 THERE is no God,' the foolish saith, — ' But none, ' There is no sorrow ; ' And nature oft, the cry of faith, In bitter need will borrow : Eyes, which the preacher could not school, By wayside graves are raised ; And lips say, ' God be pitiful,' Who...  Boston Miscellany - Page 1951842Full view - About this book
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1873 - 326 pages
...music left there "Was only of the poet's song, and not the nightingale's. THE CRY OF THE HUMAN. i. ' THERE is no God,' the foolish saith, But none, ' There...graves are raised, And lips say, ' God be pitiful,' Who ne'er said, ' God be praised.' Be pitiful, O God ! XL The tempest stretches from the steep The... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1873 - 614 pages
...HUMAN. « rpHEBE is no God,' the foolish saith, _I_ But none, ' There is no sorrow ;' And nature 6ft, the cry of faith, In bitter need will borrow : Eyes...graves are raised ; And lips say, ' God be pitiful,' Who ne'er said, ' God be praised.' Be pitiful, O God! 2. The tempest stretches from the steep The shadow... | |
 | David Thomas - 1874 - 790 pages
...Lord." Now every man is liable to such alarming and distressing circumstances as stimulate prayer. " ' There is no God,' the foolish saith; But none, ' There...wayside graves are raised ; And lips say, ' God, be merciful,' Which ne'er said, 'God be praised.'" — MKS. BROWNING. CONCLUSION . — Prayer-less men,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 pages
...HEAVEN, and not for earth ?" MRS. E B. BROWNING: Consolation. " There is no God," the foolish saith, Bnt none, "There is no sorrow;" And nature oft the cry...graves are raised, And lips say, " God be pitiful !" Who ne'er said, "God be praised!" Be pitiful, O God ! MRS. EB BROWNING : Cry of the Human. My life... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - Humanities - 1876 - 608 pages
...trouble seeks its mother's ever ready help and comfort " « There is no God ' the foolish saith, lîut none, ' There is no sorrow,' And nature oft the cry...graves are raised, And lips say, 'God be pitiful,' Who ne'er said, ' God be praised.' " True the cry is often a blind and mistaken one, but He who hears... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...lesson taught her Far outweighs the pain. Adelaide A. riveter. 3162. SORROW : drives men to prayer. One soul outweighs them all, And calls th' astonishing magnificence ! ' Who ne'er said, ' God be praised ! ' Be pitiful, О God ! —Mrs SORROW 612 SORROW 3163. SORROW.... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - English poetry - 1877 - 354 pages
...song, and not the nightingale's. THE CRY OF THE HUMAN. i. •THERE is no God,' the foolish saith, Bnt none, 'There is no sorrow,' And nature oft, the cry...graves are raised, And lips say, ' God be pitiful,' Who ne'er said, ' God be praised.' Be pitiful, O God ! n. The tempest stretches from the steep The... | |
 | William Henry Hutchings - Prayer - 1877 - 280 pages
...hardened soil of pride and self-sufficiency, when the words of the poet are more than verified— " ' There is no GOD,' the foolish saith, But none, ' there is no sorrow,' 1 Hooker, Eccl. P., BI, ch. viii. 3. And nature oft the cry of faith In bitter need will borrow. "... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1878 - 788 pages
...sound, " Daughter,'! AM. Can I suffice for HEAVEN, and not for earth ?" MRS. EB BROWNINC: Consolation. " There is no God," the foolish saith, But none, "There...graves are raised, And lips say, " God be pitiful !" Who ne'er said, "God be praised !" Be pitiful, O God ! MRS. EB BROWNING : Cry of the Human. My life... | |
 | Charles Force Deems - 1878 - 802 pages
...able to build that church yet. There is no Cod, the foolish saith— But none, There is no sorrow) But nature oft the cry of faith In bitter need will borrow...Eyes which the preacher could not school By wayside groves are raised ; And lips cry, "Cod be pitiful," That ne'er said, "Cod be praised I" CARLO. THERE... | |
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