 | John Newton, Richard Cecil - 1824 - 748 páginas
...most successful war. :•-. :", ::.. • , : •. i 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee. 3 There if thy Spirit touch the sou!, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
 | 1824 - 434 páginas
...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 love, She communes with her God ! 4 There, like the nightingale, she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor... | |
 | Select poetry - 1825 - 182 páginas
...! 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... | |
 | Jonathan Peele Dabney - 1825 - 392 páginas
...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 spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode ; O with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1825 - 482 páginas
...enjoyments, and capable of communicating a sense of them to every other heart not dead to sympathy: — " 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,... | |
 | 1826 - 440 páginas
...uureserved, the language of the Christian's first love, that they cannot fail to be read with deep interest. "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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 504 páginas
...of present personal experience. " The calm retreat, the silent shado, With prayer and praise agree l And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow...peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! There like the nightingale she pours Her solitary lavs ; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts... | |
 | 1826 - 474 páginas
...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 spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, 0 with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
 | Walter Burgh - 1826 - 382 páginas
...I flee 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. S. There if Thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, O, with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
 | 1859 - 632 páginas
...what one said vainly, / am writing for eternity. How different were his musings, while he sang — " The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...seem by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow tbee." Voltaire's works fanned the flames of the French Revolution, sowing the seeds of infidelity... | |
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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. 
