 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
 | 1872 - 1200 Seiten
...overhead. On entering this path, the following words of a hymn came generally into my mind : — ' The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...agree ; And seem by Thy sweet bounty made, For those that worship Thee. ' There if Thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, 0 with what peace,... | |
 | Ann Yosy - 1822 - 198 Seiten
...experience, the truth of those beautiful lines of your amiable poet: ' The calm retreat, the silenfrshade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee.' " Here my friend paused, and we seated ourselves for a moment on the verdant bank that lined our path.... | |
 | James Sargant Storer - 1822 - 110 Seiten
...most devout effusions of piety are happily combined : Tlie calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who worship Thee. There, if thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, O with what joy, and peace,... | |
 | West Church (Boston, Mass.) - 1823 - 376 Seiten
...flee. From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where sin is waging 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 presence cheer the soul, And grace her mean abode, O with what peace, and joy, and... | |
 | 1832 - 698 Seiten
...from the turmoil and cares of the past six busy days of care or toil, and disposes it to holy musings. "The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee." Though we are in a spot of perfect seclusion, there are human habitations in sight : from the chimneys... | |
 | Henry Devereux Sewall - 1824 - 418 Seiten
...flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where sin is waging 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 presence cheer the soul, And grace her mean abode, O with what peace, and joy, and... | |
 | 1867 - 348 Seiten
...own words, written probably in some happier moment, he aptly describes his songs in the night — " The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...agree, And seem by Thy sweet bounty made For those that follow Thee. There, if Thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace,... | |
 | Asahel Nettleton - 1824 - 498 Seiten
...With pray'rand praise agree: And seem by thy sweet bounty made, i* For those who follow thee. 3 Then if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace and joy and love, She there communes with God ! 4 There, like the nightingale, she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness... | |
 | John Newton - 1824 - 638 Seiten
...follow thec. * Luke, viii. 46. t Psalm cxix. 103. f Solomon's Scn-g, i. 3 § Isa. *xxv. 604 COMFORT. 3 There if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy aiul love, She communes with her God ! 4 There,like the nightingale, she pours Her solitary lays ;... | |
 | 1824 - 444 Seiten
...good night, and passed on. " The calm retreat, the silent shade ' , With prayer and praise agree ; 4nd seem by thy sweet bounty made For those -who follow thee. " 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,... | |
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