 STRONG Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have not seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove; Thine are these orbs of light and shade; Thou madest Life in man and brute ; Thou madest Death; and lo, thy foot...  The American Catholic Quarterly Review - Page 112edited by - 1886Full view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...day: Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay. [From In Mtmoriam.] STJtOA'G SOJf OF GOD. STRONG Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have...seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove; Thine are these orbs of light and shade; Thou inadest life in man... | |
 | Criticism - 1850 - 676 pages
...breaks out in the opening stanzas like one who feels that he stands upon a solid basis of faith. " Strong Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have...seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where WB cannot prove ; " Thine are these orbs of light and shade ; Thou madest Life in man... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - United States - 1850 - 678 pages
...breaks out in the opening stanzas like one who feels that he stands upon a solid basis of faith. " Strong Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have...seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove ; " Thine are these orbs of light and shade ; Thou madest Life in man... | |
 | Literature - 1850 - 640 pages
...wrestling and achieved repose it is akin to the quiet grandeur of the litany of the Church of England : Strong Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have...seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove : Thine are these orbs of light and shade ; Thou madest Life in man... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1878 - 530 pages
...will give you rest." Here is the solution of all our doubts, and the realisation of all our hopes. Strong Son of God, immortal love, Whom we, that have...not seen Thy face, By faith and faith alone embrace, Believing where we cannot prove. Our little systems have their day, They have their day and cease to... | |
 | United States - 1850 - 618 pages
...the age could have written. We will quote the commencement and close of the introductory poem : '* STRONG Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we that have...seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove ; Thou seemest human and divine, The highest, holiest manhood, thou... | |
 | 1850 - 1050 pages
...commences (it will be observed, that he uses small letters where capitals are now customary) : — " Strong Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have...seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove :" And he continues : — " Thou seemest human and divine, The highest,... | |
 | Churches of Christ - 1850 - 590 pages
...not bear his nameis undoubtedly Alfred Tennyson. The following beautiful lines form the proem: — STRONG Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have...seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove. Thine are these orbs of light and shade ; Thou madest life in man... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1850 - 272 pages
...DCCC L. .-{. i , I >•. « , vv <v^i CAMBRIDGE : METCALF & CO., PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY. •\J' STRONG Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have...seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove ; Thine are these orbs of light and shade ; Thou madest Life in man... | |
 | 1850 - 590 pages
...first of living English poets opens his last great work (in refreshing contrast to the book before " Strong Son of God, immortal love, Whom we, that have...seen thy face,. By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove : Our little systems have their day ; They have their day and cease... | |
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