 | 1827 - 590 pages
...and he determined to leave his solitary abode, and to see whether these things were so. The Hermit. Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth...the fruits, his drink the crystal well. Remote from man, with God he pass'd his days, - ' Prayer all his business; all his pleasure— praise. • V, P... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 436 pages
...iron troops retire, In the first front amidst a slaughtered pile, High on the mound he died. Smith. Remote from men, with God he passed his days ; Prayer all his business ; all his pleasure, praise. Panel. Ihs obscurities generally arise from the rtmotnuu of the customs, persons, and things he alludes... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 420 pages
...her face. r Vlll.—The Hermit: FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a rev'rend hermit grew. The moss his bed, the cave his- humble cell, His food the fruit, his drink tne-cbrysial well r Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days-. Prayer all his-... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...on earth in fame they lift Are senseless of the fume they give. The Hermit. Far in a wild, ncknown LW o+8V ! Rѣ b c : k d 9 ܷ , {C~U 9 . u GG=y Ѐ Z ͪgo-ȟ~ day», Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise. A life so sacred, such serene repose, Seemed... | |
 | James Cossar Ewart - 1830 - 494 pages
...confinement, where he spent three years, which were the last and most glorious of his life. " Remote from man, with God he passed his days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise." He got the Bible, paper and ink, and other good books from the nearest town of Arabissus. He wrote... | |
 | Scotland - 1831 - 1040 pages
...last note of the organ, to fold his thin transparent ivory fingers, ana say, " Let us pray I" NORTH. " Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth...drink the crystal well ; Remote from men, with God he pass'd his days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise." TICKLER. The best possible inscription... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - Conduct of life - 1831 - 304 pages
...used to call him the Hermit of the Dale, and not seldom applied to him the words of the poet — ' Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew.' But while we thought that my father was unreasonably ennobling a poor peasant by comparing him to the... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Literature - 1894 - 544 pages
...terrify his manly soul, for why should he be afraid of anything? 344 THE HERMIT. THE HERMIT. Л. R in a wild unknown to public view, From youth to age...the fruits, his drink the crystal well, Remote from man, with God he passed the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise. A life so sacred,... | |
 | 1894 - 534 pages
...That the reader may compare the two stories the more readily, ii is inserted here : — THE HERMIT. " FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth...cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Kemote from men, with God he pass'd his days, 1'ray'r all his business, all his pleasure praisr.... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1895 - 656 pages
...or your vain extremes ; And find a life of equal bliss, Or own the next begun in this. THE HERMIT. Far in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth...the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise. A life so sacred, such... | |
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FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all... 
