 | Clara Lucas Balfour - English literature - 1852 - 458 pages
...for tears." His "Ode to Duty" is worthy of being studied for its profound moral. ODE TO DUTY. " Stern Daughter of the Voice of God ! O Duty ! if that name...temptations dost set free, From strife and from despair ; a glorious ministry. " There are who ask not if thine eye Be on them ; who, in love and truth. Where... | |
 | H. C. Foster - English poetry - 1853 - 378 pages
...instruments : — how weak Those arts, and high inventions, if unpropped By virtue. ODE TO DUTY. STERN daughter of the voice of God ! O Duty ! if that name...terrors overawe, From vain temptations dost set free, And calm'st the weary strife of frail humanity ! There are who ask not if thine eye Be on them ; who,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Religious poetry, American - 1853 - 604 pages
...that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears. 31 ODE TO DUTY. STERN (laughter of the voice of God ! O Duty ! if that name thou love...terrors overawe ; From vain temptations dost set free ; And calm'st the weary strife of frail humanity ! There are who ask not if thine eye Be on them ;... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1853 - 300 pages
...sed more eo perductus, ut non tantum rcrtu facere possim, Bed nisi recta facere non possim." STERN Daughter of the Voice of God! O Duty ! if that name...light to guide, a rod To check the erring, and reprove j Thou, who art victory nnd law When empty terrors overawe ; From vain temptations dost set free ;... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Religious poetry, English - 1854 - 388 pages
...instruments : — how weak Those arts, and high inventions, if unpropped By virtue. ODE TO DUTY. STERN daughter of the voice of God ! O Duty ! if that name...terrors overawe, From vain temptations dost set free, And calm'st the weary strife of frail humanity ! There are who ask not if thine eye Be on them ; who,... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...nature's plan; Humble toil and heavenward duty — These will form the perfect man. Mrs. Hale. Stern daughter of the voice of God! O Duty! if that name...who art victory and law When empty terrors overawe, Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice. Wordsworth. DWELL— DWELLING. DEPART... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...flowers here as well, unseen, As if before the world thou 'dst been, ODE TO DUTY. — Wbrdswortlt. STERN daughter of the voice of God ! O Duty ! if that name...the erring, and reprove ; Thou, who art victory and Jaw When empty terrors overawe, From vain temptations dost set free, And calm'st the weary strife of... | |
 | 1854 - 440 pages
...we shall certainly err. We can never see the right clearly but by making it our first concern. Stern daughter of the voice of God, O Duty ! if that name thou love Who ask a light to guide, a rod To check the erring and reprove ; Thou who art victory and law When empty... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...before the world thou 'dst been, ODE TO DUTY. — Wordsworth. STERN daughter of the voice of God ! 0 Duty ! if that name thou love, Who art a light to...terrors overawe, From vain temptations dost set free, And calm's t the weary strife of frail humanity ! There are who ask not if thine eye Be on them ; who,... | |
 | American poetry - 1855 - 458 pages
...before the world thou 'dst been, ODE TO DUTY. — Wordneor-Jt. STERN daughter of the voice of God ! 0 Duty ! if that name thou love, Who art a light to...terrors overawe, From vain temptations dost set free, And calm'st the weary strife of frail humanity ! There are who ask not if thine eye Be on them ; who,... | |
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STERN Daughter of the Voice of God ! O Duty ! if that name thou love Who art a light to guide, a rod To check the erring, and reprove ; Thou, who art victory and law When empty terrors overawe, From vain temptations dost set free, And calm'st the weary... 
