 All may of Thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with this tincture " for Thy sake " Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, Makes that and the action fine. This is...  Poems of John Donne - Seite 246von John Donne - 1896Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1864 - 868 Seiten
...drinking and every other engagement, even the most menial, be made the medium of God's glory — • All may of thee partake, Nothing can be so mean, Which...(for thy sake), Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this clause, Makes drudgery divine ; Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that and... | |
 | 1845 - 752 Seiten
...on glass, On it may stay his eye ; Or, if he pleaseth, through it pass, And thus the heaven espy. " All may of Thee partake, Nothing can be so mean Which,...for thy sake, Will not grow bright and clean. " A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine ; Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that and... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1821 - 398 Seiten
...Some of the stanzas in the devotional pieces are neatly finished, and have much point — as these : " All may of thee partake, Nothing can be so mean, Which,...tincture, FOR THY SAKE Will not grow bright and clean. This is the famous stone Thatturneth all to gold. For that, which God doth touch and own, Cannot for... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1821 - 402 Seiten
...Some of the stanzas in the devotional pieces are neatly finished, and have much point — as these : " All may of thee partake, Nothing can be so mean, Which,...tincture, FOR THY SAKE Will not grow bright and clean. This is the famous stone Thatturneth all to gold. For that, which God doth touch and own, Cannot for... | |
 | 1821 - 400 Seiten
...Some of the stanzas in the devotional pieces are neatly finished, and have much point — as these : " All may of thee partake, Nothing can be so mean, Which,...tincture, FOR THY SAKE Will not grow bright and clean. This is the famous stone Thatturneth all to gold. For that, which God doth touch and own, Cannot for... | |
 | 1821 - 398 Seiten
...Some of the stanzas in the devotional pieces are neatly finished, and have much point — as these : " All may of thee partake, Nothing can be so mean, Which,...tincture, FOR THY SAKE Will not grow bright and clean. This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold. For that, which God doth touch and own, Cannot for... | |
 | 1863 - 350 Seiten
...ordinary employment if performed in the love of God and for his sake, becomes a noble spiritual service. " All may of Thee partake ; Nothing can be so mean Which,...with this tincture . for thy sake,' Will not grow white and clean. "A servant, with this clause, Makes drudgery Divine : Who sweeps a room, as for Thy... | |
 | 1864 - 346 Seiten
...he expresses this in a very quaint, old-fashioned way, but yet I think you will like to hear it. " All may of thee partake ; Nothing can be so mean, Which with this tincture, for (hy sake, ' Will not grow bright and clean. A servant, with this clause, Makes drudgery divine ; Who... | |
 | 1880 - 374 Seiten
...that, do you say ? No ; not if they dwelt with the King for His work, for " Nothing can be so mean But with this tincture, ' For Thy sake,' Will not grow bright and clean." It is work for the King, and that ennobles lowly work ; and it is dwelling with the King for His work... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...TEACH me, my God and King, In all things Thee to see, And what I do in anything, To do it as for Thee. All may of Thee partake; Nothing can be so mean Which...tincture, for Thy sake, Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine: Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws, Makes that and the... | |
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