 | 1847 - 1230 pages
...with my spirit and grew " afraid." " Stand still, my soul! In the silent dark I would question theo ; Alone in the shadow drear and stark, With God and me. What, my soul, was thy errand hero? Was it mirth and ease, Or heaping up dust from year to year? ' Nay, none of these.' Speak, soul,... | |
 | 1848 - 832 pages
...and blending their outline with the twilight air. I communed with my spirit and grew " afraid." '' Stand still, my soul! In the silent dark I would question...drear and stark. With God and me. What, my soul, was tby errand here? Was it mirth and ease, Or heaping up dust from year to year f ' Nay, none of these.'... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 pages
...light! '104 405 МУ SOUL AND I. still, my soul : in the silent dark I would question thec, Alone i» the shadow drear and stark With God and me ! What, my soul, was thine errand here Î Was it mirth or ease, Or heaping up dust from year to yearî " Nay, none of these."... | |
 | 1856 - 642 pages
...Our Father, oh, help us!' And with a great cry Caroline fell upon the old man's neck. MY SOUL AND I. Stand still, my soul : in the silent dark I would...drear and stark With God and me ! What, my soul, was thine errand here ? Was It mirth or ease, Or heaping up dust from year to yearf 'Nay, none of these.'... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1856 - 624 pages
...mark we tend to, for the soul Can take no lower flight, and seek no meaner goal. PereivaVs Prometheus. What, my soul, was thy errand here ? Was it mirth or ease, Or heaping up dust from year to year ? u Nay, none of these !" Speak, soul, aright in His holy sight, Whose eye looks still And steadily... | |
 | Annie Maria Minster - 1861 - 424 pages
... OR, THE MORNING DRAWETH NIGH. BY ANNIE MARIA MINSTER. I Stand still, my soul, In the silent dark I would question...Alone in the shadow drear and stark With God and me 1 What, my 'soul, was thy errand here ? Was it mirth or ease, Or heaping up dust from year to year... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1864 - 422 pages
...yet from abo,ve, Noiseless as dew-fall, heed it well — Thy Father's call of love ! MY SOUL AND I. STAND still, my soul, in the silent dark I would question...mirth or ease, Or heaping' up dust from year to year V " Nay, none of these ! " Speak, soul, aright in his holy sight Whose eye looks still And steadily... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1868 - 410 pages
...Unseen, yet from above, Noiseless as dew-fall, heed it well — Thy Father's call of love 1 MY SOUL AND I STAND still, my soul, in the silent dark I would question thee, Alone m the shadow drear and stark With God and me 1 What, my soul, was thy errand here ? Was it mirth or... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1869 - 406 pages
...Thy Father's call of love 1 Though dropping, as the manna fell, Unseen, yet from above, MY SOUL AND L STAND still, my soul, in the silent dark I would question...Alone in the shadow drear and stark With God and me 1 What, my soul, was thy errand here ? Was it mirth or ease, Or heaping up dust from year to year V... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1871 - 506 pages
...Thy Father's call of love I MV SOUL AND L STAND still, mysonl, in the silent dark I wonld qnestion thee, Alone in the shadow drear and stark With God and me 1 What, my sonl, was thy errand here ? Was it mirth or ease, Or heaping np dost from year to ] Ah,... | |
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MY SOUL AND I. STAND still, my soul, in the silent dark I would question thee, Alone in the shadow drear and stark With God and me ! What, my soul, was thy errand here ? Was it mirth or ease, Or heaping up dust from year to year ? " Nay, none of these... 
