 I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope thro' darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord of all, And...  Mrs. Dymond - Page 9by Anne Thackeray Ritchie - 1886 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1875 - 494 pages
...Her secret meaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty seeds She often brings but one to bear, I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope thro' darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather... | |
 | English poetry - 1876 - 564 pages
...Her secret meaning in her deeds. And finding that of fifty seeds She often brings but one to bear, I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather... | |
 | William Jackson - 1875 - 374 pages
...from the resources of his Reason, may soon read in his own Soul the truth of the Poet's words : — " I falter where I firmly trod, And, falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope thro' darkness up to God, " I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 560 pages
...meaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty sreds She often brings but one to boar, I falter where 1 firmly trod. And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather... | |
 | John Bickford Heard - God - 1875 - 426 pages
...Him." (Job xxii. 8.) So it will always be in approaching God in our present fallen state. " I stumble where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the world's great altar stairs, That lead through darkness up to God." But these are only the approaches... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1876 - 452 pages
...Her secret meaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty seeds She often brings but one to bear, I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope thro' darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather... | |
 | Edward Hayes Plumptre - 1877 - 836 pages
...of the same mystery which tortured the ancient patriarch, thus describes his faith in doubt : — " I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stain. That slope through darkness up to God, " I stretch lame hands of faith and grope, And... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - English poetry - 1878 - 688 pages
...Her secret meaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty seeds She often brings but one to bear, I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope thro' darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather... | |
 | Rev. H. T. Howat - 1878 - 386 pages
...love. What a beautiful image about Prayer also is contained in this stanza from In Memoriam : — " I falter, where I firmly trod, And falling, with my weight of cares, Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God." The sloping of the altar-stairs of prayer through... | |
 | John Ross Macduff - 1878 - 330 pages
...doubt, an experience so well described by the poet, with Bethel for the foreground and imagery, — " I falter where I firmly trod ; And falling with my weight of cares Upon the world's great altar stairs That slope through darkness up to God : " I stretch lame hands of faith,... | |
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