 | Charles Hope Robertson - 1858
...above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more...tempest than it could recover by the libration and the frequent weighing of his wings, till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant, and stay... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1859 - 2 pages
...more at every breath of the tempest than it could recover by the vibrations and frequent weighings of his wings; till the little creature was forced...it had learned music and motion from an angel, as be passed sometimes through the air, about his ministries here below." — Jeremy Taylor. hm May 2.... | |
 | 1859
...above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more...breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the liberation and frequent weighing of his wings ; till the little creature was forced to sit down and... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - Old age in literature - 1859 - 281 pages
...above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighing of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest than all the vibrations of his wings served to exalt him, till the little creature was forced to sit down... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 762 pages
...above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more...breath of the tempest than it could recover by the libralion and frequent weighing of his wings ; till the little creature was forced to sit down and... | |
 | Christian writers - Religion - 1870 - 148 pages
...the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back, with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more...breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the liberation and frequent weighing of his wings, till the little creature was forced to. sit down and... | |
 | William Davy Watson - 1860 - 359 pages
...above the clouds : but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest than he could recover by the libration and frequent weighing of his wings : till the little creature was... | |
 | Austin Phelps - Prayer - 1861 - 136 pages
...above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back by the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more...and sing, as if it had learned music and motion from SERENITY OF PRAYER. 75 an angel, as he passed sometime through the air, about his ministries here below.... | |
 | Devotional exercises - 1861 - 782 pages
...above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more...was over ; and then it made a prosperous flight, and it did rise and sing, as if it had learned music and motion from an angel, as he passed sometimes through... | |
 | James Waddel Alexander - Preaching - 1861 - 514 pages
...above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more...libration and frequent weighing of his wings ; till tho little ereature was foreed to sit down and pant, and stay till the storm was over ; and then it... | |
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For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made... 
