 More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands...  Lancelot and Elaine, and Other Idylls of the King - Page 155by Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1896 - 204 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Theosophy - 1909 - 340 pages
...and objectivity on these lower planes. This realisation reveals to us that it is indeed a fact that The whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God. It widens out our horizon, does it not, even to admit the possibility of such a state of things existing... | |
 | 1864 - 998 pages
...temples that are made •with hands. A pathetic scene, — recalling the fine words of the poet, — For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God. Had the writer of the manifesto, however, witnessed this simple and affecting act of worship, we know... | |
 | 1884 - 626 pages
...If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friends ? For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God. — Tennyson. the month services have been held as follows :Contributions Received on account of the... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1842 - 250 pages
...or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend...now farewell. I am going a long way With these thou see'st—if indeed I go— (For all my mind is clouded with a doubt) To the island-valley of Avilion... | |
 | England - 1842 - 538 pages
...or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend...every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God." Vol. ii. p. 15. The theology of the first part of these lines we must make over to the Oxford Tracts.... | |
 | Thomas Miller - Amusements - 1847 - 164 pages
...to me that I am at a spectacle where the Supreme Artist is hid behind the curtain." " For the whole earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God." This little hillock of earth, covered with wild thyme, among which the summer-bees are now murmuring,... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend....every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God. TENNYSON. Long, long be my heart with such memories fill'd ! Like the vase in which roses have once... | |
 | Child rearing - 1853 - 398 pages
...If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer, Both fcr themselves and those who call them friends. For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God. • TENNYSOK. "TO BE SAVED FIRST IN CASE OF -FIRE." BY MKS. DMF WALKER. SUCH was the inscription on... | |
 | 1876 - 832 pages
...goats, That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not the hands of prayer, Both for themselves and those who call them friend ? For so the whole round world is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God." At home, abroad, in sickness or in... | |
 | Manchester district Sunday school assoc - 1854 - 270 pages
...goats, That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not bands of prayer, Both for themselves, and those who call them friend...every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God." I do think conscientiousness in the faithful discharge of duty is but half the duty of life. The mere... | |
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