 | 1880 - 374 pages
...that, do you say ? No ; not if they dwelt with the King for His work, for " Nothing can be so mean But with this tincture, ' For Thy sake,' Will not grow bright and clean." It is work for the King, and that ennobles lowly work ; and it is dwelling with the King for His work... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1833 - 142 pages
...of our life, in that state of life to which God calls us, whether that duty be lofty or obscure. ' ' A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine,...room as for Thy laws Makes that and the action fine." If our life be guided by these principles, it is impossible that we should live in vain. " If the home... | |
 | Richard Cattermole, Henry Stebbing - 1835 - 402 pages
...it pass, And then the heav'n espy All may of thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture, for thy sake, Will not grow bright and clean....Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that, and th' action, fine. For that, which God doth touch and own, Cannot for less be told. A WREATH. A WREATHED... | |
 | Villeroi (fict. name.) - 1835 - 304 pages
...me, my God and King, In all things Thee to see ; And what I do in any thing, To do it as for Thee. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine :...Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that and th' action fine. This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold ; For that which God doth touch... | |
 | Giles Fletcher - 1836 - 400 pages
...it pass, And then the heav'n espy. All may of thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture, for thy sake, Will not grow bright and clean....Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that, and th" action, fine. This is the famous stone, That turneth all to gold : For that, which God doth touch... | |
 | George Herbert - 1838 - 420 pages
...it pass, And then the heaven espy. All may of thee partake.: Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture (for thy sake) Will not grow bright and clean....room, as for thy laws, Makes that and the action fine. CLVII. A WREATH. A WREATHED garland of deserved praise, Of praise deserved, unto thee I give, I give... | |
 | 1839 - 168 pages
...mean. In the homely words of old Herbert:— All may of thee partake: Nothing can be so mean, Which with this tincture, for thy sake, Will not grow bright and clean. It is then in the minutiae of daily life and conduct that this consistency has its most beneficial... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1840 - 632 pages
...pleaseth, though it pass, And all the heaven espy. All may of thee partake ; Nothing can be so mean, Which, with this tincture, " For thy sake," Will not grow...Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that, and th' action, fine. HERBERT. ERCHOMENA, OR THINGS TO COME. LETTER THE THIRD. (To a Friend.} September... | |
 | 1840 - 694 pages
...it pass, And then the heav'n espy. All may of thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture, for thy sake, Will not grow bright and clean....Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws. Makes that, and th action, fine. This is the famous stone, That turneth all to gold : For that which God doth touch... | |
 | George Herbert - 1842 - 400 pages
...it pass, And then the heaven espy. All may of thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture, FOR THY SAKE, Will not grow bright and clean..../Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that, and th' action, fine. This is the famous stone, That turneth all to gold ; For that, which God doth touch... | |
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A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine ; Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws, Makes that and the action fine. 
