 Left me all helpless, with the irreparable loss Of sight, reserved alive to be repeated The subject of their cruelty or scorn. Nor am I in the list of them that hope ; Hopeless are all my evils, all remediless. This one prayer yet remains, might I be...  Bell's Edition - Page 49by John Bell - 1788Full view - About this book
 | England - 1844 - 500 pages
...the patience of the healthy, but have the Comforter " very nigh unto them, even in their hearts." " Many are the sayings of the wise, In ancient and in modern books enroll'd. Extolling patience as the truest fortitude ; But with the afflicted in his pangs, their sound... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...provoked, Left me all helpless, with the irreparable loss Of sight, reserved alive to be repeated 645 This one prayer yet remains, might I be heard, No...sayings of the wise In ancient and in modern books enroll'd, Extolling patience, as the truest fortitude ; And to the bearing well of all calamities,... | |
 | Richard Cecil - 1847 - 336 pages
...MISCELLANIES. A FRIENDLY VISIT HOUSE OF MOURNING, IN THE DAT OF ADVERSITY CONSIDER. . . . Eccl. vii. 14. Many are the sayings of the Wise, In ancient and in modern books enroll'd, Extolling Patience But to tli' afflicted in his pangs their sound Little prevails : or rather... | |
 | 1849 - 854 pages
...doubt not, that those " secret refreshings " he speaks of, were the true source of his strength. " Many are the sayings of the wise In ancient and in...inroll'd, Extolling patience as the truest fortitude ; And the bearing well of all calamities — All chances incident to man's frail life, Consolatories writ... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...wrongs ; But made hereby obnoxious more To all the miseries of life, Life in captivity FROM THE SAME. Many are the sayings of the wise, In ancient and in modern books earolled, Extolling patience us the truest fortitude ; And to the bearing well of all calamities, All... | |
 | Christian poets - Christian poetry, English - 1851 - 470 pages
...unite, To live with him, and sing in endless mom of light. " THE SPIRIT ALSO HELPETH OUR INFIRMITIES.' MANY are the sayings of the wise In ancient and in modern books enrolled, Extolling patience as the truest fortitude ; And to the bearing well of all calamities, All... | |
 | David Thomas - 458 pages
...helpless with the irreparable loss Of sight, reserved alive to be repeated The subject of their cruelty or scorn. Nor am I in the list of them that hope ;...might I be heard, No long petition, speedy death, The close of all my miseries and the balm." Even so the time will come when those who have lost the... | |
 | English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...helpless, with the irrepamble loss Of sight, rescrv'd alive to be repeated The subject of their cruelty arle, So near related, or the same of kind. Thine forgive mine ; that The close of all my miseries, and the balm. Char. Many are the sayings of the wise, In ancient and... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 424 pages
...helpless, with the irreparable loss Of sight, reserved alive to be repeated The subject of their cruelty or scorn. Nor am I in the list of them that hope ;...might I be heard, No long petition ; speedy death, The close of all my miseries, and the balm. Cho. Many are the sayings of the wise, In ancient and in... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 350 pages
...with th' irreparable loss Of sight, reserv'd alive to be repeated 6u The subject of their cruelty and scorn. Nor am I in the list of them that hope ; Hopeless...might I be heard, No long petition, speedy death, fso The close of all my miseries, and the balm. CHOR. Many are the sayings of the wise, In ancient... | |
| |
