 We see a sorrow rising in our way, And try to flee from the approaching ill; We seek some small escape; we weep and pray; But when the blow falls, then our hearts are still; Not that the pain is of its sharpness shorn, But that it can be borne.  American Bee Journal - Page 831892Full view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates Rogé - American poetry - 1832 - 882 pages
...nerve recoiling from the cruel steel Whose edge seems searching for the quivering life, Yet to our sense the bitter pangs reveal. That still, although...ill ; We seek some small escape ; we weep and pray; But when the blow falls, then our hearts are still; Not that the pain is of its sharpness shorn, But... | |
 | 1868
...nerve recoiling from the cruel steel, Whose edge seems searching for the quivering life; Yet to our sense the bitter pangs reveal That still, although...borne. We see a sorrow rising in our way, And try to floe from the approaching ill, We seek some small escape — we weep and pray — But when the blow... | |
 | Religious poetry, English - 1872 - 288 pages
...nerve recoiling from the cruel steel, Whose edge seems searching for the quivering life Yet to our sense the bitter pangs reveal That still, although...ill. We seek some small escape — we weep and pray — But when the blow falls, then our hearts are still .lot that the pain is of its sharpness shorn,... | |
 | 1872
...nerve recoiling from the cruel steel, Whose edge seems searching for the quivering life Yet to our sense the bitter pangs reveal That still, although...our way, And try to flee from the approaching ill. Vfe seek some small escape — we weep and pray — But when the blow falls, then our hearts are still,... | |
 | Readers - 1884
...nerve recoiling from the cruel steel, Whose edge seems searching for the quivering life; Yet to our sense the bitter pangs reveal That still, although...trembling flesh be torn, This, also, can be borne. Wo see a sorrow rising in our way, And try to flee from the approaching ill ; We seek some small escape... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Richard Henry Stoddard - American literature - 1872 - 486 pages
...bitter pangs reveal, Tlmt still, although the trembling flesh be torn, This also can bo borne. We pee a sorrow rising in our way, And try to flee from the...ill ; We seek some small escape ; we weep and pray ; But when the blow falls, then our hearts are still ; Not that the pain is of its sharpness shorn.... | |
 | Society of Friends - 1875
...nerve recoiling from the cruel steel, Whose edge seems searching for the quivering life • Yet to our sense the bitter pangs reveal That still, although...approaching ill; We seek some small escape, we weep and pray ; But when the blow falls, then our hearts are still ;. Not that the pain is of its sharpness shorn,... | |
 | Recitations - 1876
...cruel steel, Whose edge seems searching for the quivering life ; Yet to our sense the bitter pongs reveal That still, although the trembling flesh be...ill ; We seek some small escape — we weep and pray — But when the blow falls, then our hearts are still, Not that the puin is of its sharpness shorn,... | |
 | 1876
...the bitter pangs reveal That still, although the trembling tlesh be torn, This, also, can be boruc. We see a sorrow rising in our way, And try to flee...ill ; We seek some small escape — we weep and pray — But when the blow falls, then our hearts are still, Not that the pain is of its sharpness shorn,... | |
 | American poetry - 1881 - 494 pages
...nerve recoiling from the cruel steel Whose edge seems searching for the quivering life ; Yet to our sense the bitter pangs reveal, That still, although...ill ; We seek some small escape ; we weep and pray ; But when the blow falls, then our hearts are still ; Not that the pain is of its sharpness shorn,... | |
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