 I LOVE, and have some cause to love, the earth; She is my Maker's creature, therefore good; She is my mother, for she gave me birth; She is my tender nurse — she gives me food. But...  Emblems, Divine and Moral - Page 99by Francis Quarles - 1839 - 116 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - English literature - 1824 - 408 pages
...droil, Or delve in such a soil, Where gain's uncertain, and the pain is sure ? BOOK V. EMBLEM VI. ,» 1 love (and have some cause to love) the earth ; She...mother, or my nurse, to me ? I love the air ; her dainty sveets refresh My drooping soul, and to new sweets invite me ; Her shrill-mouth'd choir sustain me... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...gave me birth ; She is my tender nurse, she gives me food ;— But what's a creature, Lord, compared with Thee ? Or what's my mother or my nurse to me...My drooping soul, and to new sweets invite me. Her shrill-mouthed choir sustain me with their flesh, And with their Polyphonian notes delight me. But... | |
 | Richard Cattermole, Henry Stebbing - Christianity - 1835 - 402 pages
...till then ; and then I die contented. DELIGHT IN GOD ONLY. I LOVE (and have some cause to love) tbe earth : She is my Maker's creature ; therefore good...soul, and to new sweets invite me ; Her shrill-mouth'd quire sustains me with their But what's the air or all the sweets that she Can bless my soul withal,... | |
 | Giles Fletcher - English poetry - 1836 - 400 pages
...sea of tears that must be vented : O spare till then ; and then I die contented. DELIGHT IN GOD ONLY. I LOVE (and have some cause to love) the earth : She...soul, and to new sweets invite me ; Her shrill-mouth'd quire sustains me with their flesh, And with their polyphonian notes delight me : But what's the air... | |
 | Church history - 1837 - 844 pages
...birth ; She is my tender nurse ; she gives me food ; But what's u creature, Lord, compar'd with Tliee ? Or what's my mother, or my nurse to me ? I love the...My drooping soul, and to new sweets invite me; Her shrili-mouth'd quire sustains me with their Uesh, And with their polyphonian notes delight me : But... | |
 | Gems - 1841 - 624 pages
...gave me birth ; She is my tender nurse, she gives me food : | But what's a creature, Lord, compared with Thee? Or what's my mother or my nurse to me? I love the air ; her dainty fruits refresh My drooping soul, and to new sweets invite me; Her shrill-mouthed choirs sustain me... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...me food ; But what's a creature, Lord, compared witi ila Or what's my mother, or my nurse to ше I ted, also, a volume of his Miscellanies, including a treatise in praise of 'Public Em пи ; Her shrill-mouth'd quire sustains me with thtirt-i And with their polyphonian notes delight... | |
 | Periodicals - 1846 - 730 pages
...gave me birth ; She is my " mother nurse ;" she gives me food : But what's a creature, Lord, compared with Thee, Or what's my mother or my nurse to me ?...sweets refresh My drooping soul, and to new sweets unite me ; Her shrill-mouthed quire sustains me with their flesh, And with their polyphonian notes... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...my tender nurse ; she gives me food : But what 'sa creature, Lord, compared with Thee ? Or what 's my mother or my nurse to me ? I love the Air : her...My drooping soul, and to new sweets invite me ; Her shrill-mouthed choir sustain me with their flesh, And with their polyphonian notes delight me : But... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...gave me birth ; She is my tender nurse — she gives me food ; But what's a creature, Lord, compared h quire sustains me with their flesh, And with their polyphonimi notes delight me : But what's the air... | |
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