 | Hannah Lawrance - Great Britain - 1838 - 474 pages
...hundred thousand times more fair Are these abodes, — but thou could'st ne'er The view sustain, nor the ecstasy Its meanest joys would yield to thee ; For...fitted then, a spirit free From weakness and mortality, SI i alt aye remain, no fleshy guest, But taking here thine endless rest." The safe return of St. Brandan... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1845 - 572 pages
...thousand times more fair Are these abodes. But thou couldst ne'er The view sustain, nor the ecstacy, Its meanest joys would yield to thee. For thou hast...fleeting guest, But taking here thine endless rest." While Master Brandon lay entranced in this dream, his sister Rachel bent over him, for it was morning,... | |
 | William Mountford - Booksellers' catalogs - 1845 - 384 pages
...thousand times more fair Are these abodes. But thou couldst ne'er The view sustain, nor the ecstacy, Its meanest joys would yield to thee. For thou hast...fleeting guest, But taking here thine endless rest." While Master Brandon lay entranced in this dream, his sister Rachel bent over him, for it was morning,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - English poetry - 1845 - 886 pages
...hundred thousand times more fair Are these abodes ; but thou couldst ne'er The view sustain, nor the ecstasy Its meanest joys would yield to thee : For thou hast in the body come ; But, when the Lord shnll call thee home, Thou, fitted then, a spirit free From weakness and mortality, Shalt aye remain,... | |
 | Thomas D'Arcy McGee - Irish - 1852 - 248 pages
...hundred thousand times more fair Are these abodes ; but thou couldst ne'er The view sustain, nor the ecstasy • Its meanest joys would yield to thee;...to teach all eyes That thou hast been in paradise.' Then Brandon worshipped God, and took Of paradise a farewell look. The fair youth led them to the gate;... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - English poetry - 1855 - 822 pages
...but thou couldst ne'er The view sustain, nor the ecstasy Its meanest joys would yield to thee : Fur thou hast in the body come ; But, when the Lord shall...fitted then, a spirit free From weakness and mortality, Slialt aye remain, no fleeting guest, But taking here thine endless rest. And while thou still remain'st... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - English poetry - 1871 - 954 pages
...hundred thousand times more fair Are these abodes; hut tliou couldst ne'er The view sustain, nor the ecstasy Its meanest joys would yield to thee : For...Heaven's high favor all may know, Take hence these stories, to teach all eyes That thou hast been in paradise." Then Brandan worshipped God, and took... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1871 - 960 pages
...the« : For thon hast in the body come ; But, when the Lord «hall rail thee home, 'Пит, fuit-il then, a spirit free From weakness and mortality, Shalt...remain'st below, That Heaven's high favor all may know, T;ike hence these stones, to teach all eyes That thou hast been in paradise." Then Brandan worshipped... | |
 | John O'Hanlon - Christian saints - 1875 - 804 pages
...Brandon a la Recherche du Paradis Terrestre," edited by Francisque-Michel, 11, 1720 to 1723, p. 83. ** " But, when the Lord shall call thee home, Thou fitted...while thou still remain'st below. That heaven's high favour all may know, Take hence these stones, to teach all eyes That thou hast been in Paradise." —... | |
 | Giles Badger Stebbins - Religious poetry - 1877 - 276 pages
...hundred thousand times more fair Are these abodes ; but thou couldst ne'er The view sustain, nor the ecstasy Its meanest joys would yield to thee ; For...fitted then, a spirit free From weakness and mortality, Shall aye remain, no fleeting guest, But taking here thy endless rest. And while thou still remain'... | |
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Than e'er have dated thy mortal sight; One hundred thousand times more fair Are these abodes ; but thou couldst ne'er The view sustain, nor the ecstasy • Its meanest joys would yield to thee; For thou hast in the body come; But, when the Lord shall... 
