 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
 | William Edward Winks - Prayer - 1881 - 290 pages
...God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not ; and it shall be given him. — James i. 5. 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... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1882 - 48 pages
...could understand What you are, root and all. and all in all, I should know what God and man is." " I falter where I firmly .trod, And, falling with my...weight of cares Upon the great world's altar stairs, Which slope through darkness up to God, " I stretch lame hands of failh, and grope, And gather dust... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1882 - 1108 pages
...Driven by an awful pain of need, he cuts the Gordian knot, and betakes himself reverently to faith: '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... | |
 | Richard Acland Armstrong - 1882 - 900 pages
...trust that good shall fall At last — far off— at last, to all, And every winter change to spring. 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... | |
 | Henry Bernard Cotterill - English poetry - 1882 - 430 pages
...cynical sneer rises to his lips. Is not this despairing melancholy deeply impressed on our literature ? " 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... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1882 - 656 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 streteh lame hands of faith, and grot And gather... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1882 - 984 pages
...Her secret weaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty seeds She often brings but one to bear, 1 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 lamo hands of faith, and grope, And gather... | |
 | Alfred Williams Momerie - Christianity - 1882 - 402 pages
...treated so slightingly, were nevertheless insuperable. We can only say, in the words of Tennyson — " I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Z Upon the world's great altar-stairs, That slope through darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands... | |
 | International Sunday School Lessons - 1883 - 336 pages
...great interrogation point written over the whole heart of humanity. They seem to say with Tennyson, " I falter where I firmly trod And falling with my weight...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 dust and chaff, and... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - History - 1883 - 382 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, For a breeze of morning moves, And the planet of... | |
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