 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...  Sermons - Page 70by Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Anna Maria Hall - 842 pages
...is contrary to that attention, which presents our prayers in a right line to God. for so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, aud hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the... | |
 | Giovanni Boccaccio - 1846 - 338 pages
...is contrary to that attention, which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards,...breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration and frequent weighing of his wings ; till the little creature was forced to sit down and... | |
 | Protestantism - 1846 - 644 pages
...is contrary to that attention which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen libration and frequent weighing of his wings, till the little creature wii forced to sit down and pant,... | |
 | Joshua Rhodes Balme - 1846 - 146 pages
...is contrary to that intention, which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards,...irregular and inconstant, descending more at every breaih of the tempest, than it could recover by the libralion and frequent weighing of his wings; till... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1847 - 348 pages
...who went out to meditate in the fields, in the morning hours and at eventide. " For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards,...breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration and frequent weighing of its wings, till the little creature sat down to pant and stay till... | |
 | Florentine Tales, Florentine tales - 1847 - 352 pages
...is contrary to that attention which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards,...breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration and frequent weighing of his wings ; till the little creature was forced to sit down and... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1847 - 354 pages
...is contrary to that attention which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards,...breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration and frequent weighing of his wings ; till the little creature was forced to sit down and... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...is contrary to that attention which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen v {'- /3 pꖳ + * Q ~ ( FލD HŲ m ߌO + j ... }o X + ݾ o T ; 1 # e b s d: d A-ʲ h v ] Jb ɏ", ai gh ings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more at every... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 pages
...is contrary to that attention, which presents our prayers in a right line to God. 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, : E 1::.-', MY and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings... | |
 | 1848 - 530 pages
...is contrary to that attention which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For as I have seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards,...; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud singing of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more at every... | |
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