 | Mary Milner, Isaac Milner - 1842 - 766 pages
...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 Bear... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 364 pages
...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 Bear... | |
 | 1843 - 184 pages
...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 chide ; Doth God exact day -labor, light denied ? I fondly ask ; but patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, God doth... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...Blindnest. When I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, iu this dark world arid wide, And that That murmur, soon replies, ' God doth not need Either man's work, or his own gifts; who best Bears... | |
 | 1844 - 616 pages
...consider how my light IB spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And (hat one talent which ia death to hide, Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul...true account, lest he returning chide; Doth God exact d ly-labor, light denied 1 1 fondly ask : but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soun replies, ' God... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 92 pages
...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,...light 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 his... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1844 - 846 pages
...talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith s hounds and bloody hunters near, This noblest beast...bank or quickset finds : to which his haunch opposed That murmur, soon replies, 'God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts ; who best Bear Hia... | |
 | 1897 - 918 pages
...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, chide. "Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?" I fondly ask. But patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, "God doth... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...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,...; — "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?" I fondly3 ask : but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies ; — " God doth not need Either man's... | |
 | 822 pages
...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 chide ; Doth God exact day labour, light denied? I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies : God doth... | |
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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... 
