 WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning...  Complete Rhetoric - Page 324by Alfred Hix Welsh - 1885 - 346 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...talent, which is death to hide, Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He returning chide, — Doth God exact day-labour, light denied ? I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God... | |
 | Mary Milner - 1842 - 772 pages
...admiration. " When I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide. And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me...account lest He, returning, chide; 'Doth God exact day-labour, light denied ?' I fondly ask: but patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, ' God... | |
 | Mary Milner, Isaac Milner - 1842 - 766 pages
...admiration. " When I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide. And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me...account lest He, returning, chide; 'Doth God exact day-labour, light denied ?' I fondly ask : but patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, ' God... | |
 | 1843 - 184 pages
...number joined, their songs Divide the night, and lift our thoughts to Heaven." MILTON. ON HIS BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my life is spent Ere half my days,...account, lest he returning chide ; Doth God exact day -labor, light denied ? I fondly ask ; but patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, God doth... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 364 pages
...BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me...account, lest he, returning, chide ; " Doth God exact day-labour, light denied ?" I fondly ask : but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God... | |
 | 1897 - 918 pages
...BLINDNESS. When I consider how my light is spent. Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent, which is death to hide, Lodged with me...light denied?" I fondly ask. But patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, "God doth not need Either man's work, or his own gifts. Who best Bear His... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1844 - 846 pages
...BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me...account, lest He returning chide ; ' Doth God exact day-labour, light denied,' I fondly ask ! but Patience to prevent That murmur, soon replies, 'God doth... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 92 pages
...BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me...account, lest he, returning, chide ; " Doth God exact day-labour, light denied ?" I fondly ask: but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God... | |
 | 1844 - 616 pages
...talent which ia death to hide, Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewilh my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chide; Doth God exact d ly-labor, light denied 1 1 fondly ask : but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soun replies, ' God... | |
 | 1850 - 640 pages
...consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talenl, which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though my soul, more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present Mv true account, lest He, returning, chide ; " Doth God... | |
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