 But oh ! th' exceeding grace Of highest God that loves His creatures so, And all His works with mercy doth embrace, That blessed angels He sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to serve His wicked foe. " How oft do they their silver bowers leave,...  The Retrospective Review - Page 871825Full view - About this book
 | Margaret De Courcy, Beatrice De Courcy - Fashion - 1832 - 500 pages
...— " And is there care in Heaven ? and is there iove, In Heavenly spirits to these creatures hase, That may compassion of their evils move ? There is ;— -else much more dreadful were the case Of men than heasts : hut O the exceeding grace, Of highest God ! that loves... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1839 - 596 pages
...to my God and theirs ; and can fully enter into the deep feeling of those beautiful lines, Oh, the exceeding grace Of highest God, that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth embrace, That blessed angels he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man — to serve his... | |
 | 1836 - 712 pages
...orbs which roll in higher sphere Where all is peace — while pain is here. B. THE MINISTRY OF ANGELS. AND is there care in heaven ? and is there love In...wretched were the case Of men than beasts ; but oh ! the exceeding grace Of highest God ! that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth... | |
 | Joseph Moyle Sherer - 1836 - 762 pages
...eagerness to the proposal, and mounting their horses they rode back quietly together. c« CHAP. III. And is there care in heaven? and is there love In...more wretched were the case Of men than beasts. But O th' exceeding grace Of highest God! that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth... | |
 | Church history - 1836 - 378 pages
...orbs which roll in higher sphere Where all is peaces-while pain is here. B. THE MINISTRY OF ANGELS. AND is there care in heaven ? and is there love In heavenly spirits to these creatures hase, That may compassion of their evils move ? There is : else much more wretched wore the case Of... | |
 | Cynosure - 1837 - 272 pages
...of their evils move I There is :—else much more wretched were the cace Of men than beasts : but O th* exceeding grace Of Highest God that loves his creatures so, And all his workes with mercy doth embrace, That blessed Angels he sends to and fro, To serve to wicked man, to... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1838 - 744 pages
...described by two of our own poets: by Spenser, with his customary piety, sweetness, and simplicity: — " re. Which knowne, let us make Joy-sops with the cake? And let not a man then be seen here, W &.cf by Milfon, in a strain of greater sublimity, and with more philosophic dignity and grace: —... | |
 | 1838 - 588 pages
...extracts ; the first from our Christian poet, Spenser, the other from Hesiod, who lived before Homer: ' And is there care in heaven, and is there love In heavenly spirits to us creatures base, That may compassion of our evils move? There is, else much more wretched were the... | |
 | Emily Taylor - American poetry - 1839 - 306 pages
...morning air, Imagine me released from death, And all my soul reviving there. "ANGELS SENT TO MINISTER." AND is there care in heaven ? and is there love In...? There is ; else much more wretched were the case And all his •works with mercy doth embrace, That blessed angels he sends to and fro, To serve to... | |
 | Fashion - 1867 - 738 pages
...his creatures by the ministration of angels :— " And is there care in heaven P and is there lore In heavenly spirits to these creatures base That may...their evils move ? There is ; else much more wretched w ere the race Of men than beasts. But oh ! the exceeding grace Of highest God, that loves his creatures... | |
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