 There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! There like the nightingale she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise.  Social evils, and their remedy - Seite 88von Charles Benjamin Tayler - 1835Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Cowper - 1900 - 346 Seiten
...wages still His most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; There, if Thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, 10 Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! There like the nightingale... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1901 - 1080 Seiten
...Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. \ \ \ \ ^ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ _ _ _ _ \ \ \ \h] \ \ ^ \ \.^ \ ^ \ \ \ \ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ^ \ _ _ _ _ _ \ There, like the nightingale, she pours Her solitary lays, Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts... | |
 | Sir John Stainer - 1902 - 900 Seiten
...flee, -L From strife and tumult far, From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...by Thy sweet bounty made For those who follow Thee. m 3 There, if Thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, O with what peace, and joy, and... | |
 | Joseph Hirst Lupton - 1903 - 230 Seiten
...Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far, From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade With prayer and...made For those who follow thee. There, if thy Spirit teach the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love She communes with... | |
 | John Hunter - 1904 - 920 Seiten
...flee ; From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where evil wages still Its most successful war. 2. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...by Thy sweet bounty made For those who follow Thee. 3. There, if Thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh with what peace, and joy, and... | |
 | 1905 - 356 Seiten
...flee, — From strife and tumult far; From scenes where sin is waging still Its most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! Author and guardian of my life, Sweet source of light divine, And all harmonious names in one, —... | |
 | William Cowper - 1905 - 948 Seiten
...Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! There like the nightingale she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts... | |
 | Grace Morrison Everett - 1905 - 202 Seiten
...Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...Thy sweet bounty made For those who follow Thee." It is said that William Wilberforce, the English Abolitionist, repeated this hymn every morning while... | |
 | William Cowper - 1905 - 916 Seiten
...him out best as a poet ; but rather his own special theme, the praise of Retirement. There if Tinl Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh with what peace, and joy, and lvve, She communes with her God ! " There like the nightingale she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor askx... | |
 | William Cowper - 1905 - 716 Seiten
...scenes, where Satan wages still His most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee. 8 There if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode ; Oh with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
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