 Let us (said he) pour on him all we can: Let the world's riches, which dispersed lie, Contract into a span. So strength first made a way; Then beauty flowed, then wisdom, honour, pleasure: When almost all was out, God made a stay, Perceiving that alone...  The Retrospective Review - Page 2211821Full view - About this book
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 pages
...where to bide. Who would he more, Swelling through store. Forfeit their Paradise by their pride. REST. WHEN God at first made man. Having a glass of blessings...lie, Contract into a span." So strength first made a way ; Then beauty flowed ; then wisdom, honor, pleasure : When altnost all was out, God madeastay.... | |
 | 1876 - 508 pages
...of love and sweetness, Bearing onward man's reluctant soul. ADELAIDE A. PROCTER. The Gifts of God. WHEN God at first made man, Having a glass of blessings...lie, Contract into a span. So strength first made a way ; Then beauty flowed, then wisdom, honor, pleasure ; When almost all was out, God made a stay,... | |
 | Minot Judson Savage - 1876 - 192 pages
...quaint old English poet, George Herbert, has finely taught this lesson in the following lines : — Whan God at first made man, Having a glass of blessings...said he, " pour on him all we can : Let the world's nches, which dispersed lie, Contract into a span." So strength first made a way ; Then beauty flowed... | |
 | a.b. grosart - 1876 - 606 pages
...PULLEY. HEN God at first made man, Having a glasse of blessings standing by, ' Let us,' said He, ' poure on him all we can; Let the world's riches, which dispersed lie, Contract into a span.' 5 When almost all was out, God made a stay, Perceiving that, alone of all His treasure, Rest in the... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - 1877 - 338 pages
...life on me, And I within my Father's gate For long bright years shall be. PSALTER IN ENGLISH VERSE THE PULLEY. WHEN God at first made man, Having a glass...lie, Contract into a span." So strength first made a way ; Then beauty flowed, then wisdom, honor, pleasure : When almost all was out, God made a stay,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...the cloud ; Thy wheel and thee we neither love nor hat*. ALFRED TENNYSON. THE GIFTS OF GOD. AVllEN God at first made man, Having a glass of blessings...lie, Contract into a span. So strength first made a way ; Then beauty flowed, then wisdom, honor, pleasure : When almost all was out, God made a stay,... | |
 | Maria Wright - 1877 - 176 pages
...rest out of God." Amos Cragg consented, and Jabez repeated the following hymn of George Herbert : — When God at first made man, Having a glass of blessings...can; Let the world's riches, which dispersed lie, So Strength first made away ; Then Beauty flowed ; then Wisdom, Honour, Pleasure ; When almost all... | |
 | George Herbert - 1877 - 120 pages
...Heart, as joys in love. THE PULLEY. i]HEN God at first made man, Having a glass of blessings standing Let the world's riches, which dispersed lie, Contract into a span." So strength first made a way; Then beauty flowed, then wisdom, honor, pleasure: When almost all was out, God made a stay,... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 332 pages
...both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. E. Waller. THE GIFT OF REST. WHEN God at first made Man, Having a glass of blessings...lie, Contract into a span. So strength first made a way; Then beauty flow'd ; then wisdom, honour, pleasure : When almost all was out, God made a stay,... | |
 | Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 318 pages
...view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. £. Waller. THE GIFT OF REST. 1 95 THE GIFT OF REST. WHEN God at first made Man, Having a glass of blessings...lie, Contract into a span. , So strength first made a way; Then beauty flow'd ; then wisdom, honour, pleasure When almost all was out, God made a stay,... | |
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