Prune thou thy words, The thoughts control That o'er thee swell and throng. They will condense within the 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 at... Rousseau and Romanticism - Сторінка 259автори: Irving Babbitt - 426 стор.Обмежений попередній перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
| Lyra - 1836 - 264 стор.
...fear unite ; But, spoken twice, they mark instead A sin against the light. LXVII. DEEDS NOT WORDS. 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... | |
| 1837 - 282 стор.
...be said. Where shame and fear unite ; But, spoken twice, they mark instead LXVII. DEEDS NOT WORDS. 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... | |
| Lyra - 1838 - 270 стор.
...and fear unite; But, spoken twice, they mark instead A sin against the light. i/xvm. DEEDS NOT WORDS. 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... | |
| 1881 - 302 стор.
...Busy as sin my work I ply, Till I rest in the rest of eternity. —Sonar. DEEDS, NOT WOKDS. PRUNE thon thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee swell and throng; They will condense within thy soul, In soft, luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must be done, And change to purpose strong.... | |
| 1851 - 510 стор.
...express what you would say to me if you said out in plain terms all you are thinking at ibis moment. * ' 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 be, who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious... | |
| Sydney Warburton - 1853 - 154 стор.
...this subject without quoting in conclusion the well-known lines from the Lyra Apostolica: — " Prnne thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee swell and throng; They will condense within thy soul, And turn to purpose strong." FIFTH WEEK IN LENT. THE EXERCISE OF SELF-DENIAL IN INTELLECTUAL... | |
| Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1854 - 400 стор.
...am not well enough to think yet. 0 Kate, this little sitting up has tired me very much.' CHAPTER XV. Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control, That o'er thee swell and throng; They will condense within thy soul, And turn to purpose strong. LYHA AFOSTOLICA. IN the evening, came another letter from Malta,... | |
| Philip Smith Sparling - 1854 - 136 стор.
...fools to pass by without consideration." IZAAK WALTON. DEEDS, NOT WORDS. PRUNE thou thy words, thy 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... | |
| Frederick William Faber - 1855 - 596 стор.
...thou thy words, the thoughts controul That o'er thee swell and throng; They will condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. But he, who lets...when hard service must be done,' And faints at every woe. Faith's meanest deed more favour bears. Where hearts and wills are weighed, Than brightest transports,... | |
| Songs - 1856 - 712 стор.
...such a mind, makest God thy guest. tfjou tfjg JONSON. T)RTJNE thou thy words, the thoughts control But he, who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious...when hard service must be done, And faints at every woe. Faith's meanest deed more favour bears, Where hearts and wills are weighed, Than brightest transports,... | |
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