| William Cowper - 1869 - 306 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...wisdom of age, And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth. IV. Keligion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver and gold,... | |
| Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...and love, Divinely bestowed 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...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... | |
| William Cowper - 1820 - 508 pages
...and love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, O,had l 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, IV. Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver and gold,... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 278 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... | |
| Lindley Murray - Anthologies - 1821 - 280 pages
...love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, Oh 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...wisdom of age, And be cheer'd by the sallies of -youth. •1. Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver or... | |
| Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 278 pages
...love, . Divinely besiow'd upon man, Oh 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...the wisdom of age, And be cheer'd by the sallies of youfh. ' Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver... | |
| Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 280 pages
...love, Divinely bestow'd upon man, Oh had I the wings of a dove, How soon would I taste you again t My sorrows I then might assuage In the ways of religion...from the wisdom of age, And be cheer'd by the sallies ot youth. Religion ! what treasure untold>~,. Resides in <h^t heav'nly word ! More precious than silver... | |
| John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...shocking to me. •Society, friendship, and love, Divinely bestowed upon man, O had I the wings of a dove, My sorrows I then might assuage In the ways of religion...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... | |
| William Cowper - Poets, English - 1821 - 556 pages
...love, Divinely bestowed upon man, Oh, 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...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 ! More... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 310 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. VERSES BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK. 197 But the sound of the... | |
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