 When with dear friends sweet talk I hold, And all the flowers of life unfold, Let not my heart within me burn, Except in all I Thee discern. When the soft dews of kindly sleep My wearied eyelids gently steep, Be my last thought, how sweet to rest For...  Magazine for the young - Page 761845Full view - About this book
 | John Keble - Christian poetry, English - 1827 - 398 pages
...not night if Thou be near : Oh may no earth-born cloud arise To hide Thee from thy servant's eyes. Tracing out Wisdom, Power, and Love, In earth or sky,...Thee discern. When the soft dews of kindly sleep My wearied eyelids gently steep, Be my last thought, how sweet to rest For ever on my Saviour's breast.... | |
 | John Keble - Church year - 1829 - 406 pages
...be near: Oh may no earth-born cloud arise To hide Thee from thy servant's eyes. St. Lvke xxiv. 29. When round thy wondrous works below My searching rapturous...Thee discern. When the soft dews of kindly sleep My wearied eyelids gently steep, Be my last thought, how sweet to rest For ever on my Saviour's breast.... | |
 | King's Chapel (Boston, Mass.) - Hymns, English - 1831 - 438 pages
...not night if thou be near : 0 may no earth-born cloud arise To hide thee from thy servant's eyes. 4 When with dear friends sweet talk I hold, And all...heart within me burn, Except in all I thee discern. 5 When the soft dews of kindly sleep My wearied eyelids gently steep, Be my last thought, how sweet... | |
 | Maria Weston Chapman - American poetry - 1836 - 256 pages
...not too deep for mortal sense : When with dear friends sweet talk I hold, And all the flowers of hfe unfold ; — Let not my heart within me burn, Except in all I Thee discern. Abide with me from morn till eve, For without thce I cannot live : Abide with me when night is nigh,... | |
 | Maria Weston Chapman - American poetry - 1836 - 240 pages
...for mortal sense : When with dear friends sweet talk I hold, And all the flowers of hfe unfuld ; — Let not my heart within me burn, Except in all I Thee discern. Abide with me from morn till eve, For without thee I cannot live: Abide with me when night is nigh,... | |
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1837 - 556 pages
...words disclose, Watch Time's full river as it flows, Scanning thy gracious Providence, Where not to deep for mortal sense. When with dear friends sweet...thee discern. When the soft dews of kindly sleep My wearied eyelids gently steep, Be my last thought how sweet to rest For ever on my Saviour's breast.... | |
 | John Keble - Christian poetry, English - 1837 - 442 pages
...river as it flows, Scanning thy gracious Providence, Where not too deep for mortal sense : — Then with dear friends sweet talk I hold, And all the flowers...Thee discern. When the soft dews of kindly sleep My wearied eyelids gently steep, Be my last thought, how sweet to rest For ever on my Saviour's breast.... | |
 | John Keble - Religious poetry - 1837 - 442 pages
...river as it flows, Scanning thy gracious Providence, Where not too deep for mortal sense : — Then with dear friends sweet talk I hold, And all the flowers...Thee discern. When the soft dews of kindly sleep My wearied eyelids gently steep, Be my last thought, how sweet to rest For ever on my Saviour's breast.... | |
 | Christian - English poetry - 1840 - 318 pages
...traveller on his way must press ; No gleam to watch on tree or tower, Whiling away the lonesome hour. Sun of my soul! thou Saviour dear, It is not night...thee discern. When the soft dews of kindly sleep My wearied eyelids gently steep, Be my last thought, how sweet to rest For ever on my Saviour's breast.... | |
 | Christian - English poetry - 1840 - 312 pages
...in stream or grove ; — Or by the light thy words disclose Watch Time's full river as it flows, 1 Scanning thy gracious providence, Where not too deep...thee discern. When the soft dews of kindly sleep My wearied eyelids gently steep, Be my last thought, how sweet to rest For ever on my Saviour's breast.... | |
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