 | James Russell Lowell - English drama - 1890 - 302 pages
...those sweet oracles were dumb ; We wait for Him, like them of yore; Alas, He seems so slow to come ! But it was said, in words of gold No time or sorrow...wills incline To that sweet Life which is the Law. So shall we learn to understand And, clasping kindly hand in hand, Sing, " Peace on earth, good-will... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - English poetry - 1890 - 560 pages
...those sweet oracles were dumb; We wait for Him, like them of yore; Alas, He seems so slow to come ! But it was said, in words of gold No time or sorrow...wills incline To that sweet Life which is the Law. So shall we learn to understand The simple faith of shepherds then, And, clasping kindly hand in hand,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 296 pages
...those sweet oracles were dumb ; We wait for Him, like them of yore ; Alas, He seems so slow to come 1 But it was said, in words of gold No time or sorrow...wills incline To that sweet Life which is the Law. So shall we learn to understand The simple faith of shepherds then, And, clasping kindly hand in hand,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1890 - 562 pages
...those sweet oracles were dumb; We wait for Him, like them of yore; Ala.s, He seems so slow to comel But it was said, in words of gold No time or sorrow e'er shall dim, That liltle children might be bold In lierfect trust to come to Him. All round about our feet shall shine... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1890 - 452 pages
...ihose sweet oracles were dumb ; We wait for Him, like them of yore ; Alas, He seems so slow to cornel But it was said, in words of gold No time or sorrow e'er shall dim, Thnt little children might be bold In ]*rfect trust to come to Him. All round about our feet shall... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1891 - 560 pages
...through the rocky glen ? '7 And angels, answering overhead, Sang, " Peace on earth, good-will to men 1 " 'T is eighteen hundred years and more Since those...wills incline To that sweet Life which is the Law. So shall we learn to understand The simple faith of shepherds then, And, clasping kindly hand in hand,... | |
 | Church of England - Hymns, English - 1891 - 442 pages
...those sweet oracles were dumb ; We wait for him, like them of yore ; Alas, he seems so slow to come. But it was said in words of gold, No time or sorrow...shine A light like that the wise men saw, If we our willing hearts incline To that sweet Life which is the Law. So shall we learn to understand The simple... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1891 - 776 pages
...essential, creed is comprehended in that beautiful verse of Lowell ! — j " All round about our feCTshall shine A light like that the wise men saw, If we our...wills incline To that sweet life which is the Law." ROBKKT H. THURSTON. * THE STATE AS AN IMMORAL TEACHER. BY OUIDA. THE tendency of the last "years of... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1891 - 1066 pages
...comprehended in that Beautiful verse of Lowell ! — " All round about our feet shall shine Alight like that the wise men saw, If we our loving wills incline To that sweet life which Is the Law." ROBERT H. THURSTON. THE STATE AS AN IMMORAL TEACHER, BY OUIDA. THE tendency of the last years of the... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russel Lowell - 1891 - 560 pages
...them of yore; Alas, He seems so slow to come I But it was said, in words of gold No time or Borrow e'er shall dim, That little children might be bold In perfect trust to come to Him. All ronnd about our feet shall shine A light like that the wise men saw, If we our loving wills incline... | |
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All round about our feet shall shine A light like that the wise men saw, If we our loving wills incline To that sweet Life which is the Law. So shall we learn to understand The simple faith of shepherds then, And, clasping kindly hand in hand, Sing, "Peace... 
