 But he, who knew what human hearts would prove, How slow to learn the dictates of his love, That, hard by nature and of stubborn will, A life of ease would make them harder still, In pity to the souls his grace design'd To rescue from the ruins of mankind,...  The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esqr - Strona 163autor: William Hayley - 1805Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Christian poets - 1851 - Liczba stron: 470
...spread. With unshod feet they yet securely tread ; Admonished, scorn the caution and the friend, Bent all on pleasure, heedless of its end : But He, who knew...life of ease would make them harder still, In pity to the souls His grace designed To rescue from the ruins of mankind, Called for a cloud to darken all... | |
 | William Cowper - 1851 - Liczba stron: 620
...spread, With unshod feet they yet securely tread, Admonished, scorn the caution and the friend, Bent all stilt, In pity to the souls his grace designed To rescue from the ruins of mankind, Called for a cloud... | |
 | Ann Jane - 1851 - Liczba stron: 964
...lead them to say, " This is my rest, here will I dwell, for I have desired it;" and therefore— " He who knew what human hearts would prove, How slow...life of ease would make them harder still, In pity to the souls his grace designed To rescue from the ruins of mankind, Called for a cloud to darken all... | |
 | 1851 - Liczba stron: 592
...the road. The world may dance along the flowery plain, Cheer'd as they go by many a sprightly strain. But He, who knew what human hearts would prove How...will, A life of ease would make them harder still i In pity to a chosen few, designed To escape the common ruin of their kind, And said — Go spend... | |
 | William R. Williams - 1851 - Liczba stron: 300
...loveth, he chasteneth, although He does not WILLINGLY grieve the children of men. Thus, * Col. iv. 12. " He who knew what human hearts would prove, How slow to learn the dictates of His love, Called for a cloud to darken all their years, And said, ' Go spend them in the vale of tears.' " *... | |
 | William R. Williams - 1857 - Liczba stron: 274
...although He does not WILLINGLY grieve the children of men. Thus, * Col. iv. 12. " He who knew what humaa hearts would prove, How slow to learn the dictates of His love, Called for a cloud to darken all their years, And said, ' Go spend them in the vale of tears.' " *... | |
 | Cottage verse, Joseph Jones - 1852 - Liczba stron: 296
...spread, With unshod feet they yet securely tread ; Admonished, scorn the caution and the friend, Bent all on pleasure, heedless of its end. But He who knew...of ease would make them harder still ; In pity to the souls His grace designed To rescue from the ruins of mankind, Called for a cloud to darken all... | |
 | Mrs. Anderson (Caroline Dorothea), Caroline Dorothea Anderson (hon.) - 1852 - Liczba stron: 280
...unknown : No trav'ller ever reach'd that blest abode, Who found not thorns and briers on his road ; For He who knew what human hearts would prove, How slow...life of ease would make them harder still, In pity to the souls his grace design'd To rescue from the ruins of mankind, Call'd for a cloud to darken all... | |
 | Christmas - 1852 - Liczba stron: 78
...this world, who has not already found out that this is not a life of unclouded sunshine ? — " For He, who knew what human hearts would prove, How slow...of ease would make them harder still : In pity to the souls his grace designed, To rescue from the ruins of mankind, Call'd for a cloud to darken all... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1852 - Liczba stron: 478
...weeds. It was an emblem of the uses of adversity, when God, for gracious purposes, sets the fire. For He who knew what human hearts would prove, How slow...life of ease would make them harder still, In pity to the souls his grace designed To rescue from the ruins of mankind, Called for a cloud to darken all... | |
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