Jem the Tinker and His Children

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William Oliphant, 1869 - 148 من الصفحات
 

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الصفحة 41 - JESUS, Lover of my soul, Let me to Thy bosom fly, "While the nearer waters roll, While the tempest still is high. Hide me, O my Saviour, hide, Till the storm of life is past ; Safe into the haven guide ; Oh, receive my soul at last...
الصفحة 42 - Other refuge have I none, Hangs my helpless soul on thee ; Leave, ah ! leave me not alone ; Still support and comfort me ! All my trust on thee is stayed, All my help from thee I bring ; Cover my defenceless head With the shadow of thy wing.
الصفحة 95 - Sow, though the rock repel thee, In its cold and sterile pride ; Some cleft there may be riven, Where the little seed may hide. Fear not, for some will flourish, And, though the tares abound, Like the willows by the waters Will the scattered grain be found. Work while the daylight lasteth, Ere the shades of night come on ; Ere the Lord of the vineyard cometh, And the labourer's work is done.
الصفحة 59 - Angel of Patience ! sent to calm Our feverish brows with cooling palm ; To lay the storms of hope and fear, And reconcile life's smile and tear ; The throbs of wounded pride to still, And make our own our Father's will ! O thou who mournest on thy way, With longings for the close of day ; He walks with thee, that Angel kind, And gently whispers, " Be resigned : Bear up, hear on, the end shall tell The dear Lord ordereth all things well !
الصفحة 9 - Man-like is it to fall into sin, Fiend-like is it to dwell therein ; Christ-like is it for sin to grieve ; God-like is it all sin to leave.
الصفحة 100 - WEAK and irresolute is man ; The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. The bow well bent, and smart the spring, Vice seems already slain ; But Passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives again.
الصفحة 63 - ... the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price.
الصفحة 95 - Be not weary in well-doing, for in due season ye shall reap, if ye faint not.
الصفحة 61 - No spring nor summer beauty has such grace As I have seen in an autumnal face.
الصفحة 61 - The rest of her character may be read in his printed poems, in that elegy which bears the name of

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