 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
 | Churchman - 1877 - 434 pages
...God ! in the sight of the All-seeing, Whose " eyes are on the ways of man." — Bishop Magee. Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. JULY 7. • " He beheld the city, and wept over it." — LUKE xix. 41. TWICE only is it written in... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1878 - 462 pages
...breeze, And youth's unclouded weather. FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE. XCI. FL O WERS WITHO UT FR UIT. RUNE 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. JOHN HENRY NEWMAN.... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1878 - 416 pages
...upon the breeze, And youth's unclouded weather. FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE. FLOWERS WITHOUT FRUIT. RUNE 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. JOHN HENRY NEWMAN.... | |
 | Days - 1878 - 464 pages
...are discoursed of which they cannot bear a part in, these are times for silence. BISHOP BUTLER. Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...hard service must be done, And faints at every woe. DR. NEWMAN. The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. S. MATTHEW xxii. 8. O... | |
 | 1890 - 668 pages
...penetrating bit of ethics than the three stanzas of his little poem "Flowers without Fruit": — " 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, That bloom... | |
 | H. L. Sidney Lear - 1879 - 426 pages
...are discoursed of which they cannot bear a part in, these are times for silence. BISHOP BUTLER. Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...hard service must be done, And faints at every woe. DR. NEWMAN. The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. S. MATTHEW xxii. 8. O... | |
 | John Towle Marriott - 1879 - 204 pages
...gathered are, Be in the midst of them, God's own Jerusalem. Francis Turner Palgravc. 65 CM i PRUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...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,... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1879 - 334 pages
...difficulty, exacted a promise never to allude to him in her letters. CHAPTER XXXIII. BITTER FAREWELLS. But he who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious...hard service must be done And faints at every woe. y. H. Neiaman. WELCOME shone in Mr. Ogilvie's face in the gaslight on the platform as the train drew... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1879 - 670 pages
...so little chagrin that she ascribed his offer to generous compassion at her desertion. CHAPTER II. 1 He who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow,...hard service must be done, And faints at every woe." SEVEN years more, and Honora was in mourning for her . mother. She was alone in the world, without... | |
 | John Henry Newman (card.) - 1880 - 410 pages
...side." Off Sardinia. June 20, 1833. FLOWERS WITHOUT FRUIT. 165 XOV1I. • 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. Off Sardinia.... | |
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