 | 1847 - 244 pages
...dwell; Thy love my footsteps guide; That love shall vainer loves expel, Cause needless fears subside. Not to my wish, but to my want, Do thou thy gifts apply; Unask'd, each real blessing grant, Each ill, though ask'd, deny. RW As water is the only proper element for... | |
 | 1871 - 688 pages
...dwell, Thy love my footsteps guide ! That love shall meaner loves expel, That fear all fears beside. Not to my wish, but to my want, ' Do thou thy gifts apply ; Unasked, what good thou knowest grant ; What ill, though asked, deny. NOT. POOR. \\'H AT ! poor,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1849 - 578 pages
...subdued, Since oft my stubborn will, Preposterous shuns the latent good, And grasps the specious ill, Not to my wish, but to my want, Do Thou thy gifts supply ; Unasked, what good Thou knowest, grant, What ill, though asked, deny. NUNC DIMITTIS 'Tis enough... | |
 | Daniel Newham - Hymns, English - 1850 - 336 pages
...subdued, Too oft with stubborn will, I blindly shun the latent good, And grasp the specious ill ! 4 Not to my wish, but to my want Do Thou Thy gifts apply ; Unask'd, the good in mercy grant The ill, though ask'd, deny. ' of ri; "I AD Man's Responsibility. 7th PM J-UO*... | |
 | Cottage verse, Joseph Jones - 1852 - 296 pages
...Thy love my footsteps guide : That love shall vainer loves expel ; — That fear, all fears beside. Not to my wish, but to my want, Do Thou Thy gifts apply ; Unasked, what good Thou knowest grant ; What ill, though asked, deny. 202. Death of the Pious. Why... | |
 | Sacred poetry - 1854 - 268 pages
...subdued, Since oft my stubborn will, Preposterous, shuns the latent good, And grasps the specious ill ; Not to my wish, but to my want, Do thou thy gifts...thou knowest, grant ; What ill, though ask'd, deny. HAPPY FRAILTY. The fame of WATTS as a religious teacher has eclipsed the reputation dne to him as a... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 212 pages
...dwell, Thy love my footsteps guide ; That love shall vain desires expel, That fear all fear beside. Not to my wish, but to my want, Do Thou Thy gifts apply ; The good, unask'd, Thy mercy grant, The ill, though ask'd, deny. O Lord, I cast my care on Thee,... | |
 | James Martineau - Hymns, English - 1854 - 554 pages
...subdued, Too oft, with stubborn will, We blindly shun the latent good, And grasp the specious ill ; 4 Not to my wish, but to my want, Do thou thy gifts supply ; The good unasked in mercy grant ; The ill, though asked, deny, sr. 290. LM WATTS. God our... | |
 | John Hamilton THOM - 1858 - 662 pages
...subdued, Too oft, with stubborn will, We blindly shun the latent good, And grasp the specious ill ; 4. Not to my wish, but to my want, Do Thou Thy gifts supply ; The good, unasked, in mercy grant ; The ill, though asked, deny. 255. c. M. 1 Infinite Power,... | |
 | Christian Church - 1859 - 524 pages
...subdued, Too oft, with stubborn will, We blindly shun the latent good, And grasp the specious ill ; 4 Not to my wish, but to my want, Do thou thy gifts supply ; The good unasked in mercy grant ; The ill, though asked, deny. 290. L- M. -WATTS. God our... | |
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Not to my wish, but to my want, Do thou thy gifts apply .. Unask'd, what good thou knowest, grant ; What ill, though ask'd, deny. 
