Ethics for Children [in verse]; divided into daily portions; as introductory to Ethics for Youth. By a Member of the Church of EnglandW. Pickering, 1829 - 245 pages |
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... o'er thee , See thy surface ebb and flow ; Yet attempt not to explore thee , In thy soundless depths below . Whether morning's splendours steep thee With the rainbow's glowing grace , Tempests rouse or navies sweep thee , " Tis but for ...
... o'er thee , See thy surface ebb and flow ; Yet attempt not to explore thee , In thy soundless depths below . Whether morning's splendours steep thee With the rainbow's glowing grace , Tempests rouse or navies sweep thee , " Tis but for ...
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... o'er , Thy mercy may I see ; Dear Jesus I would ask no more Than this " Remember me . ' No. 46. ] THE CHILD'S PETITION . [ Thursday . " Jesus said , suffer little children , and forbid them not , to come unto me , for of such is the ...
... o'er , Thy mercy may I see ; Dear Jesus I would ask no more Than this " Remember me . ' No. 46. ] THE CHILD'S PETITION . [ Thursday . " Jesus said , suffer little children , and forbid them not , to come unto me , for of such is the ...
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... o'er the dreary world below ; But , like an infant when asleep , Breathes its soft music gently low . I'm in the days of youthful spring , And cannot hope a crop to find , While time moves on with rapid wing , Unless I now improve my ...
... o'er the dreary world below ; But , like an infant when asleep , Breathes its soft music gently low . I'm in the days of youthful spring , And cannot hope a crop to find , While time moves on with rapid wing , Unless I now improve my ...
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... o'er each wood and mountain ; The milder gales already flow , From this perennial fountain . The Earth now feels th ' influence mild , Of soft refreshing showers ; And gladly shews in pastures wild , Its earliest - sweetest flowers ...
... o'er each wood and mountain ; The milder gales already flow , From this perennial fountain . The Earth now feels th ' influence mild , Of soft refreshing showers ; And gladly shews in pastures wild , Its earliest - sweetest flowers ...
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... o'er ? We know that it rapidly flies , And therefore should prize it the more . ' Tis easy to squander our years , In idleness , folly and strife , But , oh ! no repentance or tears , Can bring back one moment of life ! No. 91. ] THE ...
... o'er ? We know that it rapidly flies , And therefore should prize it the more . ' Tis easy to squander our years , In idleness , folly and strife , But , oh ! no repentance or tears , Can bring back one moment of life ! No. 91. ] THE ...
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Page 131 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is : For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green ; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Page 139 - WHEN I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.
Page 193 - AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun thy daily stage of duty run; shake off dull sloth, and joyful rise to pay thy morning sacrifice.
Page 193 - Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son, The ill that I this day have done ; That with the world, myself, and thee, I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
Page 106 - How fine has the day been! how bright was the sun, How lovely and joyful the course that he run ! Though he rose in a mist when his race he begun, And there followed some droppings of rain ; But now the fair traveller's come to the west, His rays are all gold, and his beauties are best ; He paints the skies gay as he sinks to his rest, And foretells a bright rising again.
Page 219 - And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.
Page 11 - For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
Page 197 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Page 10 - And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth ; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 179 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh ; The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near.