 Our years are like the shadows On sunny hills that lie, Or grasses in the meadows That blossom but to die ; A sleep, a dream, a story By strangers quickly told, An unremaining glory Of things that soon are old.  The Two Brothers: And Other Poems - Page 247by Edward Henry Bickersteth - 1871 - 324 pagesFull view - About this book
 | St. Andrew's Church (Headington, Oxford, England) - 1881 - 352 pages
...Before Thy first creations, О Lord, the same as now, To endless generations The Everlasting Thou ! Oar years are like the shadows On sunny hills that lie,...An unremaining glory Of things that soon are old. 0 Thou, who canst not slumber, Whose light grows never pale, Teach us aright to number Our years before... | |
 | Edward Henry Bickersteth - 1870 - 464 pages
...Before thy first creations, O Lord, the same as now, To endless generations The everlasting thou ! 2 Our years are like the shadows On sunny hills that...An unremaining glory Of things that soon are old. 3 O thou, who canst not slumber, Whose light grows never pale, Teach us aright to number Our years... | |
 | 1870 - 976 pages
...song its motive power in a congregation, is the Editor's, and wo must give one stanza of it : — " Our years are like the shadows On sunny hills that...sleep, a dream, a story, By strangers quickly told, An unrcmaining glory Of things that soon are old." Hymn 90, " 0 brothers, lift your voices," is a missionary... | |
 | Edward Henry Bickersteth (bp. of Exeter) - 1885 - 482 pages
...Before thy first creations, O Lord, the same as now, To endless generations The Everlasting Thou ! 2 Our years are like the shadows On sunny hills that...sleep, a dream, a story By strangers quickly told, ATI unremaining glory Of things that soon are old. 3 O thou, who canst not slumber, Whose light grows... | |
 | William Fleming Stevenson - 1873 - 650 pages
...Before Thy first creations, O Lord, the same as now, To endless generations The everlasting, Thou. 2 Our years are like the shadows On sunny hills that...An unremaining glory Of things that soon are old. 3 O Thou, who canst not slumber, Whose light grows never pale, Teach us aright to number Our years... | |
 | William Fleming Stevenson - 1873 - 622 pages
...Before Thy first creations, 0 Lord, the same as now, To endless generations The everlasting, Thou. 2 Our years are like the shadows On sunny hills that...sleep, a dream, a story By strangers quickly told, An uuremaining glory Of things that soon are old. 3 O Thou, who canst not slumber, Whose light grows never... | |
 | James Martineau - 1874 - 786 pages
...endless generations The everlasting thou ! 2 Our years are like the shadows O'er sunny hills that fly, Or grasses in the meadows That blossom but to die;...An unremaining glory Of things that soon are old. 3 O thou, who canst not slumber, Whose light grows never pale, Teach us aright to number Our years... | |
 | John Ross Macduff - 1874 - 456 pages
...your confidence — " Our lives are like the shadows On sunny hills that lie, Or flowers which deck the meadows That blossom but to die : A sleep, a dream, a story By strangers quickly told ; An evanescent glory Of things that soon grow old. But Thou — THE ROCK OF AGES For evermore hast been... | |
 | James Rowland - 1874 - 272 pages
...convenient season the duty of immediate decision, which sickness might too late have taught him.. " Our years are like the shadows On sunny hills that lie, Or grasses on the meadows That blossom but to die. A sleep, a dream, a story By strangers quickly told, An unremaining... | |
 | Joseph Dana Bartley - 1875 - 172 pages
...: Before thy first ere -a -tions, O Lord.the same as now. The Everlastingthou ! 131 DICKERSTETH. 2 Our years are like the shadows On sunny hills that...but to die ; A sleep, a dream, a story By strangers quiekly told, An uuremaining glory Of thing that soon are old. 3 O thon who eanst not slumber, Whose... | |
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