 | 1880 - 1028 Seiten
...strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardour, feed pure lore, Beget the smiles that bare no cruelty, Be the sweet presence of a good diffused,...And in diffusion ever more intense ; So shall I join that choir invisible, Whose music is the gladness of the world.1 But supposing that a few of the leaders... | |
 | 1878 - 1002 Seiten
...modesty and self-negation, always almost imperceptibly introduced a higher tone, and his was felt to be ' The sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense.' Wherever ' the beauty of holiness ' is united to the refinement of a gentleman the same effect must... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...forever. This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious For us, who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, — be to other souls The cup of strength in some great rny, generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty, Be the sweet presence of... | |
 | American Institute of Homeopathy - 1894 - 1362 Seiten
...thoughts sublime, that pierce the night like star?, And with their mild persistence urge men's minds To vaster issues. " May I reach That purest heaven...Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love, Beget the smiles lhat have no cruelty, Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion, ever more intense.... | |
 | Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - 1873 - 860 Seiten
...better by their presence! May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls The cnp of strength in soiuo great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed pure love,...smiles that have no cruelty, Be the sweet presence of a go<xl diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense ! So shall I joii. the choir invisible, Whose music... | |
 | George Eliot - 1874 - 274 Seiten
...ever. This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls...of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardour, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty — Be the sweet presence of a good diffused,... | |
 | George Eliot - 1874 - 268 Seiten
...ever. This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls...of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardour, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no crueltyBe the sweet presence of a good diffused,... | |
 | Charles Lowe, Henry Wilder Foote, John Hopkins Morison, Henry H. Barber, James De Normandie, Joseph Henry Allen - 1875 - 664 Seiten
...— "This is life to come, Which martyred men have made more glorious For us who strive to follow. May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls...good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense." Is this, then, all ? Affection at any rate craves for something more. It is not satisfied to pass out... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 Seiten
...— be to other souls Tile emp of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardor, feed purc love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty, Be the...in diffusion ever more intense ! .So shall I join th» choir invisible, Whose music is the gladness of the world. CHARLE8 KING8LEY. [1819-1874.l THE... | |
 | Richard Travers Smith - 1876 - 256 Seiten
...Shall fold its eyelids, and the human sky Be gather'd like a scroll within the tomb, Unread for ever May I reach That purest heaven — be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony . . . . Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion, ever more intense, M So shall I... | |
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May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardour, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty — Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense.... 
