 To be my parents' hope and joy ; And, O ! preserve my brothers both From evil doings and from sloth, And may we always love each other, Our friends, our father, and our mother : And still, O Lord, to me impart, An innocent and grateful heart, That after...  Youthful piety - Page 54by Jabez Burns - 1849Full view - About this book
 | Christian life - 1833 - 542 pages
...prayers to say ; — O God ! preserve my mother dear In strength and health for many a year ; And O ! preserve my father too, And may I pay him reverence...thoughts employ To be my parents' hope and joy ; And O ! preserve my brothers both From evil doings and from sloth ; And may we always love each other,... | |
 | 1833 - 814 pages
...prayers to say ; — О God ! preserve my mother dear In strength and health for many a year ; And, О ! preserve my father too, And may I pay him reverence...thoughts employ To be my parents' hope and joy ; And О ! preserve my brothers both From evil doings and from sloth, And may we always love each other,... | |
 | 1833 - 310 pages
...strength and health for many a year ; And, 0 ! preserve my father too, And may I pay-him'reverence due, — And may I my best thoughts employ To be my parents' hope and joy ; And 0 ! preserve my brothers both From evil doings and from sloth, And may we always love each other, Our... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - English poetry - 1835 - 320 pages
...prayers to say : O God ! preserve my mother dear In strength and health for many a year ; And, O ! preserve my father too, And may I pay him reverence...thoughts employ To be my parents' hope and joy ; And, O ! preserve my brothers both From evil doings and from sloth, And may we always love each other, Our... | |
 | 1835 - 444 pages
...my prayers to say : O God ! preserve my mother dear In health and strength for many a year ; And O ! preserve my father too, And may I pay him reverence...thoughts employ To be my parents' hope and joy ; And, O! preserve my brothers both From evil doings and from sloth, And may we always love each other, Our... | |
 | 1843 - 454 pages
...bed my limbs I lay, God grant me grace my prayers to say ; — O (iod ! preserve my mother dear 1 11 strength and health for many a year ; And, oh ! preserve...hope and joy ; And oh ! preserve my brothers both 1' 'rom evil doings and from sloth, And may we always love each other, Our friends, our father, and... | |
 | George Moody - Education - 1843 - 444 pages
...necessary to suit the prayer to the circumstances of every fire-side. Ere on my bed my limbs 1 lay, (iod grant me grace my prayers to say ;— O God! preserve...year ; And, oh ! preserve my father too, And may I my best thoughts employ And may I pay him reverence due,— To be my parents' hope and joy ; And oh... | |
 | John Hall - 1844 - 152 pages
...my prayers to say. O God', preserve my mother dear In strength and health for many a year'; And, O, preserve my father too', And may I pay him reverence...thoughts employ To be my parents' hope and joy'; And 0, preserve my brothers, both' From evil doings, and from sloth'; And may we always love each other',... | |
 | James Martineau - Hymns, English - 1846 - 538 pages
...my prayers to say : O God ! preserve my mother dear In strength and health for many a year ; And O preserve my father too, And may I pay him reverence...thoughts employ To be my parents' hope and joy ; And O preserve my brothers both From evil doings and from sloth, And may we always love each other, Our... | |
 | 1864 - 726 pages
...mother dear In health and strength for many a year ! And O, preserve my father too, And may I pay h,'m reverence due; And may I my best thoughts employ To be my parents' hope and joy ! My sisters and my brothers both, From evil guard, and save from sloth ; And may we always love each... | |
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