 | 1839 - 798 pages
...should entertain My frighted soul"! Can solid roeVs sustain The stroke of justice, ^jii not e\w«<s \u His angry mother's hand, but clings more nigh, And quenches with his tears her flaming eye. Groat God ! there is no safety here below ; Thou art my fortress,— thou that seem'st myfot; 'T it... | |
 | Christian poets - Christian poetry, English - 1851 - 470 pages
...off we go, The swing of justice deals the mightier blow. The ingenuous child, corrected, doth not fly His angry mother's hand, but clings more nigh, And...his tears her flaming eye. Great God ! there is no safety here below, Thou art my fortress, thou that scem'st my foe, 'Tis thou, that strikest the stroke,... | |
 | Heavenly thoughts - 1851 - 318 pages
...the mightier blow. The ingenuous child corrected, doth not fly His angry mother's hand ; but climbs more nigh, And quenches with his tears her flaming eye. Great God ! there is no safety here below. Thou art my fortress, Thou that seem'st my foe. 'Tis Thou thatlet'st the stroke,... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...off we go, The swing of Justice deals the mightier blow. Th' ingenuous child, corrected, doth not fly His angry mother's hand ; but clings more nigh, And quenches with his tears her flaming eye. Shadows are faithless, and the rocks are false No trust in brass, no trust in marble walls; Poor cots... | |
 | 1852 - 784 pages
...off we go. The swing of justice deals the mightier blow. Th' ingenuous child, corrected, doth not fly His angry mother's hand ; but clings more nigh. And quenches with his tears her flaming eye. Shadows are faithless, and the rocks are false ; No trust in braas, no trust In marble walls; Poor... | |
 | Religion - 1852 - 302 pages
...we go, The swing of Justice deals the mightier blow. " The inganuons"child, corrected doth not fly His angry mother's hand, but clings more nigh, And quenches, with his tears, her flaming eye. u Great God ! there is no safety here below ; Thou art my fortress; Thou that seem'st my foe, 'Tis... | |
 | English poetry - 1856 - 754 pages
...off we go, The swing of Justice deals the mightier blow. Th'ingenuous child, corrected, doth not fly His angry mother's hand; but clings more nigh,' And quenches with his tears her flaming eye. Shadows are faithless, and the rocks are false, No trust in brass, no trust in marble walls ; Poor... | |
 | Richard Crashaw - Emblems - 1857 - 408 pages
...go, The swing of Justice deals the mightier blow. 1 1 Th' ingenuous child, corrected, doth not fly His angry mother's hand, but clings more nigh, And quenches with his tears her flaming eye. 12 Shadows are faithless, and the rocks are false; No trust in brass, no trust in marble walls; Poor... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...blow. TIT ingenuous child, corrected, doth not fly His angry mother's hand, but clings more nigli, And quenches with his tears her flaming eye. Great God ! there is no safety here below ; Thou art my fortress, thou that seem'st my foe ; 'Tis thou, that strik'st the stroke,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1858 - 780 pages
...off we go, The swing of Justice deals the mightier blow. Th' ingenuous child, corrected, doth not fly His angry mother's hand, but clings more nigh. And...his tears her flaming eye. Great God ! there is no safety here below ; Thou art my fortress, thou that seem'st my foe ; :"Bs thou, that strik st the stroke,... | |
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Tis vain to flee, till gentle mercy show Her better eye ; the farther off we go, The swing of Justice deals the mightier blow. Th... 
