 | 1859 - 1350 pages
...the little vesper bell Which biddeth me to prayer. 0 sweeter than the marriage-feast, Tie sweeter tar to me To walk together to the kirk, With a goodly company : To walk together to the kirk, And altogether pray ; While each to his Great Father bends, Old men, and babes, and loving friends, And... | |
 | Henry Robert Reynolds - 1860 - 336 pages
...returns to the earth as it was, the spirit returns to God who gave it." 55 CHAPTER IV. A SEA OF DOUBT. 0 wedding-guest, this soul hath been Alone on a wide wide sea ; So lone it was, that Qod himself, Scarce seemed there to be. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. " CONFOUND... | |
 | 1861 - 882 pages
...I have never told you before ; I will tell you now, almost in the Ancient Mariner's words — Oh ! wedding-guest this soul hath been Alone on a wide, wide sea ; So lonely 'twas that (rod himself Scarce seemed there to be. The sea is lonely as ever, but it is not so wide now ; and... | |
 | Quotations - 1861 - 356 pages
...while, Nor cast about her longing look nor smile. MRS. NEAL. O «weetor than the marriage feast— 'Tis sweeter far to me To walk together to the kirk With a goodlie company! To walk together to the kirk, And all together pray, While each to his great Father... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - Children's poetry - 1862 - 372 pages
...bride And bride-maids singing are : And hark the little vesper bell, Which biddeth me to prayer ! " O sweeter than the marriage-feast, 'Tis sweeter far...goodly company ! " To walk together to the kirk, And altogether pray, While each to his great Father bends, Old men, and babes, and loving friends, And... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...what none are left to share : Even bliss 'twere woe alone to bear. Ibid. SOLITUDE— Définition of. Alone, on a wide, wide sea. So lonely 'twas, that God himself Scarce seemed there to be. Coleridge. SOLITUDE-Delighte of. Deep solitude I sought. There was a dell Where woven shades shut out... | |
 | Henry Theodore Cheever - Offshore whaling - 1862 - 346 pages
...body lay afloat, But swift as dreams, myself I found Within the pilot's boat. ''' O wedding guest ! this soul hath been Alone on a wide, wide sea : So lonely 't was, that God himself. Scarce seemed there to be. " Farewell, farewell ! but this I tell To thee,... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 pages
...the bride And bride-maids singing are : And hark the little vesper bell, Which biddeth me to prayer ! O Wedding-Guest ! this soul hath been Alone on a wide...himself Scarce seemed there to be. O sweeter than the marriage feast, ' Tis sweeter far to me, To walk together to the kirk With a goodly company ! — To... | |
 | Henry Formby - 1863 - 274 pages
...who has written these lines has spoken the true universal voice of human nature: " Oh, sweeter thatx the marriage-feast,— 'Tis sweeter far to me,—...With a goodly company. To walk together to the kirk, While each to his great Father bends,— And all together pray, And youths and maidens gay. Old men... | |
 | John Duns - 1863 - 650 pages
...which he condemns iu others, an effort made in a spirit which brings Coleridge's words to mind : — " This soul hath been Alone on a wide wide sea ; So...'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be." Indeed, there lies at the foundation of the attitude assumed by Dr. Colenso to the Bible in such views... | |
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And all together pray. While each to his great Father bends, Old men, and babes, and loving friends. And youths and maidens gay... 
