 the Jay, 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, For younger fellow-workers of the  The Massachusetts Teacher - Page 3811854Full view - About this book
 | 1892 - 670 pages
...to leave thy tending of the What are we set on earth for ? Say, vines, For all the heat o' the day, till it declines, And death's mild curfew shall from...thee with His odorous oil, To wrestle, not to reign. —Mrs. Browning. The sublime spirit of altruism is being recognized more and more as a Christian obligation.... | |
 | Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford - 1897 - 508 pages
...seek to leave thy tending of the vines For all 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, till He assigns All thy tears over like pure crystallines For younger fellow-workers of the soil To... | |
 | Frederic Dan Huntington - 1876 - 298 pages
...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...pure crystallines, For younger fellow-workers of the soil To wear for amulets. So others shall Take patience, labor, to their heart and hand, From thy hand,... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1899 - 316 pages
...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...pure crystallines, For younger fellow-workers of the soil To wear for amulets. So others shall Take patience, labour, to their heart and hand, From thy... | |
 | 1899 - 462 pages
...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...assigns All thy tears over, like pure crystallines, To wear for amulets. So others shall For younger fellow-workers of the soil Take patience, labor, to... | |
 | George Landor Perin - 1900 - 410 pages
...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...pure crystallines, For younger fellow-workers of the soil To wear for amulets. So others shall Take patience, labor, to their heart and hand, From thy hand... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1900 - 584 pages
...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...pure crystallines, For younger fellow-workers of the soil To wear for amulets. So others shall Take patience, labor, to their heart and liand, From thy... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1901 - 454 pages
...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...pure crystallines, For younger fellow-workers of the soil To wear for amulets. So others shall Take patience, labour, to their heart and hand, 10 From thy... | |
 | 1901 - 766 pages
...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...pure crystallines, For younger fellow-workers of the soil To wear for amulets. So others shall Take patience, labor, to their heart and hand, From thy hand... | |
 | 1901 - 620 pages
...on earth for? Say, to toil; Nor aeek to leave thy tending of the vines For all the heat o' the day, till it declines, And death's mild curfew shall from...odorous oil, To wrestle, not to reign ; and He assigns For younger fellow-workers of the soil All thy tears over, like pure crystal lines, To wear for amulets.... | |
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