 | 1854
...the dew of heaven as a Iamb's fleece ; but, when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements,...its beauty, it fell into the portion of weeds and outworn faces. The same is the portion of every man and every woman ; the heritage of worms and serpents,... | |
 | Frederick William Shelton - Christian life - 1908 - 294 pages
...with the dew of heaven as a lamb's fleece, but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements,...some of its leaves, and all its beauty, it fell." If such process as we have mentioned be the secret key which opened to him his treasures, it does not... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 776 pages
...dew of heaven, ns the lamb's fleece; but when the ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements,...its beauty, it fell into the portion of weeds and out-worn faces. So does the fairest beauty change, and it will be as bad with you and me ; and then... | |
 | Frederick William Shelton - Christian life - 1856 - 304 pages
...with the dew of heaven as a lamb's fleece, but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements,...some of its leaves, and all its beauty, it fell." If such process as we have mentioned be the secret key which opened to him his treasures, it does not... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1848 - 776 pages
...life. " JIAI la J^ir mi Iamb's fleece ; but when the ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements,...its beauty, it fell into the portion of weeds and out-worn faces. So does the fairest beauty change, and it will be as bad with you and me ; and then... | |
 | James Hamilton - Christian literature, English - 1857
...the dew of heaven, as a lamb's fleece ; but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements,...its beauty, it fell into the portion of weeds and out-worn faces. The same is the portion of every man and every woman ; the heritage of worms and serpents,... | |
 | James Hamilton - Christian literature, English - 1857
...the dew of heaven, as a lamb's fleece ; but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements,...its beauty, it fell into the portion of weeds and out-worn faces. The same is the portion of every man and every woman ; the heritage of worms and serpents,... | |
 | 1857
...the dew of heaven as the lamb's fleece ; but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements,...its beauty, it fell into the portion of weeds and out-worn faces. So does the fairest beauty change, and it will be as bad with you and me ¡ and then... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1857 - 412 pages
...fair as the morning, and full with the dew of heaven, as a lamb's fleece ; but when a ruder breath had dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements,...its beauty, it fell into the portion of weeds and outworn faces. The same is the portion of every man and of every woman ; the heritage of worms and... | |
 | Henry Musgrave Wilkins - Latin language - 1857 - 190 pages
...the dew of heaven as a lamb's fleece ; but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements,...lost some of its leaves and all its beauty, it fell. — JEREMY TAYLOR. SAME PASSAGE ADAPTED. 0 wonderful change in each dead person ; and evident to our... | |
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But so have I seen a rose newly springing from the clefts of its hood, and, at first, it was fair as the morning, and full with the dew of heaven, as a lamb's fleece ; but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too... 
