...eagerness of the saint to enjoy the heavenly rest (Ps. Iv. 6), and thus escape the trials of life.» " So prayed the Psalmist to be free From mortal bonds...heart-breathed prayer of all. And we, when life's last sands are rove, With faltering foot and aching breast, Shall sigh for wings that waft the dove, To flee away...

...the mosses, until I lay looking upward through the foliage into the blue of the sky. And I said, ' Oh, that I had the wings of a dove, that I might fly away, and be at rest ! ' For but few days were left to us, and it seemed to me that I had accomplished...

...through mere vexation and disquietude was entirely unworthy of him. Though it may not be wrong to say, " Oh that I had the wings of a dove, that I might flee away, and be at rest !" — for the desire is a verynatural one, and it is a relief at times to the weary spirit to give...

...suffering from oppression and difficulty of breathing, he raised his hands and feebly ejaculated, " Oh, that I had the wings of a dove, that I might fly away and be at rest," but quickly added, " Not my will but thine, O Father, be done." After desiring...

...forgetfulness? And suddenly the words came to her heart, as though a voice had spoken them — " O, that I had the wings of a dove, that I might flee away, and be at rest!" Upward! — the dove flies upward! Whither? " It is not true — it is not true!" she said again, as...

...trust, is in His holy temple, the Lord's throne is in the heavens." I will flee nowhere but there ! " O that I had the wings of a dove, that I might flee away there and be at rest ! " But, till I be taken to that rest, I can find safety no otherwise than by...

...that conceptions will pour down from heaven as freely as the snowflakes which cover our mountains. Oh ! that I had the wings of a dove that I might seek this holy rest, and take breath awhile beneath the shadow of the cross. There I will wait ' until...

...Sinclair — why is that?" She then sighed deeply, and added in a tone of pathos almost irresistible — " Oh that I had the wings of a dove, that I might flee away and be at restShe had scarcely spoken, when, by a beautiful and affecting coincidence, Ariel entered the room,...

...Sinclair — why is that?" She then sighed deeply, and added in a tone of pathos almost irresistible — " Oh that I had the wings of a dove, that I might flee away and be at rest." She had scarcely spoken, when, by a beautiful and affecting coincidence, Ariel entered the room, and...

...failure? Who, as he thus thinks of himself or of others, has not been moved to say, from time to time, " Oh that I had the wings of a dove, that I might flee far away and be at rest! " It is the feeling beautifully expressed by the greatest of our poets, when...