 | Christian life - 1865 - 390 sider
...looked forward with pleasure to the meeting with her kind friends. » CHAPTEE XV of a A servant by this clause, Makes drudgery divine. Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, Slakes that, and th' action fine. — HERRERT. MB and Mrs Hervey's visit to Holly Lodge was delayed... | |
 | Patty Bailey (fict. name.) - 1865 - 196 sider
...and King, In all things thee to see, And what I do in anything, To do it unto thee. ' ' A servant by this clause Makes drudgery divine ; Who sweeps a room as for thy laws, Makes that and the action fine." She had learned from her earliest years that God could see her,... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1866 - 456 sider
...so done as to help it much, most especially that chief of all purposes, the pleasing of God. Hence George Herbert — " A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine ; Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that and the action fine." Therefore, in the pressing or recommending of any act or manner... | |
 | John Godson - 1866 - 132 sider
...partake ; Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture (for Thy sake) Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine; Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws Makes that and th' action fine. This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold, For that which... | |
 | 1866 - 238 sider
...partake ; Nothing can be so mean, Which with this tincture (for Thy sake) Will not grow bright and clean. A servant, with this clause, Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws, Makes that and the action fine. This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold : For that... | |
 | Emily Elizabeth Steele Elliott - 1866 - 248 sider
...partake : Nothing can be so mean Which, with this tincture, FOK THY SAKE, Will not grow bright and clean. A servant, with this clause, Makes drudgery divine ; Who sweeps a room as for thy laws, Makes that, and th' action fine. This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold; For that... | |
 | Christine Hall - 1991 - 224 sider
...explore. Once again, in being close to the dust, one is nearer to that which God will touch and transform: A servant with this clause makes drudgery divine; who sweeps a room as for thy laws makes that and the action fine. This is the famous stone that turneth all to gold; for that which... | |
 | Stephen Mitchell - 1993 - 196 sider
...partake: Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture (for thy sake) Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine: Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that and the action fine. This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold: For that which... | |
 | Diogenes Allen, Eric O. Springsted - 1994 - 262 sider
...partake: Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture (for thy sake) Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine: Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that and the action fine. This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold: For that which... | |
 | Leonore Davidoff - 1995 - 294 sider
...humhle position, a special kind of relationship to the social order. As the well-known stanza runs: A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine Who sweeps a room as for thy laws Makes that and th'acrion fine. Such suhordination can merge into sweeping, or scruhhing floors... | |
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A servant with this clause makes drudgery divine; who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, makes that and the action fine. 
