 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 dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord of all, And...  The National Review - Page 382edited by - 1855Full view - About this book
 | Religious poetry, American - 1857 - 372 pages
...careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life ; That I, considering everywhere Her secret meaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty...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... | |
 | American literature - 1857 - 452 pages
...book we learned, Ere childhood's flaxen ringlet turned To black and brown, on kindred brows. * * * * 1 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... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1859 - 520 pages
...careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life ; That I, considering everywhere Her secret meaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty...cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs, That slope through darkness up to God ; 1 stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and... | |
 | William Caldwell Roscoe - Bookbinding - 1860 - 576 pages
...careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life ; That T, considering everywhere Her secret meaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty...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... | |
 | 1860 - 890 pages
...crying in the night : An infant crying for the light : And with no language but a cry." (p. 77.) " I falter where I firmly trod ; And falling with my...altar-stairs That slope thro' darkness up to God, "I strctch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord... | |
 | William Caldwell Roscoe - Bookbinding - 1860 - 546 pages
...careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life ; That I, considering everywhere Her secret meaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty...brings but one to bear ; I falter where I firmly trod, That slope through darkness up to God; And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs... | |
 | Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch - Religious poetry, American - 1861 - 364 pages
...careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life ; That I, considering everywhere Her secret meaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty...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... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1861 - 538 pages
...So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life, That I, considering everywhere Her secret meaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty...firmly trod, And falling, with my weight of cares, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 364 pages
...careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life ; That I, considering everywhere Her secret meaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty seeds She often brings but one to bear, I falter wnere I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1861 - 364 pages
...considering everywhere Her secret meaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty seeds [ falter wnore 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 dust and chaff, and... | |
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