| Child rearing - 1846 - 332 pages
...WHEN I consider how long my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide ; And that one talent, which is death to hide, Lodged with me...therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he return and chide ; ' Doth God exact day -labor, light denied ' t I fondly ask. But patience, to prevent... | |
| 1856 - 666 pages
...BLINDNESS. " When I consider how my light is spent, 'Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though my soul were bent, To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning, chide : '... | |
| Spring flowers, S. P. - 1849 - 178 pages
...BLINDNESS. When I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days iu this dark world and wide, And lhat one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though iny soul more bent To serve wherewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He, returning, elude;... | |
| Religious poetry - 1850 - 300 pages
...BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent, which is death to hide, Lodged with me...therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he return and chide. " Doth God exact day -labor, light denied ? " I fondly ask : but Patience, to prevent... | |
| Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 272 pages
...BLINDNESS. When I consider how my life is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My trne account, lest He, returning, chide ; " Doth God... | |
| Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1853 - 838 pages
...consider how mv light is spent Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent wlu'ch is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though my...present My true account, lest He returning chide; '• Doth CJod exact day-labour, light denied/' I fondly ask ? but Patience to prevent Thai murmur,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1854 - 796 pages
...consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, I And that one talent3 which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though...Maker, and present My true account, lest He, returning, chiJe ; " Doth God exact day-labor, light denied ?" I fondly ask: but Patience, to prevent That murmur,... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...consider how my light is spent Kre half my diiys, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent 3 which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though...present My true account, lest He, returning, chide j " Doth God exact day-labor, light denied V 1 fondly ask : but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1856 - 516 pages
...BLINDNESS.1 WHEN I consider2 how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me...therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He, returmng, chide ; — "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?" I fondly3 ask : but Patience, to prevent... | |
| 1856 - 864 pages
...blindness: "When I consider how my light is spent Kre hnlf my days, in this dark world and wide. And that one talent, which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though my soul mor • bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He, returning. chide;—... | |
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