 | Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 376 pages
...— Mother, my mother! Now receive thy child, A THOUGHT OF PARADISE. We receive but what we give, And in our life alone does nature live : Ours is her wedding-garment,...behold of higher worth Than that inanimate cold world allow'd To the poor, loveless, ever-anxious crowd; Ah ! from the soul itself must issue forth A light,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 394 pages
...aught behold of higher worth Than that inanimate cold world allow'd To the poor, loveless, ever-aniious crowd; Ah ! from the soul itself must issue forth...luminous cloud, Enveloping the earth — And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 372 pages
...aught behold of higher worth Than that inanimate cold world allow'd To the poor, loveless, ever-anxioua crowd; Ah ! from the soul itself must issue forth...luminous cloud, Enveloping the earth — And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life... | |
 | Artemas Bowers Muzzey - Young women - 1841 - 254 pages
...your prospects, your deficiencies, your progress, your hopes. Wouldst thou have peace in this world, from the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory,...luminous cloud Enveloping the earth. And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and powerful voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - Biography & Autobiography - 1843 - 334 pages
...OF « THE MOTHER'S BOOK," " THE GIRL'S BOOK,' " PHILOTHEA," &c. " We receive but what we give, And in our life alone does Nature live. Ours is her wedding-garment,...allowed To the poor loveless ever-anxious crowd, Ah ! irom the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth:... | |
 | Artemas Bowers Muzzey - 1843 - 212 pages
...your prospects, your deficiencies, your progress, your hopes. Wouldst thou have peace in this world, " From the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory,...luminous cloud Enveloping the earth ; And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and powerful voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds, the... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1845 - 484 pages
...what we give, And in our life alone does nature live : Ours is her wedding garment, ours her shroud 1 And, would we aught behold of higher worth Than that...luminous cloud Enveloping the earth ; — And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the... | |
 | Universalism - 1854 - 444 pages
...Ours is her wedding garment, ours her shroud. And would we aught oehold of higher worth, * • * * * * Ah ! from the soul itself must issue forth A light,...luminous cloud Enveloping the earth, — And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life... | |
 | Constancy - 1844 - 936 pages
...we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does Nature live : Ours is her wedding garment, ours her shroud ! And would we aught behold of higher...inanimate cold world allowed To the poor loveless, ever anxious crowd, Ah ! from the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud... | |
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O Lady ! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does Nature live; Ours is her wedding-garment, ours her shroud ! And would we aught behold, of higher worth, Than that inanimate cold world allowed To the poor loveless ever-anxious crowd, Ah... 
