 And thou an angel's happiness shall know; Shalt bless the earth while in the world above ; The good begun by thee shall onward flow In many a branching stream, and wider grow; The seed that, in these few and fleeting hours, Thy hands unsparing and unwearied...  The Year Book of American Authors - Page 220by Mrs. Ida Scott Taylor McKinney - 1894 - 371 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...fame ; Tig infamy to die and not be iniss'd, Or let all soon forget that thou didst e'er exist. Rome to some work of high and holy love, And thou an angel's happiness shall know, — Shalt bless the earth while in the world above ; The good begun by thec shall onward... | |
 | American periodicals - 1866 - 956 pages
...played the night before, had fallen to her share. It ran thus : — Rouse to some high and holy work of love, And thou an angel's happiness shalt know ; Shalt...while in the world above ; The good begun by thee while here below Shall like a river run, and broader flow. This oracle is the key to Faith's aspirations.... | |
 | Hugh Murray - United States - 1844 - 394 pages
...be termed ethic poetry, which is not so much admired ; yet the following stanza is surely good :— Rouse to some work of high and holy love, And thou...angel's happiness shalt know,— Shalt bless the earth whfle in the world above ; The good begun by thee shall onward flow In many a branching stream, and... | |
 | William Morrison Engles - English poetry - 1844 - 274 pages
...dear to fame; 'Tis infamy to die and not be missed, Or let all soon forget that thou didst e'er exist. Rouse to some work of high and holy love, And thou an angel's happiness shall know; Shalt bless the earth while in the world above ; The good begun by thee shall onward flow... | |
 | Hugh Murray - United States - 1844 - 392 pages
...be termed ethic poetry, which is not so much admired ; yet the following stanza is surely good : — Rouse to some work of high and holy love, And thou an angel's happiness shall know, — Shalt bless the earth while in the world above ; The good begun by thee shall onward... | |
 | 1845 - 558 pages
...might; An angel's wing would droop, if long at rest, And God himself, inactive, were no longer blest. Rouse to some work of high and holy love, And thou...bless the earth while in the world above, The good work done by thee shall onward flow In many a branching stream, and wider gruw ; The seed that, in... | |
 | African Americans - 1845 - 398 pages
...garden of the Lord. "Rouse to this work of high and holy love, And thou an Angel's happiness shall know,— Shalt bless the earth while in the world above, The good begun by thce shall onward flow In many a branching stream, and wider grow; The seed that in these few and fleeting... | |
 | George Washington Light - Conduct of life - 1847 - 398 pages
...to fame ; 'T is infamy to die and not be missed, Or let all soon forget that thou didst e'er exist Rouse to some work of high and holy love, And thou an angel's happiness shall know, — Shalt bless the earth while in the world above ; The good begun by thee shall onward... | |
 | 1851 - 790 pages
...our readers grace to adopt, each one in his station, the advice of an American poet, when he sings, " Rouse to some work of high and holy love, And thou an angel's happiness shall know, Shalt bless the earth while in the world above ; The good begun by thee shall onward flow... | |
 | 1847 - 486 pages
...Leaf after leaf, its bosom rich and fair Breathes freely its perfumes through the surrounding air. Rouse to some work of high and holy love, And thou an angel's happiness shall know — Shalt bless the earth, while in the world above The good begun by thee shall onward... | |
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