 | 1892 - 302 Seiten
...becomes the highest service and will not fail of its reward. As quaint old George Herbert says:— •' A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine ; Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws Makes that and the action fine." Life for the most part is a matter of trivial details. The growth... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1833 - 142 Seiten
...of our life, in that state of life to which God calls us, whether that duty be lofty or obscure. " A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine, Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws Makes that and the action fine." If our life be guided by these principles, it is impossible that... | |
 | Richard Cattermole, Henry Stebbing - 1835 - 402 Seiten
...it pass, And then the heav'n espy All may of thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture, for thy sake, Will not grow bright and clean....Makes drudgery divine: Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that, and th' action, fine. For that, which God doth touch and own, Cannot for less be... | |
 | Villeroi (fict. name.) - 1835 - 304 Seiten
...Teach me, my God and King, In all things Thee to see; And what I do in any thing, To do it as for Thee. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine: Who sweeps a room, as tor thy laws, Makes that and th' action fine. This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold; For... | |
 | George Herbert - 1838 - 454 Seiten
...it pass, And then the heaven espy. All may of thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture (for thy sake) Will not grow bright and clean....Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that and the action fine. CLVII. A WREATH. A WREATHED garland of deserved praise, Of praise... | |
 | George Herbert - 1838 - 408 Seiten
...it pass, And then the heaven espy. All may of thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture (for thy sake) Will not grow bright and clean....Makes drudgery divine: Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that and the action fine. CLVII. A WREATH. A WREATHED garland of deserved praise, Of praise... | |
 | George Herbert - 1838 - 420 Seiten
...it pass, And then the heaven espy. All may of thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture (for thy sake) Will not grow bright and clean....Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that and the action fine. CLVII. A WREATH. A WREATHED garland of deserved praise, Of praise... | |
 | 1840 - 694 Seiten
...it pass, And then the heav'n espy. All may of thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture, for thy sake, Will not grow bright and clean....Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws. Makes that, and th action, fine. KING'S COLLEGE. THE annual meeting of the proprietors of King's... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1840 - 632 Seiten
...espy. All may of thee partake; Nothing can be so mean, Which, with this tincture, " For thy sate," Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this...Makes drudgery divine; Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that, and th' action, fine. HERBERT. ERCHOMENA, OR THINGS TO COME. LETTER THE THIRD. (To... | |
 | 1841 - 162 Seiten
...dignified or mean. In the homely words of old Herbert, All may of thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with this tincture, for thy sake Will not grow bright and clean. It is then in the minutiae of daily life and conduct that this consistency has its most beneficial... | |
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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 sake Makes that and the action fine. 
