The scattered few would meet, in some deep dell By rocks o'er-canopied, to hear the voice, Their faithful pastor's voice : He by the gleam Of sheeted lightning oped the sacred book, And words of comfort spake : Over their souls His accents soothing came,... The Kingdom of Fife: Its Ballads and Legends ... - Seite 182von Robert Boucher - 1899 - 303 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| James Grahame - 1805 - 184 Seiten
...pastor's voice : He by the gleam Of sheeted lightning op'd the sacred book, And words of comfort spake : Over their souls His accents soothing came, — as...the close of eve She gathers in mournful her brood dispers'd By murd'rous sport, and o'er the remnant spreads Fondly her wings ; close nestling 'neath... | |
| James Grahame - 1807 - 250 Seiten
...pastor's voice : He by the gleam Of sheeted lightning oped the sacred book, And words of comfort spake : Over their souls His accents soothing came, — as...breast, They, cherished, cower amid the purple blooms. But wood and wild, the mountain and the dale, The house of prayer itself, — no place inspires Emotions... | |
| James Grahame - 1807 - 264 Seiten
...call Is heard repeated oft, a plaintive note ! Mournful she gathers in her brood, dispersed By savage sport, and o'er the remnant spreads Fondly her wings...breast. They cherished cower amid the purple blooms. While thus the heathfowl covey, day by day, Is lessened, till, perhaps, one drooping bird Survives,... | |
| James Grahame - 1817 - 188 Seiten
...pastor's voice : He by the gleam Of sheeted lightning oped the sacred book, And words of comfort spake : Over their souls His" accents soothing came, — as...eve, She gathers in, mournful, her brood dispersed * Sentinels were placed on the surrounding hills, to give warning of the approach of the military.... | |
| John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 Seiten
...pastor's voice: he, by the gleam Of sheeted lightning, oped the sacred book, And words of comfort spake: over their, souls His accents soothing came, — as...breast, They, cherished, cower amid the purple blooms. LESSON XCIII. The Baptism. — WILSON. IT is a pleasant and impressive time, when at the close of divine... | |
| James Grahame - 1823 - 346 Seiten
...pastor's voice : He hy the gleam Of sheeted lightning oped the sacred hook, And words of comfort spake : Over their souls His accents soothing came, — as...at the close of eve, She gathers in, mournful, her hrood dispersed By murderous sport, and o'er the remnant spreads Fondly her wings ; close nestling... | |
| John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 Seiten
...oped the sacred book, And words of comfort spake : over their souls His accents soothing came,—as to her young The heath-fowl's plumes, when, at the...breast They, cherished, cower amid the purple blooms. But wood and wild, the mountain and the dale, The house of prayer itself,—no place inspires Emotions... | |
| John Warner Barber - 1828 - 188 Seiten
...lightnings, oped the sacred book And words of comfort spake : Over their souls His soothing accents came, — as to her young The heath-fowl's plumes,...her wings ; close nestling 'neath her breast, They, cherish'd cower amid the purple blooms." 30. MORAVIAN MISSIONARIES. THE Moravians or United Brethren,... | |
| John Howie - 1828 - 650 Seiten
...pastor's voice. He by the gleam Of sheeted lightning op'd the sacred book, And words of comfort spake: Over their souls His accents soothing came,— as...murderous sport, and o'er the remnant spreads Fondly hi-r wings ; close nestling 'neath her breast, They, eherish'd, cower amidst the purple blooms. Qrahume's... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 Seiten
...pastor's voice : He by the gleam Of sheeted lightning oped the sacred book, And words of comfort spake : Over their souls His accents soothing came, — as...her wings; close nestling 'neath her breast, They, cherish'd, cower amid the purple blooms. THE FUNERAL SERVICE. BUT wood and wild, the mountain and the... | |
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