 | Daniel Defoe - 1815 - 602 pages
...bestow'd upon man, Oh ! had 1 the wings of a dove, How soon would [ taste you again. My sorrows I tlien might assuage In the ways of religion and truth ; Might learn from the wisdom of age, And be cheered by the sallies of youth. Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! Alore... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...quotation, and I have done. It is from Cowper's verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk : " Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can aftbrd. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 416 pages
...quotation, and I have done. It is from Cowper's verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk : " Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...and love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, O had I the wings of a do\c, How soon would 1 taste you again! My sorrows I then might assuage In the ways of religion and truth. Might (tarn from the wisdom of age, £20 EPIGRAMS, &c. 921 Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1817 - 252 pages
...love, Divinely hestowed upon man, Oh, had I the wings of a dove, How soon would I taste yon again ! My sorrows I then might assuage In the ways of religion...and truth. Might learn from the wisdom of age, And he cheered hy the sallies of youth. Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heaveuly world... | |
 | England - 1829 - 1008 pages
...conclusion !" Surely the man who criticises the following stanza from Cowper'g Alexander Selkirk, •' Religion ! what treasure untold, Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford!" in the following severe terms — " These four lines... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...and love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, O, had I the wings of a dove, How soon would I taste you again! My sorrows I then might assuage In the ways of religion...in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 244 pages
...love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, O, had I the wings of a dove, How soon would I taste you again ! My sorrows I then might assuage In the ways of religion...in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1818 - 314 pages
...and love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, O, had I 'hc wings of a dove, How soon would 1 taste you again! My sorrows I then might assuage In the ways of religion...wisdom of age, And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth IV. Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver and gold,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 448 pages
...might assuage In the ways of religion and truth, Might learn from the wisdom of age, And be cheered by the sallies of youth. Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly wortd '. More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the... | |
| |
Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford. 
