 | Robert Masters - Manuscripts - 1784 - 288 pages
...That wants true Vigor, tho' it wants not Oyle. Ah ! how unequal are my beft Returns, And yet my Heart with zeal and flaming burns. For if my Heart is known, a grateful! Mindp I bear, with ftrong Defires and unconfin'd. To the I dare appeal, if thou doft know, ' Or now... | |
 | Robert Masters - Manuscripts - 1784 - 292 pages
...That wants true Vigor, tho' it wants not Oyle. Ah ! how unequal are my beft Returns, And yet my Heart with zeal and flaming burns. For if my Heart is known, a gratefull Minde I bear, with ftrong Defires and unconfin'd. To the I dare appeal, if thou doft know,... | |
 | 1832 - 812 pages
...Ah ! how thy seed lies waste in barren soil ! That wants true vigour, though it wants not oil. Ah ! how unequal are my best returns ! And yet my breast...flaming burns. For if my heart is known, a grateful mind 1 bear, with strong desires, and unconfin'd. To thec I dare appeal, if thou dost know, Or now concern... | |
 | John Fisher (st., card, bp. of Rochester.) - 1840 - 296 pages
...Line. Ah! how thy Seed lyes waste in barren Soil, That wants true Vigor, tho' it wants not Oil. Ah ! how unequal are my best Returns, And yet my breast...zeal and flaming burns. For if my Heart is known, a gratefull Mind I bear, with strong Desires and unconfin'd. To thee I dare appeal, if thou dost know,... | |
 | Saint John Fisher - Funeral sermons - 1840 - 294 pages
...Line. Ah ! how thy Seed lyes waste in barren Soil, That wants true Vigor, tho' it wants not Oil. Ah ! how unequal are my best Returns, And yet my breast...zeal and flaming burns. For if my Heart is known, a gratefull Mind I bear, with strong Desires and unconfin'd. To thee I dare appeal, if thou dost know,... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1841 - 662 pages
...Ah ! how thy seed lies waste in barren soil ! That wants true vigour, though it wants not oil. Ah ! how unequal are my best returns ! And yet my breast...unconfined. To thee I dare appeal, if thou dost know, Or now concernst thyself with things below : Oft had I sent my fervent vows to heaven, Were this the time,... | |
 | Thomas Whytehead - Students - 1856 - 152 pages
...the feeling expressed in those simple and affectionate lines of Baker to his Founder's Picture, — " To thee I dare appeal, if thou dost know, Or now concern'...my fervent vows to Heaven, Were this the time, or ought were now forgiven." But there were other causes besides this, which led them to connect the daily... | |
 | Francis Robert Raines - Clergy - 1891 - 266 pages
...Ah ! how thy seed lies waste in barren soil ! That wants true vigour, though it wants not oil. Ah ! how unequal are my best returns ! And yet my breast...unconfined, To thee I dare appeal, if thou dost know, Or now concern'st thyself with things below : O had I sent my fervent vows to heaven, Were this the time,... | |
 | Cheshire (England) - 1891 - 254 pages
...Ah ! how thy seed lies waste in barren soil ! That wants true vigour, though it wants not oil. Ah ! how unequal are my best returns ! And yet my breast...unconfined, To thee I dare appeal, if thou dost know, Or now concern'st thyself with things below : O had I sent my fervent vows to heaven, Were this the time,... | |
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Had thy large bounty been deserv'dly mine, Thy name should flourish bright in every line. Ah ! how thy seed lies waste in barren soil ! That wants true vigour, though it wants not oil. Ah ! how unequal are my best returns ! And yet my breast with zeal... 