 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
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1920 pages
...dread. I love His precept more. '1833. l816. ' John Henry .\nnan. FLOWERS W1THOUT FRUIT PRUNE thon thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee swell...deed more favour bears. Where hearts and wills are weigh'd. Than brightest transports, choicest prayers. Which bloom their hour and fade. 1X33. John Henry... | |
 | George Roy Elliott, Norman Foerster - 1923 - 864 pages
...smile, Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile. FLOWERS WITHOUT FRUIT (June 20, 1833) Prune thou thy words, — the thoughts control That o'er...to purpose strong. But he who lets his feelings run 5 In soft luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must be done, And faints at every woe. Faith's... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - 1923 - 396 pages
...of the poets and the wit of the world. As one grows older, one grows sterner' — with others. Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. The lines have a literary as well as a moral value. But though paradox may cease to charm, and a tutored... | |
 | John Lee - 1924 - 128 pages
...capricious manifestations of unguided feeling, are a peril. Newman's words are a suitable warning — He who lets his feelings run In soft, luxurious flow....hard service must be done. And faints at every woe. Industry is hard. It calls for vigour. Nature gives, but she makes a bitter demand of human contribution.... | |
 | James Lindsay - 1924 - 190 pages
...qualified such reflections by the injunction — " Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control Which o'er thee swell and throng, They will condense within thy soul And turn to purpose strong." So far from feeling any intellectual numbness from the repressive influences... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 412 pages
...high-priesthood shall make earth All hallmced ground. THOMAS CAMPBELL. FLOWERS WITHOUT FRUIT. PRUNE thou thy words ; the thoughts control That o'er thee...condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. Hut he who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must be done, And... | |
 | William Tenney Brewster - 1925 - 424 pages
...imagination until the prime of life was past. A graceful poet and a great moralist said : — "Prune thou thy words; the thoughts control That o'er thee...condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong." This lesson Ruskin never learned until he was growing gray, and even now he only observes it so long... | |
 | Frederick John Gillman - 1927 - 340 pages
...than to Augustine or George Fox. Beautiful words without deeds are as flowers without fruit. Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...deed more favour bears, Where hearts and wills are weigh'd, Than brightest transports, choicest prayers, Which bloom their hour and fade.1 * The two selections... | |
 | 1860 - 856 pages
...one can easily see that you have never thought about your legs." 146 HOPES AND FEARS. CHAPTER II. " He who lets his feelings run In soft, luxurious flow, Shrinks when hnrd service must be done, Anil faints Ht every woe." SEVEN years more, and Honora was in riourning... | |
 | 1913 - 976 pages
...lightning on the moor. As \ewman said long ago, in lines which themselves illustrate the truth — "Prune thy words, the thoughts control, That o'er thee swell...and throng. They will condense within thy soul, And, swell to purpose strong. "But he who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow. Shrinks when hard... | |
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