 WHAT are we set on earth for ? Say, to toil ; Nor seek to leave thy tending of the vines .For all the heat o' the day, till it declines, And Death's mild curfew shall from work assoil. God did anoint thee with His odorous oil, To wrestle, not to reign...  Hill-side Flowers - Стр. 39авторы: Matthew Simpson - 1856 - Страниц: 240Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Five minutes daily readings - 1882 - Страниц: 408
...of air ; The next, he was not : — to the fatherland Translated unaware. FREDERIC MYERS. 29. WORK. WHAT are we set on earth for ? Say, to toil ; Nor seek to leave the tending of thy vines For all the heat of the day, till it declines, -And Death's mild curfew shall... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - 1882 - Страниц: 926
...In this world,— 'tis the best you get at nil. q. EB BBOWNINO — Aurora Leigh. Bk. III. Line 164. God did anoint thee with his odorous oil, To wrestle, not to reign. r. EB BBOWNINO — Work. Let no one till his death Be called unhappy. Measure not the work Until the... | |
 | Emma Louise Parry - 1882 - Страниц: 218
...there has fallen upon thy head once bowed in grief the crown of gold reserved for him that overcometh. "God did anoint thee with his odorous oil, to wrestle, not to reign j" so others shall take patience, strength and courage from thy hand, to stand erect in the storms... | |
 | Sir Hall Caine - 1882 - Страниц: 378
...run Soon in long rivers down the lifted face, And leave the vision clear for stars and sun. WORK. HAT are we set on earth for ? Say, to toil ; Nor seek to leave the tending of the vines For all the heat o' the day, till it declines, And Death's mild curfew shall... | |
 | sir Thomas Wemyss Reid - 1883 - Страниц: 360
...quoted, Dr. Heaton has transcribed, as his motto for the opening year, Mrs. Browning's sonnet on Work. What are we set on earth for ? Say to toil ; Nor seek...the heat o' the day, till it declines, And Death's wild curfew shall from work assoil. God did anoint thee with His odorous oil, To wrestle, not to reign... | |
 | Augusta Jane Wilson - 1883 - Страниц: 396
...by trial is both sinful and cowardly.'' Taking a small volume from the table, he read impressively: "What are we set on earth for ? Say to toil; Nor seek...vines, For all the heat o' the day, till it declines, Apd death's mild curfew shall from work assoil. God did anoint thee with his odorous oil, To wrestle,... | |
 | 1883 - Страниц: 410
...air ; The next, he was not : — to the fatherland Translated unaware. FREDERIC MYERS. Julg 29. WORK. WHAT are we set on earth for ? Say, to toil ; Nor seek to leave the tending of thy vines For all the heat of the day, till it declines, And Death's mild curfew shall... | |
 | Five minutes daily readings - 1884 - Страниц: 408
...we set on earth for ? Say, to toil ; Nor seek to leave the tending of thy vines For all the heat of the day, till it declines, And Death's mild curfew shall from work assoil. God did anoint thee with His'odorous oil, To wrestle, not to reign ; and He assigns All thy tears over, like pure crystallines,... | |
 | Bishop Samuel Fallows - 1884 - Страниц: 524
...around me the sad sit and sigh, I will be glad that I live and must die. LIFE THE TIME FOR WORK. 1 1 HAT are we set on earth for? Say, to toil ; Nor seek to leave thy tending of the vines ijip For all the heat o' the day, till it declines, And death's mild curfew shall from work assoil.... | |
 | Stella Scott Gilman - 1884 - Страниц: 218
...favorite sonnet, by Mrs. Browning, which often rises to my lips as I think of my life and work: " ' What are we set on earth for? Say, to toil; Nor seek to leave the tending of the vines, For all the heat o' the day, till it declines, And death's mild curfew shall... | |
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