 PRUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o:er thee swell and throng ; They will condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. But he who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must be done, And faints...  The Christian Pioneer - Page 751866Full view - About this book
 | Bridget Ellen Burke - 1904 - 268 pages
...greatest writers of the nineteenth century and the best writer using the modern English language. Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...And faints at every woe. Faith's meanest deed more favor bears, Where hearts and wills are weighed, REGULUS CHARLOTTE YONGE The Romans were at war with... | |
 | 1904 - 1024 pages
...ride, whate'er betide, Until I find the holy Grail. ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON. FLOWERS WITHOUT FRUIT. PRUNE thou thy words; the thoughts control That o'er thee...condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. SIR GALAHAD. " My strength is as the strength of ten. Because my heart is pure." From a photogravure... | |
 | Canterbury city, st. Augustine's missionary coll - 1853 - 464 pages
...younger friends will thank us for recalling to their memory the following beautiful stanzas, " Prune well thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee swell...condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. " Faith's meanest deed more favour bears, Where hearts and wills are weighed, Than brightest transports,... | |
 | John Hunter - 1904 - 920 pages
...done. Horatius Bonar. 390. Flowers without Fruit. CM. 1. pRUNE thou thy words, thy thoughts coutrol That o'er thee swell and throng : They will condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. 2. But he who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must be done,... | |
 | Cyril Ranger Gull - 1904 - 424 pages
...am tinged a little with the North-country spirit. I always think of Newman's wonderful lines — " ' The thoughts control that o'er thee swell and throng ; They will condense within the soul and turn to purpose strong. But he who lets his feelings run in soft luxurious flow. Shrinks... | |
 | 1904 - 1058 pages
...whate'er betide, Until I find the holy «rail. ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON. FLOWERS WITHOUT FRUIT. PRUNE thou thy words; the thoughts control That o'er thee swell and throng; — SIR GALAHAD But he who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service... | |
 | 1905 - 354 pages
...good thoughts, warm feelings, passionate prayers, in which idle people indulge themselves." 35 "Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...And faints at every woe. "Faith's meanest deed more favor bears Where hearts and wills are weighed, Than brightest transports, choicest prayers, Which... | |
 | Henry Scott Holland - 1905 - 304 pages
...Meek hands alone may rear : And ever zeal begins its life In silent thought and fear. Or again : Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...hard service must be done, And faints at every woe. The exquisite poem named " Chastisement," which is charged with so much that is characteristically... | |
 | 1905 - 474 pages
...house, I will worship toward Thy holy temple, and I will give praise to Thy name." Seif-Control. Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...But he who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious fiow, Shrinks when hard service must be done, And faints at every woe. Faith's meanest deed more favor... | |
 | John Watson - 1905 - 382 pages
...practice sinking ever lower. The final judgment of life after all is not emotion but action. Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...purpose strong. But he who lets his feelings run In soft lascivious flow Shrinks when hard service must be done And faints at every blow. Faith's meanest deed... | |
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