 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 pages
...BLINDNESS.1 WHEN I consider2 how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me...therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He, returmng, chide ; — "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?" I fondly3 ask : but Patience, to prevent... | |
 | William Jones (F.S.A.) - 1857 - 468 pages
...Resignation. WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent, which is death to hide, Lodged with me...account, lest he, returning, chide ; "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied 1" I fondly ask ; but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God... | |
 | James Hamilton - Christian literature, English - 1857 - 494 pages
...i3Imtme$». When I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me...account, lest He returning chide ; " Doth God exact day-labour, light denied? " I fondly ask : but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God... | |
 | Thomas Vincent Fosbery - Christian poetry - 1857 - 436 pages
...BLINDNESS. MILTON. I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me...account, lest He, returning, chide, — " Doth God exact day-labour, light denied ? " I fondly ask — But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies —... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...BLINDNESS. When I consider how my light is spent Ero x!" 'ir • days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me...account, lest he, returning, chide ; " Doth God exact day-labour, light denied V I fondly ask: but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me...account, lest he, returning, chide ; " Doth God exact day-labour, light denied ? " I fondly ask : but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1857 - 418 pages
...HILTON. WHEN I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless,...account, lest He, returning, chide ; Doth God exact day-labour, light denied ? I fondly ask : but patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies : —... | |
 | James Hamilton - Christian literature, English - 1857 - 532 pages
...Bltntmcss. When I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me...account, lest He returning chide ; " Doth God exact day-labour, light denied V " I fondly ask : bnt Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1857 - 372 pages
...wisdom that hare it ; and those that are fool•, la: them use their talents. Twelfth Night, i. 5. that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me...present My true account, lest He, returning, chide. MILTON. Sonnets. • ye proud Heart-swoln, wliile in your pride ye contemplate Your talents, power,... | |
 | William Henry Milburn - Blind - 1857 - 330 pages
..." When I consider how my life is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that ono talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless,...present My true account, lest he returning, chide ; 1 Doth God exact day-labor, light denied ?' I fondly ask ; but patience to prevent That murmur soon... | |
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WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning... 
