God sets some souls in shade, alone. They have no daylight of their own. Only in lives of happier ones They see the shine of distant suns. "God knows. Content thee with thy night, Thy greater heaven hath grander light. Faith Gartney's Girlhood - Page 148by Adeline Dutton Train Whitney - 1863 - 348 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...discern A parable sublime; A solemn myth of souls that burn In ordeals of time. SUXLIGHT AXD STARLIGHT. GOD sets some souls in shade, alone; They have no...of happier ones They see the shine of distant suns. Content thee with thy hath grander God knows. night. Thy greater heaven light. To-day is close; the... | |
| Adeline Dutton Train Whitney - Christian life - 1863 - 370 pages
...all life whereto your own life, by any far or secret sympathy, touches, — for it is yours I Rejoice with that which doth rejoice, and weep with all that...is close. The hours are small. Thou sitst afar, and bast them all. " Lose the less joy that doth but blind ; Beach forth a larger bliss to find. To-day... | |
| Amanda M. Douglas - 1868 - 338 pages
...in his youth." Far better than a weightsome cross in after life. CHAPTER XHI. " God sets some lives in shade, alone ; They have no daylight of their own...happier ones They see the shine of distant suns." The annual visit to Cape May, that had been thrown into the background by Mr. Gregory's unexpected... | |
| Adeline Dutton T. Whitney - 1872 - 296 pages
...all life whereto your own life, by any far or secret sympathy, touches— for it is yours ! Rejoice with that which doth rejoice, and weep with all that...thy night, Thy greater heaven hath grander light. To-Jay is close. The hours are small. Thou sit'st afar, and hast them all. " Lose the less joy that... | |
| Adeline Dutton T. Whitney - 1872 - 548 pages
...nourishing within you, feeding itself on all the life that is living, or has been living, or shall bo lived ! " The narrower your daily round, the wider,...thy night, Thy greater heaven hath grander light. To-day is close. The hours are small. Thou sit'st afar, and hast them all. *' Lose the less joy that... | |
| Adeline Dutton T. Whitney - 1872 - 138 pages
...planned for the birds, with the larger things. OF INTERPRETATION AND HOPE. SUNLIGHT AND STARLIGHT. GOD sets some souls in shade, alone ; They have no daylight of their own : Only in lives of^happier ones They see the shine of distant suns. God knows. Content thee with thy night ; Thy greater... | |
| Mary Elizabeth Shipley - 1873 - 408 pages
...thou mightest be In what concerns thy spiritual life, more free From outward hindrance and impediment. God sets some souls in shade, alone : They have no...thy night, Thy greater heaven hath grander light. To-day is close. The hours are small : Thou sitt'st afar, and hast them all. Lose the less joy that... | |
| Adeline Dutton Train Whitney - American poetry - 1873 - 132 pages
...planned for the birds, with the larger things. OF INTERPRETATION AND HOPE. SUNLIGHT AND STARLIGHT. GOD sets some souls in shade, alone ; They have no...thy night, Thy greater heaven hath grander light. To-day is close ; the hours are small ; Thou sit'st afar, and hast them all. Lose the less joy that... | |
| Daniel Augustus Drown - American poetry - 1873 - 294 pages
...FRIENDLY EMBRACE, STILL WE MAY MEET IN SPIRIT, AND ENJOY SWEET COMMUNION THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF SONG. " God sets some souls in shade, alone ; They have no...distant suns. " God knows. Content thee with thy night : The greater heaven hath grander light. To-day is close. The hours are small : Thou sit'st afar, and... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1872 - 542 pages
...world in awful distance small, One Light doth feed and link them all ! SUNLIGHT AND STARLIGHT. (iOD sets some souls in shade, alone; They have no daylight...of happier ones They see the shine of distant suns. (iod knows. Content thee with thy night, Thy greater heaven hath grander light. To-day is close ; the... | |
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