 | Elizabeth Constantia Agnew - Conversion - 1819 - 266 pages
...Why should we faint and fear to live alone, Since all alone, so heaven has will'd, we die; Not e'en the tenderest heart and next our own, Knows half the reasons why we smile and sigh. KEEBLE. AND here, for a time, Geraldine paused, not from thought, for that was impossible,... | |
 | John Keble - Christian poetry - 1827 - 216 pages
...WHY should we faint and fear to live alone, Since all alone, so Heaven has will'd, we die •, Nor even the tenderest heart, and next our own, Knows half the reasons why we smile and sigh ? Each in his hidden sphere of joy or woe Our hermit spirits dwell, and range apart, Our eyes... | |
 | John Keble - Christian poetry, English - 1827 - 398 pages
...xiv. 10. should we faint and fear to live alone, Since all alone, so Heaven has will'd, we die % Nor even the tenderest heart, and next our own, Knows half the reasons why we smile and sigh ? Each in his hidden sphere of joy or woe Our hermit spirits dwell, and range apart, Our eyes... | |
 | Villeroi (fict. name.) - 1835 - 304 pages
...CHAPTER V. Why should we faint and fear to live alone Since all alone, so heav'n has willed, we die, Not even the tenderest heart, and next our own, Knows half the reasons why we smile or sigh. For if one heart in perfect sympathy Beat with another, answering love for love, Weak mortals all entranced,... | |
 | John Keble - Religious poetry - 1837 - 442 pages
...10. WHY should we faint, and fear to live alone, Since all alone, so Heaven has will'd, we die1, Nor even the tenderest heart, and next our own, Knows half the reasons why we smile and sigh ? Each in his hidden sphere of joy or woe Our hermit spirits dwell, and range apart, Our eyes... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1839 - 384 pages
...: " Why should we faint and fear to live alone, Since all alone, so Heaven has willed, we die, Nor even the tenderest heart, and next our own. Knows half the reasons why we smile and sigh ? " * Such considerations have always induced me to regard with small respect, any attempt... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1839 - 380 pages
...: " Why should we faint and fear to live alone, Since all alone, so Heaven has willed, we die, Nor even the tenderest heart, and next our own. Knows half the reasons why we smile and sigh ? " * Such considerations have always induced me to regard with small respect, any attempt... | |
 | 1884 - 656 pages
...shrines of the spirit where only God looks in. Only too true at times appear the words : — " Nor e'en the tenderest heart and next our own Knows half the reasons why we smile and sigh." Our subject suggests two lessons : — (1.) Since we can know others only in part, the thought... | |
 | John Keble - 1842 - 332 pages
...Amen.] Why should we faint and fear to live alone, Since all alone, so. Heaven has will'd, we die,* Nor even the tenderest heart, and next our own, Knows half the reasons why we smile and sigh? Each in his hidden sphere of joy or wo Our hermit spirits dwell, and range apart, Our eyes... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1843 - 406 pages
...character defects and inconsistencies, which -will present insuperable obstacles in the way, if her whose dependence has been solely upon him. If, however,...smile or sigh. Each in his hidden sphere of joy or woe Our hermit spirits dwell, and range apart ; Our eyes see all around in gloom or glow, Hues of their... | |
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WHY should we faint and fear to live alone, Since all alone, so Heaven has will'd, we die,* Nor even the tenderest heart, and next our own, Knows half the reasons why we smile and sigh... 
