 | John Flavel - 1770 - Liczba stron: 528
...exafperated, grieved, and wounded, crying out, Oh, that I had a cottage in the wildernefs ! or, Oh, that l had the wings of a dove, that I might flee away, and be at reft. ' (3.) Laftly, The neceffity, and defirablenefs, of this union further appears with refpect unto... | |
 | Helen Maria Williams - 1795 - Liczba stron: 292
...led my wounded fpirit from the cruelty of man to the benignity of God — how often did I wifh " for the wings of a dove, that I might flee away and be at reft !" To be feated at the foot of thofe fheltering hills which embofomed fome mimic habitations,... | |
 | 1846 - Liczba stron: 522
...heart — " existence would then have been a burden, the grave my only hope ; my only prayer, to have ' the wings of a dove, that I might flee away and be at rest.' From a fearful calamity I have been delivered by two strangers. Fortune has placed one beyond the reach... | |
 | William Law - 1823 - Liczba stron: 262
...Acad. Oh Sir, you have touched e'very string of my heart, and 1 now wish with the psalmist, that IJiad the wings of a dove, that I might flee away, and be...the spirit of this world, to be at rest in the sweet tranqu;Ulity of a life, born again of God. You know, Sir, that in the morning you told me of a certain... | |
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1826 - Liczba stron: 550
...crave, Since I have found, for life, a home, " And after death, a grave ! June, 1825. MJJ STANZAS. Oh ! that I had the wings of a dove that I might flee away and be at rest. So prayed the Psalmist to be free From mortal bonds and earthly thrall ; And such, or soon or late,... | |
 | 1826 - Liczba stron: 600
...Saviour and Benefactor, have carried their ineffable consolations to my heart ; and I have longed for the wings of a dove, that I might flee away and be for ever at rest. The next hour, the scene has been wholly changed : I have seen the multitude kiss... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - Liczba stron: 228
...shall be our's, amidst our vines once more ! " ' 188 THE WINGS OP THE DOVE. THE WINGS OF THE DOVE. 'Ob! that I had the wings of a Dove, that I might flee away and be at rest!" OH ! for thy wings, thou dove! Now sailing by with sunshine on thy breast ; That borne like thee above,... | |
 | 1828 - Liczba stron: 814
...and woes o'erwhelm, Eemembering, like the fearless child, Our fathers at the helm. Anon. LINES. " Oh that I had the wings of a dove, — that I might flee away and be at rest." So prayed the Psalmist to be free From mortal bonds and earthly thrall ; And such or soon or late shall... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - Liczba stron: 216
...shore — Feace shall be our's, amidst our vines once more !'* THE WINGS OF THE DOVE. " Oh ! lliat I had the wings of a Dove, that I might flee away and be at rest !" OH ! for thy wings, thou dove ! Now sailing by with sunshine on thy breast; That borne like thee... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - Liczba stron: 308
...deathless SALAMIS J Lines written by Lieut. JOHN MALCOLM, of the 42d Regiment, " Oh that I had (he wings of a dove, that I might flee away and be at rest." So pray'd the Psalmist to be free From mortal bonds and earthly thrall ; And such, or soon or late... | |
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Oh that I had the wings of a dove, that I might flee away and be at rest;" for I felt that there could be no rest for me in the midst of such outrages and pollutions. 
