Sweet, meantime, The thrush, that sings upon...His journey near a close, — heaven is his home. More happy far that man, though bowed down. Though feeble be his gait, and dim his eye, Than they,... | |
 | James Grahame - English poetry - 1817 - 188 pages
...with his God in secret prayer,— To bless the Lord, that in his downward years His children are about him : Sweet, meantime, The thrush, that sings upon...youthful years, When that same aged thorn was but a bugh. Nor is the contrast between youth and age To him a painful thought ; he joys to think His journey... | |
 | James Grahame - 1823 - 346 pages
...his God in secret prayer,— To hless the Lord, that in his downward years His children are about, him : Sweet, meantime, The thrush, that sings upon...days of youthful years When that same aged thorn was hut a hush. Nor is the contrast hetween youth and age To him a painful thought ; he joys to think His... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...with his God in secret prayer,— To bless the Lord, that in his downward years His children are about him : sweet, meantime, The thrush, that sings Upon...painful thought; he joys to think His journey near a close,—heaven is his home. More happy far that man, though bowed down, Though feeble be his gait,... | |
 | Andrew Thomson - Readers - 1835 - 302 pages
...prayer, To bless the Lord, that, in his downward years, His children are about him : sweet, mean time, The thrush that sings upon the aged thorn, Brings...think His journey near a close ; Heaven is his home ! rff, • : . • i. • THE GUNPOWDER PLOT. it - . : • * • . i . . .••.!! . • . WE are... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 796 pages
...his God in secret prayer,— To bless the Lord, that in his downward year» His children are about s love he did deave me ; I said there was nothing I hated More happy far that man, though bowed down, Though feeble be his gait, and dim his eye, Than they,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 750 pages
...with his God in secret prayer,— To bless the Lord, that in his downward years His children are ahout him: Sweet, meantime, The thrush, that sings upon...painful thought ; he joys to think His journey near a close,—heaven is his home. More happy far that man, though howed down, Though feeble be his gait,... | |
 | John Aikin, John Frost - English poetry - 1838 - 752 pages
...bless the Lord, that in his downward years His children are ahout him : Sweet, meantime, The tbrush, Bat hy the native vigour of his mind, By his hahitual...Was melted all away : so true was this, That some More happy far that man, though howed down, Though feeble be his gait, and dim his eye, Than they,... | |
 | James Grahame - Sunday - 1839 - 50 pages
...with his God in seeret prayer — To bless the Lord, that in his downward years His children are about him : sweet meantime, The thrush that sings upon the aged thorn, Brings to his vicw the days of youthful years, When that same aged thorn was but a bush. Nor ia the contrast between... | |
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His children are about him: Sweet, meantime, The thrush, that sings upon the aged thorn, Brings to his view the days of youthful years When that same aged thorn was but a bush. Nor is the contrast between youth and age To him a painful thought; he joys... 
