| Pye Henry Chavasse - 1872 - 254 pàgines
...poet, in speaking of the importance of little things, sings in a somewhat similar strain : " Little drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean, And the beauteous land ; ' ' And the little moments, Humble though they be, Hake the mighty ages Of eternity."... | |
| Jarrold and sons, ltd - 1872 - 88 pàgines
...migh-ty hum-ble er-rors mo-ments e-ter-ni-ty vir-tue mer-cy youth-fill beau-te-ous na-tions LITTLE drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean, And the beauteous land. And the little moments, Humble though they be, Make the mighty ages Of eternity. So... | |
| Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1872 - 168 pàgines
...bushy tail, was barking at the wretched old man. The mighty ocean rolls round the great globe. Little drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean And the solid land. The way was long, the wind was cold ; The minstrel was infirm and old. THE ADVERB. LESSON... | |
| 1878 - 446 pàgines
...kindness of heart, or the reverse, is often shewn by actions in themselves insignificant ; and as ' Little drops of water, little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean, and the beauteous land,' so the little deeds of little people go far to make or mar the comfort of life at... | |
| 1872 - 710 pàgines
...our time below, Eternity in heaven. LITTLE THIN-OS. LONGING. 2159. LITTLE THINGS, Power o£ Little s ; and yon clear spring, that, midst its herbs, [roots Wells softly beauteous land. And tho little moments, Humble though they be, Make the mighty ages Of eternity. Littlp... | |
| 1872 - 152 pàgines
...beauteous land. And the little moments, Humble though they be, Make the mighty ages Of eternity. So our little errors Lead the soul away, From the path of virtue, Oft in sin to stray. Little deeds of kindness, Little words of love, Make our earth an Eden, Like the... | |
| Letitia Mary M. Bell - 1873 - 424 pàgines
...and ruin in our little spheres." " Yes, Mr Ford, I can quite understand that. I know that— ' Little drops of water, little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean and the solid land.' But if the drops trickled away from each other, and the grains of sand flew about in all... | |
| H F. Delf - 1874 - 138 pàgines
...however trifling the act of kindness done from love to God, He will accept it ; and remember — " Ltitle drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean And the pleasant land. Little deeds of kindness, Little words of love, Make our earth and Eden, Like the heaven above." *... | |
| George Christian Mast - 1875 - 104 pàgines
...SECTION C. PIECES OF KJETfcY. TO BE READ, COPIED, AND COMMITTED TO MEMORY. 1.— LITTLE THINGS. Lit-tle drops of wa-ter, Lit-tle grains of sand Make the migh-ty o-cean, And the plea-sant land. Thus the lit-tle mo-ments, Hum-ble though they be, Make the migh-ty a-ges Of e-ter-ni-ty. Thus our lit-tle er-rors Lead... | |
| John Russell Webb - 1875 - 334 pàgines
...will always remember it." 22. "Thank you, sir; I hope I shall. I learned a long time ago that Little drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean And the pleasant land ; but I did not know what the verse meant till I learned, to-day, that houses are made of little bricks,... | |
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