Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford : But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Never sighed at the sound of a knell, Or... Poems of William Cowper, Esq: With a New Memoir - Side 240av William Cowper - 1869 - 288 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 sider
...religion and truth ; Might learn from the wisdom of age, And be cheered by the sallies of youth. Religion! he night Have gather'd aught of evil, or oonceal'd,...as now light dispels the dark. THE ANGEL RAPHAEL S aflord. But the sound of the church-going bell These vallies and rocks never heard, Never sighed at... | |
| William Cowper - 1825 - 244 sider
...religion and truth, Might learn from the wisdom of age, And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth. Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word...never heard, Never sigh'd at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appear'd. Ye winds that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore... | |
| British anthology - 1825 - 464 sider
...and truth ; Might learn from the wisdom of age, And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth. Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word...never heard, Never sigh'd at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appear'd. Ye winds that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore... | |
| John Lauris Blake - 1825 - 404 sider
...and truth ; Might learn from the wisdom of age, And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth. 4. Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word...and rocks never heard , Never sigh'd at the sound of the knell, Or smil'd when a sabbath appear'd. 5. Ye winds, that have made me your sport, •.'• •... | |
| Horace Smith - 1825 - 352 sider
...Selkirk, to express the desolation and solitude of the uninhabited island on which he had been cast: " The sound of the church-going bell, These valleys...heard ; Never sigh'd at the sound of a knell , Or smiled when a Sahbath appear'd." Of all the public duties which bells are called upon to perform, the... | |
| Horace Smith - 1825 - 436 sider
...the uninhabited island on which he had been cast: "The sound of the church-going bell, These yalleys and rocks never heard ; Never sigh'd at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a Sabbath appear'd." Of all the public duties which bells are called upon to perform, the... | |
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1825 - 316 sider
...and truth; Might learn from the wisdom of age, And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth. 4. Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver or gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These vallies and... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1825 - 270 sider
...and truth ; Might learn from the wisdom of age, And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth. Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver or gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These vallies and... | |
| William Cowper - 1826 - 264 sider
...wisdom of ago, And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth. VERSES BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK. 179 IV. Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word...the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never hoard, Never sigh'd at the sound of a knell, Or smil'd when a sabbath appear 'd. V. Ye winds that have... | |
| William Cowper - 1826 - 262 sider
...wisdom of age, And be chner'd by the sallies of youth. VERSES BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK. 179 IV. Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word...earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going boll These valleys and rocks never hoard, Never sigh'd at the sound of a knell, Or smil'd when a sabbath... | |
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