 | Collection - 1774 - 426 pages
...peaceful hours I then enjoy'd, How fweet -their mem'ry ;ftill ! But they have left an aching void, The world can never .fill. 4 Return, O holy 'Dove, return, Sweet meflenger of reft ! I hate the fins which made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breaft. -5 The deareft... | |
 | John Newton, William Cowper - Hymns, English - 1783 - 432 pages
...What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd ! How fweet their mem'ry ftill ! But they have left an aching void, The world can never fill. 4 Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet meflenger of reft; I hate the fins that made thee mourq, And drove thee from my breaft. 5 The deareft... | |
 | 1784 - 196 pages
...mtffenger of reft ! I hate the fins that made thee mourn', And drove thee from my bualt. The deareft idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne^ And worfliip only thee. . , So (hall my walk be clofe with God, Calm and ferene my frame ; So purer light... | |
 | John Newton, William Cowper - Hymns - 1797 - 356 pages
...from my Ire iit: • Rom. viii. 36. f Heb. sii. »4. 5 The deareft idol I have known, • • • i Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, Arid worfhip only thee. 6 So fhall my walk be clofe with God, Calm and ferene my frame ; So purer light... | |
 | John Newton, William Cowper - Hymns, English - 1797 - 360 pages
...What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd ! How fweet their meni'ry ftill ' But they have kft an aching void, The world can never fill. 4 Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet meiTenger of reft ; I hate the fins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breaft i ,*' AW. via.... | |
 | Herbert Mends - 1801 - 432 pages
...enjoy'd ! How sweet their memory still ! But now I find an aching void, The world can never fill. IV. Return, O holy dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest...that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breast. v. The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship... | |
 | Edward Williams, James Boden - Hymns, English - 1801 - 586 pages
...What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd ! How fweet their mem'ry ftill ! But they have left an aching void, The world can never fill. 4 Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet meflenger of reft ; I hate the fins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breaft. 5 The deareft... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - Hymns, English - 1805 - 308 pages
...What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd ; How fweet their mem'ry dill .' But they have left an aching void The world can never fill. 4 Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet meffcnger of reft: I hate the fins that made thee mourn, And drove thee from my breaft. 5 The deareft... | |
 | Ralph Williston - Hymns, English - 1806 - 436 pages
...What peaceful hours I once enjoy 'd! How sweet their mem'ry still ! But they have left an aching void, The world can never fill. 4. Return, O holy Dove,...to- tear it from thy throne,, And worship only thee. S. So shall my walk be close with Calm and sereBe my frame ; So purer light sh^Jl .mark the road That... | |
 | George Richards - Hymns, English - 1806 - 394 pages
...What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd! How sweet their mem'ry still! But they have left an aching void, The world can never fill. 4 Return, O holy Dove, return,...Sweet messenger of rest: I hate the sins that made me mourn, And drove thee from my breast. 5 The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help... | |
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So shall my walk be close with God, Calm and serene my frame; So purer light shall mark the road That leads me to the Lamb. 
