 | Ralph Erskine - English poetry - 1750 - 468 pages
...Believer's Soliloquy. ?. «' Death is to us a Tweet Repofe ; " The Bud was op' to fhew the Rofe J «' The Cage was broke to let us fly, " And build our happy Neft on high. 6. *c Lo, here we do triumphant reign, *' And joyful fing in lofty Strain : '«' Lo, here we reft, and... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - Sermons - 1796 - 738 pages
...•• To let the mournful captives go. «< Death is to us a fweet repofe ; " The bud was op'd to Ihew the rofe ; " The cage was broke to let us fly, " And build our happy nell on high. " Lo ! here we do triumphant reign, " And joyful fing in lofty ftrain. " Lo ! here we... | |
 | Zion - Christian poetry, English - 1845 - 302 pages
...To let the mournful captives go. Death is to us a sweet repose, The bud was ope'd to show the rose ; The cage was broke to let us fly, And build our happy nests on high. THE God of love my shepherd is, And he that doth me feed : While he is mine, and I am... | |
 | Margaret Fraser Barbour - Children - 1856 - 406 pages
...let the mournful captives go. " Death is to us a sweet repose ; The bud was ope'd to shew the rose, The cage was broke to let us fly, And build our happy nest on high. " We walk in white without annoy, In glorious galleries of joy : And, crowned with everlasting... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1858 - 672 pages
...let the mournful captives go. " Death is to us a sweet repose ; The bud was op'd to shew the rose ; The cage was broke to let us fly, And build our happy nest on high. " Lo ! here wo do triumphant reign, And joyful sing in lofty strain. Lo ! here we rest,... | |
 | Margaret Maria Gordon - 1860 - 464 pages
...sailed in heart before ! ' Death is to us a sweet repose, — . The bud was oped to show the rose ; — The cage was broke to let us fly, And build our happy nest on high. We walk in white without annoy, In glorious galleries of joy, And crowned with everlasting... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1870 - 350 pages
...the mournful captives go. " Death is to us a sweet repose ; " The bud was op'd to shew the rose ; " The cage was broke to let us fly, " And build our happy nest on high. " Lo, here we do triumphant reign, " And joyful sing in lofty strain : <' Lo, here we... | |
 | Voices - Christian poetry, English - 1874 - 256 pages
...let the mournful captives go. " Death is to us a sweet repose ; The bud was oped to show the rose ; The cage was broke to let us fly, And build our happy nest on high " Lo ! here we do triumphant reign, And joyful sing in lofty strain ; Lo ! here we rest... | |
 | Thomas M'Crie - Scotland - 1875 - 602 pages
...To let the mournful captives go. "Death is to us a sweet repose: The bud was oped to show the rose ; The cage was broke to let us fly, And build our happy nest on high." Cut his love to the " Marrow doctrine " shines out in every stanza of his poems. Each... | |
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Death loosed the massy chain of woe, To let the mournful captives go. " Death is to us a sweet repose ; The bud was ope'd to show the rose ; The cage was broke to let us fly, And build our happy nest on high. 
