Are toys to childhood dear ; Its mistletoe, with berries white, Adds mirth to Christmas cheer. And when we reach life's closing stage, Worn out with care or ill. For childhood, youth, or hoary age, Its arms are open still. But prouder yet its glories... The Sea, the Ships, and the Sailors - Página 48por Sea - 1865Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Bernard Barton - 1828 - 258 páginas
...youth, or hoary age, Its arms are open still. But prouder yet its glories shine, When, in a nobler form, Or when, to aid the work of love, To some benighted...seems, in heaven's approving sight, A second glorious AHK ! On earth the forest's honoured king ! Man's castle on the sea! Who will another tree may sing,... | |
| James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 páginas
...childhood, youth, or hoary age, Its arms are open still. But prouder yet its glories shine, When, in a nobler form, It floats upon the heaving brine, And...glad tidings from above, Of Gospel truths sublime ; 0 ! then, triumphant in its might, O'er waters dim and dark, . It seems, in Heaven's approving sight,... | |
| Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 páginas
...childhood, youth, or hoary age Its arms are open still. But prouder yet its glories shine, When, in a nobler form, It floats upon the heaving brine, And...benighted clime It bears glad tidings from above Of Gospel-truths sublime. Oh ! then triumphant in its might, O'er waters dim and dark, It seems, in heaven's... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 páginas
...childhood, youth, or hoary age, Its arms are open still. But prouder yet its glories shine, When, in a nobler form, It floats upon the heaving brine, And...benighted clime It bears glad tidings from above, Of Gospel-truths sublime : Oh ! then, triumphant in its might, O'er waters dim and dark, It seems, in... | |
| Choice descriptive poetry - 1852 - 112 páginas
...childhood, youth, or hoary age, Its arms are open still. But prouder yet its glories shine, When in a nobler form, It floats upon the heaving brine, And...benighted clime It bears glad tidings from above, Of gospel-truths sublime : Oh ! then triumphant in its might, O'er waters dim and dark, It seems, in Heaven's... | |
| Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 páginas
...childhood, youth, or hoary age, Its arms are open still. But prouder yet its glories shine, When in a nobler form, It floats upon the heaving brine, And...the work of love, To some benighted clime, It bears glad-tidings from above, Of gospel-truths sublime. Oh ! then triumphant in its might, O'er waters dim... | |
| Alfred J. Burrows - 1852 - 78 páginas
...having opened, plays its part Until it sinks in death. But prouder yet its glories shine, When, in a nobler form, It floats upon the heaving brine, And...to aid the work of love, To some benighted clime It boars glad tidings from above, Of Gospel truths sublime. Oh! then, triumphant in its might, O'er waters... | |
| English poetry - 1866 - 180 páginas
...childhood, youth, or hoary age, Its arms are open still. But prouder yet its glories shine, When, in a nobler form, It floats upon the heaving brine, And...from above, Of gospel truths sublime; — Oh ! then, trinmphant in its might, O'er waters dim and dark, It seems in Heaven's approving sight A second glorious... | |
| Scottish school-book assoc - 1866 - 168 páginas
...childhood, youth, or hoary age, Its arms are open still. But prouder yet its glories shine, When, in a nobler form, It floats upon the heaving brine, And braves the battle's storm; Or when, to aid the work of love, To some benighted clime It bears glad tidings from... | |
| 1868 - 876 páginas
...? 20 7. (England's Oak). But prouder yet its glories shine When (in a nobler form, It floats uj>on the heaving brine, And braves the bursting storm ;...benighted clime It bears glad tidings from above, Of gospel-truths sublime. Analyze the preceding sentence, omitting the words in parenthesis : parse the... | |
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