 | Christian lyrics - 1861 - 240 pàgines
...0 curse, that o'er it fall ! God makes a silence through you all, And "giveth His beloved, sleep." His dews drop mutely on the hill, His cloud above it saileth still, Though on its slope men sow and reap ; More softly than the dew is shed, Or cloud is floated overhead, " He giveth His beloved,... | |
 | 1862 - 794 pàgines
...some of the deepest longings of her heart, when she penned the exquisite lines commencing — " Of all the thoughts of God that are . Borne inward unto...surpassing this — ' He giveth His beloved sleep ( ' " Forbid that I should recall these passages in apology for Mrs. Browning's poetry. She herself... | |
 | 1862 - 542 pàgines
...some of the deepest longings of her heart, when she penned the exquisite lines commencing — " Of all the thoughts of God that are Borne inward unto...surpassing this — ' He giveth His beloved sleep Ï ' " Forbid that I should recall these pasKiges in apology for Mrs. Browning's poetjy. She herself... | |
 | 1862 - 610 pàgines
...calmer and more musical than usual, and they linger in the memory, soothing and unforgetable. ' Of all the thoughts of God that are Borne inward unto...surpassing this, — " He giveth His beloved sleep ? " . ' What would we give to our beloved ? The hero's heart, to be unmoved, The poet's star-tuned... | |
 | George Anthony Denison - 1862 - 358 pàgines
...for rest which is felt by those who suffer perpetual pain than the poem which commences : — " Of all the thoughts of God that are Borne inward unto...any is, For gift or grace, surpassing this — 'He givethms beloved sleep.' " These Last Poems vary greatly, some of them being quite equal to Mrs. Browning's... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1862 - 566 pàgines
...recorded some of the deepest longings of her heart, when she penned the exquisite lines commencing— " Of all the thoughts of God that are Borne inward unto...deep, Now tell me if that any is For gift or grace surpassint; this — . « He giveth His beloved sleep ? ' " Forbid that I should recall these passages... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1862 - 328 pàgines
...giveth His beloved sleep."— Psalm cxrrii. -. I. OF all the thoughts of God that are Borne inward into souls afar, Along the Psalmist's music deep, Now tell...surpassing this — ' He giveth His beloved, sleep'? What would we give to our beloved ? The hero's heart to be unmoved, The poet's star-tuned harp to sweep,... | |
 | Karl Johann Philipp Spitta - 1863 - 332 pàgines
...amen, so let it be ! So shall we ever sing to Thee, Hallelujah ! "HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP." )F all the thoughts of God that are Borne inward unto...grace surpassing this, " He giveth His beloved sleep." What would we give to our beloved ? The hero's heart to be unmoved — The poet's star-tuned harp to... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1862 - 480 pàgines
...would be Still shared by thee. THE SLEEP. " He giveth His beloved sleep."— Paalm cxxvii. 2. I. OF all the thoughts of God that are Borne inward unto...surpassing this — 'He giveth His beloved, sleep !' II. What would we give to our beloved ? The hero's heart, to bo unmoved, The poet's star-timed harp,... | |
 | 1863 - 150 pàgines
...And that bright sabbath, even One gentle soul found peace on earth, And one found bliss in heaven. Of all the thoughts of God that are Borne inward unto...surpassing this — " He giveth His beloved sleep ?" What would we give to our beloved? The hero's heart to be unmoved, The poet's star-tuned harp, to... | |
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OF all the thoughts of God that are Borne inward unto souls afar, Along the Psalmist's music deep, Now tell me if that any is, For gift or grace, surpassing this — • He giveth His beloved, sleep... 
