 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.  Works: Life and Letters - Page 142by William Cowper - 1835Full view - About this book
 | 1824 - 444 pages
...good night, and passed on. " The calm retreat, the silent shade ' , With prayer and praise agree ; 4nd seem by thy sweet bounty made For those -who follow thee. " 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,... | |
 | John Newton - Sermons, English - 1824 - 638 pages
...follow thec. * Luke, viii. 46. t Psalm cxix. 103. f Solomon's Scn-g, i. 3 § Isa. *xxv. 604 COMFORT. 3 There if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy aiul love, She communes with her God ! 4 There,like the nightingale, she pours Her solitary lays ;... | |
 | John Newton, Richard Cecil - Theology - 1824 - 748 pages
...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,... | |
 | Bible - 1824 - 434 pages
...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 - English poetry - 1825 - 182 pages
...! 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 - Bible - 1825 - 392 pages
...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 - Hymns - 1825 - 482 pages
...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,... | |
 | Christian biography - 1826 - 440 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1826 - 474 pages
...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,... | |
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