She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty; and she glides Into his darker musings with a mild And healing sympathy that steals away Their sharpness ere he is aware. When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy... The Elements of Reading and Oratory - Page 189by Henry Mandeville - 1888 - 356 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American poetry - 1822 - 283 pages
...darker musings, with a mild And gentle sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware. — When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a...under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings, while from all around — Earth and her waters, and the depths of air, — Comes a still voice —... | |
 | 1822
...darker musings, with a mild And gentle sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware. — When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a...under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings, while from all around — Earth and her waters, and the depths of air, — Comes a still voice —... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1822
...musing.«, with a mild Aad gentle sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware. — When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a...and sad images Of the stern agony, and shroud, and ¡all, And breathless darkness, and tht; narrow house, Make thec to shudder, and grow sick at heart... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 480 pages
...come like a blight • * Pronounced Cum'bat. t CA, as in Church. Luton 116.] FIRST CLASS BOOK. 267 Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern agony,...Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachipgs, while from all around — Earth and her waters, and the depths of air, Conies a still voice... | |
 | Christian life - 1882
...they like " to go up from nature up to nature's God." In sympathy with a gifted poet they sing : " When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a...under the open sky and list To Nature's teachings, while from all around — Earth and her waters, and the depths of airComes a voice ! " This voice such... | |
 | Literature - 1825
...musings, with a mild And gentle sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware. When thoights Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern agony, and sliroud, and pall, And breathless darkness, and lire narrow hotsc, Make thee to shudder, and grow sick... | |
 | 1825
...darker musings, with a mild And gentle sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware. When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images < " the stem agony, and shroud, and pall, Ami breathless darkness, and the narrow house, Make thce... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1822
...darker musings, with a mild And gentle sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware, — When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a...And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, Make ilu-e to shudder, and grow sick at heart ; — . Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's... | |
 | 1829
...his darker musings with a mild And gentle sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness ere he is aware. When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a...under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings, while from all around— Earth iind her waters, and the depths of air, Comes a still voice. Yet a few... | |
 | 1829
...And gentle sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness ere he is a «vare. When thoughts Of the hut bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and...under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings, while from all around— K.trtli and her waters, and the depths of air, Conies a still voice. Yet a... | |
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