 A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away ; They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day...  Progressive Exercises in Latin Elegiac Verse - Page 32by Charles Granville Gepp - 1830 - 142 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Bible - 1820 - 414 pages
...the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 4 But, like an ever-flowing stream, Time bears its sons away ; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. 5 Like flowery fields the nations stand, Pleased with the morning light : . The flowers beneath the... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Hymns - 1821 - 462 pages
...cares, Are carried downwards by thy flood, And lost in following years. 224 PSALMS. [rwiwxc. c.». 7 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons...fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. 8 Like flowery fields the nations stand, Pleas'd with the morning light ; The flowers beneath the mower's... | |
 | Isaac Watts, Samuel Worcester - Bible - 1821 - 506 pages
...sight. Are like an evening gone; Short as the watch that ends the night, Before the rising sun. e 7 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons...away; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the op'niug day. o 8 Like flow'ry fields the nations stand, —9 Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - Hymns, English - 1821 - 582 pages
...With all their cares and fears, Are carried downward by the flood. And lost in foll'wing years. t, Time, like an ever-rolling stream. Bears all its sons...away ; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the op'ning day. 7 O God! our help in ages past, .* Our hope for years to come ; * Be thou our guide while... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Bible - 1821 - 608 pages
...carried downward by the flood, And lost in following years. 7 Time, like an ever rolling stream, Beirs all its sons away ; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. 8 Like flowery fields the nations stand, Pleas'd with the morning light ; The flowers beneath the mower's... | |
 | Selection - Hymns, English - 1822 - 276 pages
...thy throne Thy saints have dwelt secure ; Sufficient is thine arm alone, And our defence is sure. 3 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons...fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. 4 Like flowery fields the nations stand Pleased with the morning light ; The flowers beneath the mower's... | |
 | Youth's instructor - 1830 - 542 pages
...affairs, the words of Dr. Watts, which we sing so frequently at home, came forcibly to my mind : — " Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons...fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. " The busy tribes of flesh and blood, With all their cares and fears, Are carried downward by the flood,... | |
 | West Church (Boston, Mass.) - Bible - 1823 - 376 pages
...gone, Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. o * 4 Time like an overflowing stream, Bears all its sons away ; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. 5 Like flowery fields the nations stand, Pleased with the morning light ; The flowers beneath the mower's... | |
 | Central Universalist Society (Boston, Mass.) - Hymns, English - 1823 - 408 pages
...the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 4 But, like an ever-flowing stream, Time bears its sons away ; They fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. 5 Like flowery fields the nations stand, Pleased with the morning light : The flowers beneath the mower's... | |
 | Primitive Methodists, Hugh Bourne - Hymns, English - 1824 - 394 pages
...blood, With all their cares and fears, Are carried downward by the flood, And lost in following years. 6 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons...fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. 7 O God ! our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come ! Be tbou our guide while life shall last,... | |
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