 | Select poetry - 1825 - 182 pages
...radiancy. 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, Lodg'd with me...therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he return and chide ; " Doth God exact day-labour, light denied ? " I fondly ask : But patience, to prevent... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...eonsider how my light is spent Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent whieh bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true aeeount, lest he returning ehide; Doth God exaet... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 312 pages
...from these may grow A hundred fold, who having learn'd thy way Early may fly the Babylonian woe. XIX. ON HIS BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is...returning chide; Doth God exact day-labour, light deny'd, I fondly ask: But patience to prevent That murmur, soon replies, God doth not need Either man's... | |
 | Anne Manning - 1826 - 278 pages
...talent, which is death to hide, Lodg'd with me useless ; tho' my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account ; lest he, returning,...denied ?' I fondly ask ; but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, ' God doth not need Either man's work, or his own gifts ; who best Bear... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...talent which is death to hide, Ixulged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning,...denied ';' I fondly ask : but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, ' God doth not need Either man's work, or his own gifts ; who best Bear... | |
 | 1828 - 202 pages
...glory's view retire, Doubt — in full belief shall die, Pain — in endless bliss expire. ANON. MILTON ON HIS BLINDNESS. When I consider how my light is...therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he return and chide. " Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?" 1 fondly ask : but patience, to prevent... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...fondly ask; but patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, God doth not need To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chide; Doth God exact day-labour, light deny'd, Either man's work or his own gifts; who best Bear hiti mild yoke, they serve him best: his... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...talent which is death to hide, Lodg\l with me useless, though my soul more bent, To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chide ; Doth God exact day-labour, light deny'd, I fondly ask; but patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, God doth not need Either... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...my days in this dark world and wide And that one talent which is death to hide, To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chide ; — Doth God exact day-lahour, light denied, I fondly axk? hot patience to prevent ! That murmur, soon replies, God doth... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...one'talent, which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning,...denied ? * I fondly ask : But patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, God doth not need Either man's work, or his own gifts ; who best Jiear his... | |
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I fondly ask: but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, 'God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts. Who best Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best: his state Is kingly: thousands at his bidding speed, And post o'er land and ocean... 
