| Bible - 1841 - 598 pages
...dust — " Return, ye sons of men : " All nations rose from earth at first, And turn to earth again. 4 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone,...watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. 5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away ; They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies... | |
| Hymns, English - 1841 - 586 pages
...dust " Return, ye sons of men : " All nations rose from earth at first, And turn to earth again. 4 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone,...watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. 5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away ; They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies... | |
| Gems - 1841 - 624 pages
...order stood, Or earth received her frame, From everlasting Thou art God, To endless years the same. A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone,...watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. The busy tribes of flesh and blood, With all their lives and cares, Are carried downwards by the flood,... | |
| Bible - 1841 - 306 pages
...receiv'd her frame, From everlasting Thou art God, To endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages, in thv sight, Are like an evening gone, Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 5 Time, like an ever.rolling stream, Bears all its sons away ; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies... | |
| Samuel SMITH (Dissenting Minister.) - 1842 - 276 pages
...everlasting thou art God, To endless years the same. 4 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an ev'ning gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 5 The busy tribes of flesh and blood, With all their cares and fears, Are carried downwards by the... | |
| 1842 - 168 pages
...everlasting Thou art God, To endless years the same. A thousand ages in Thy sight, Are like an ev'ning gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. So teach us to compute our days, And so our hearts apply, That safely we, through wisdom's ways, May... | |
| Hymns, English - 1843 - 148 pages
...order stood, Or earth received her frame, From everlasting thou art God ; To endless years the same. 3 A thousand ages in thy sight Are like an evening gone;...watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. 4 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away ; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies... | |
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