 And hold communion there with God. Night is the time for death ; When all around is peace, Calmly to yield the weary breath, From sin and suffering cease : Think of heaven's bliss, and give the sign To parting friends — such death be mine...  The Pelican Island, and Other Poems - Page 110by James Montgomery - 1827 - 264 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 pages
...from the eye the soul Takes flight, and with expanding views Beyond the starry pole, Descries athwart the abyss of night The dawn of uncreated light. Night...withdrew To desert mountains far away ; So will his followers do ; Steal from the throng to haunts untrod, And hold communion there with God. Night is... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1865 - 800 pages
...Another form of stanza is produced by adding a rhyming conplet to the nsual quatrain ; thus : — " Night is the time to pray ; Our Saviour oft withdrew To desert mountains far away; So will his followers do, Steal from the throng to haunts nntro I, And commune there alone with God." Or thus :—... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - 236 pages
...joys of other years; Hopes that were angels at their birth, But died when young, like things of earth. Night is the time to pray ; Our Saviour oft withdrew To desert mountains far away ; So will His followers do,— Steal from the throng to haunts uutrod, And commune there alone with God. Night is... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - English poetry - 1867 - 332 pages
...by Caesar's ghost. Night is the time to think ; When, from the eye, the soul Takes flight, and, on the utmost brink Of yonder starry pole, Discerns beyond...withdrew To desert mountains far away : So will His followers do, — Steal from the throng to haunts untrod, And commune there alone with God. Night is... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - English poetry - 1867 - 332 pages
...die by Ctesar's ghost. Night is the time to think; When, from the eye, the soul Takes flight, and, on the utmost brink Of yonder starry pole, Discerns beyond...Saviour oft withdrew To desert mountains far away: Night is the time for death ; When all around is peace, Calmly to yield the weary breath, From sin... | |
 | Who - Consolation - 1867 - 202 pages
...from the eye, the soul Takes flight, and with expanding views Beyond the stary pole, Discerns athwart the abyss of night The dawn of uncreated light. Night...withdrew To desert mountains far away ; So will his followers do ; Steal from the throng to haunts untrod, And hold communion there with God." Montgomery.... | |
 | William Russell - 1867 - 460 pages
...from the eye the soul Takes flight, and with expanding views, Beyond the starry pole Descries, athwart the abyss of night, The dawn of uncreated light. Night...withdrew To desert mountains far away : So will his followers do, — Steal from the throng to haunts untrod, And hold communion there with God. Night... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1869 - 810 pages
...the eye the soul Takes flight, and, with expanding views, Beyond the starry pole, Descries, athwart the abyss of night, The dawn of uncreated light. Night...withdrew To desert mountains far away ; So will his followers do; Steal from the throng to haunts untrod, And hold communion there with God. Night is the... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...by Caesar's ghost. Night is the time to think : When, from the eye, the soul Takes flight ; and on and rabbits burrow ! But we will downward with the...us ; And Dryborough, where with chiming Tweed The hb follower do, Steal from the throng to haunts imtrod, And commune there alone with God. Night is... | |
 | Gems - 1871 - 280 pages
...from the eye the soul Takes flight, and with expanding views, Beyond the starry pole Descries, athwart the abyss of night The dawn of uncreated light. Night...withdrew To desert mountains far away ; So will his followers do — Steal from the throng to haunts untrod, And hold communion there with God. Night is... | |
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