 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
 | J. Goodall, W. Hammond - 1848 - 390 pages
...talent which is death to hide, Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve thee with 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 doth... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 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 -labor, light denied ?" I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God... | |
 | Frederick Charles Cook - 1849 - 144 pages
...passion spent. SONNETS. ON HIS BLINDNESS. When I consider how my light is spent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning, chide; ' Doth God exact day-labour, light denied ?' 2 I fondly ask: but Patience 3 , to prevent Ere half my days, in this dark... | |
 | 1856 - 666 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 useless, though my soul were bent, To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning, chide : '... | |
 | Spring flowers, S. P. - 1849 - 178 pages
...BLINDNESS. When I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days iu this dark world and wide, And lhat one talent which is death to hide, Lodged with me useless, though iny soul more bent To serve wherewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He, returning, elude;... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 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-lab'nnr, light denied ?" I fondly ask : but Patience to prevent That murmur, soon replies, ' God... | |
 | Thomas Vincent Fosbery - 1850 - 416 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 —... | |
 | 1850 - 300 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...therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he return and chide. " Doth God exact day -labor, light denied ? " I fondly ask : but Patience, to prevent... | |
 | 1850 - 340 pages
...though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he return and chide. " Doth God exact day-labor, 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... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 pages
...stern and inflexible in principle, in regard to both church and state. SONNET ON HIS OWN BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my life is spent, Ere half my...returning chide; " Doth God exact day-labor, light denied J " I fondly ask; but patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God doth not need Either man's... | |
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