 | 1844 - 648 pàgines
...WORK. BY ELIZABETH B. BARRETT. WHAT are we set on earth for 1 Say, to toil — Nor seek to leave the tending of the vines, For all the heat o' the day,...mild curfew shall from work assoil. God did anoint thce with his odorous oil, To wrestle, not to reign ; and He assigns All thy tears over, like pure... | |
 | 1844 - 638 pàgines
...institutions, and the manner in which the government is carried on. WORK. BY ELIZAS ETH !.. RARRETT. WHAT arc we set on earth for ? Say, to toil — Nor seek to leave the tending of tho vines, For all the heat o' the day, till it declines, And Death's mild curfew shall... | |
 | 1845 - 732 pàgines
...sudden happy tears, (The ooly tears undried) shall murmur — "Christ!" WHAT ARE WE SET ON EARTH FOR ? WHAT are we set on earth for ? Say to toil ! Nor seek...leave thy tending of the vines For all the heat o' the sun, till it declines, And death's mild curfew shall from work assoil. God did anoint thee with his... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pàgines
...none of these ! Speak, Christ at His right hand, and fill this pause. WHAT ARE WE SET ON EARTH FORf WHAT are we set on earth for ? Say, to toil ! Nor seek to leave thy tending of the vines Por all the he'it o' the sun, till it declines, And death's mild curfew shall from work assoil. God... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pàgines
...these ! Speak, Christ at His right hand, and fill this pause. * WHAT ARE WE SET ON EARTH FORJ WRAT are we set on earth for ? Say, to toil ! Nor seek...leave thy tending of the vines For all the heat o* the sun, till it declines, And death's mild curfew shall from work assoil. God did anoint thee with his... | |
 | 1846 - 810 pàgines
...Perhaps we do not select the best evidence, but enough is found in this noble Sonnet on Work : — ' What are we set on earth for ? Say, to toil. Nor seek to leave thy tending of the vines, For all the heut o' the day, till it declines, And death's mild curfew shall from work assoil. God did anoint thee... | |
 | Eliza Cook, Miss Barrett - 1848 - 298 pàgines
...; Till, sinking on her breast, love-reconciled, He sleeps the faster that he wept before. V : WORK. WHAT are we set on earth for ? Say, to toil — Nor...declines, And Death's mild curfew shall from work aasoil. God did anoint thee with his odorous oil, To wrestle, not to reign ; and He assigns All thy... | |
 | Mary Ann Kelty - 1852 - 320 pàgines
...helped it long after the mortal frame from whence they emanated has been mouldering in the dust! " God did anoint thee with his odorous oil, To wrestle, not to reign ; — and be assigns All thy tears over, like pure crystallines, For younger fellow workers of the soil, To wear... | |
 | Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe - 1853 - 236 pàgines
...finish my story for themselves. MARGARET'S TRIALS. What are we sent on earth for ? Say, to toil, NOT seek to leave thy tending of the vines, For all the heat (>' the day, till it declines, And Death's mild curfew shall from work assoil. I HAVE a detail of very... | |
 | Meta Lander - 1854 - 364 pàgines
...set on earth for 1 Say, to toil, — Nor seek to leave the tending of thy vines For all the heat of the day till it declines, And death's mild curfew shall from work assoil." MRS. E.-B. BROWNISO. THOUGH highly imaginative, Henrietta had the power of examining practical questions... | |
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What are we set on earth for ? Say, to toil ; Nor seek to leave thy tending of the vines For all the heat o' the day, till it declines, And death's mild curfew shall from work assoil. God did anoint thee with his odorous oil To wrestle, not to reign... 
