 | 1881 - 494 pages
...then, a few moments." CHAPTER IX. " What was Parnassus' self to thee, Mount Skiddaw ?" WORDSWORTH. " The roseate hues of early dawn, The brightness of...crimson of the sunset sky, How fast they fade away." CF ALEXANDER. " Ask me not what a maiden feels Left in that dreadful hour alone : Perchance her reason... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1865 - 1220 pages
...and admire, and praise our Father in heaven for His glorious gift of beauty, we still may say — " The roseate hues of early dawn, The brightness of...crimson of the sunset sky, How fast they fade away ! Oh ! lor the pearly gates of heaven, 01) ! fur the golden shore, Oh ! for the sun of righteousness. That... | |
 | 1871 - 360 pages
...not climb higher in knowledge than he does, by a discreet use of companionship. Rev. HW Beechtr. HE roseate hues of early dawn, The brightness of the...pearly gates of heaven ! Oh, for the golden floor ! Oh, for the Sun of Righteousness, That setteth nevermore ! The highest hopes we cherish here —... | |
 | 1854 - 152 pages
...wake us, Do not Thou, our God, forsake us, But to reign in glory take us, With Thee on high ! 155. DCM THE roseate hues of early dawn, The brightness of...pearly gates of heaven, Oh ! for the golden floor, Oh ! for the Sun of Righteousness, That setteth nevermore ! The highest hopes we. cherish here, How... | |
 | 1910 - 964 pages
...hymn Ernest had an inspiration. All the rest of the churchful, sleepy and suitable, were singing, — 'The roseate hues of early dawn, The brightness of...crimson of the sunset sky, How fast they fade away.' Ernest turned his head towards the marble child and softly mouthed, — you could hardly call it singing,... | |
 | Thomas Vincent Fosbery - 1858 - 218 pages
...dread call shall wake us, Do not Thou, our God, forsake us, But to reign in glory take us, 155. DCM THE roseate hues of early dawn, The brightness of...pearly gates of heaven, Oh ! for the golden floor, Oh ! for the Sun of Righteousness, That setteth nevermore ! The highest hopes we cherish here, How... | |
 | 1858 - 784 pages
...authoressof "Moral Songs," which we venture to quote, because it is as yet not very well known : — " The roseate hues of early dawn, The brightness of...crimson of the sunset sky, How fast they fade away ! Oli ! for the pearly gates of heaven. Oh ! for the golden floor, Oh ! for the Sun of Righteousness,... | |
 | Cecil Frances Alexander - 1859 - 244 pages
...dear might, Her loving heart shall read you right, Strains of the hill and tide. ana EARTH AND HEAVEN. roseate hues of early dawn, The brightness of the...pearly gates of Heaven ! Oh, for the golden floor ! Oh, for the Sun of Righteousness That setteth nevermore ! The highest hopes we cherish here, How... | |
 | 1860 - 902 pages
...acquaintance with them now, we claim to hold them, by and by, in a grasp that shall never be relaxed. " The roseate hues of early dawn, The brightness of...pearly gates of Heaven, Oh ! for the golden floor, Oh ! for the Sun of Righteousness, That setteth nevermore * 1 " Thus do the lovely things which we... | |
 | Longdight St. John evang, James Augustus Atkinson - 1861 - 194 pages
...Holy ! Merciful and Mighty ! God in Three persons, Blessed Trinity ! SUNDAYS AFTER TRINITY. 73. p. M. THE roseate hues of early dawn, The brightness of...pearly gates of heaven, Oh, for the golden floor, Oh, for the Sun of Righteousness, That setteth nevermore ! The highest hopes we cherish here, How fast... | |
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The highest hopes we cherish here, How fast they tire and faint ; How many a spot defiles the robe That wraps an earthly saint... 
