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" For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made... "
Sequel to The Analytical Reader: In which the Original Design is Extended ... - Page 156
by Samuel Putnam - 1828 - 300 pages
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The Life of the Right Reverend Father in God, Jeremy Taylor ...

Henry Kaye Bonney - 1815 - 422 pages
...at every breath of the tern* " pest, than it could recover by the libration " and frequent weighings of his wings ; till '* the little creature was forced...flight, and " did rise and sing as if it had learned musick " and motion from an angel s, as he passed " sometimes through the air about his mini" steries...
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Discourses on Various Subjects, Volume 1

Jeremy Taylor - Sermons, English - 1816 - 526 pages
...motion made irregular and inconstant, descend ug more at every breath of the tempest, than it coi.id recover by the libration and frequent weighing of...flight, and did rise and sing as if it had learned musick and motion from an angel, as he passed sometimes through the air about his ministeries here...
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Discourses on Various Subjects, Volume 1

Jeremy Taylor - Sermons, English - 1816 - 536 pages
...weighino- of his wings ; till the little creature was forced to sit Serm. V. THK RETURN or PRATERS. 91 down and pant, and stay till the storm was over, and...prosperous flight, and did rise and sing as if it hadf learned musick and motion from an angel, as he passed sometimes through the air about his ministeries...
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The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate

1819 - 896 pages
...heaven, and climb above the clouds: but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sigbings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant,...tempest than it could recover by the libration and weighing of its wings— till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant, and stay till the...
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Sermons

Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - Theology - 1822 - 630 pages
...heaven, and climb above the clouds; but the poor bird . was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant,...learned music and motion from an angel, as he passed sometimes through the air, about his ministries here below: so is the prayer of a good man; when his...
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Sermons

Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - Theology - 1822 - 626 pages
...heaven, and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant,...the storm was over ; and then it made a prosperous Sight, and did rise and sing, as if it had learned music and motion from an angel, as he passed sometimes...
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Sermons

Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - Theology - 1822 - 634 pages
...heaven, and climb above the clouds; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant,...breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the Vibration and frequent weighing of his wings; till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant,...
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A Treatise on Prayer: Designed to Assist in Its Devout Discharge

Edward Bickersteth - Prayer - 1822 - 330 pages
...grass, soars upward, singing as he rises, but the poor bird is beaten back by the sudden blast of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular, and inconstant,...descending more, at every breath of the tempest, than it can recover bv the libration of its wings, till the little creature is forced to sit down, and pant,...
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A Treatise on Prayer: Designed to Assist in Its Devout Discharge

Edward Bickersteth - Prayer - 1822 - 312 pages
...rises, but the poor bird is beaten back by the sudilen blast of an eastern wind, and his motion nwle irregular, and inconstant, descending more, at every breath of the tempest, than it can recover by the libration of its wings, till the little creature is forced to sit down, and pant,...
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A course of sermons for all the Sundays of the year, with 12 ..., Volume 1

Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1826 - 632 pages
...heaven, and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant,...learned music and motion from an angel, as he passed sometimes through the air, about his ministries here below : so is the prayer of a good man ; when...
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