 Ev'n from the grave thou shall have power to charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent, like thee ; Bid them in Duty's sphere as meekly move ; And if so fair, from vanity as free ; As firm in friendship, and as fond in love. Tell them, though 'tis an awful...  The Works of William Mason - Page 137by William Mason - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Emily Taylor - American poetry - 1839 - 306 pages
...them, though 't is an awful thing to die, ('T was even to thee)—yet the dread path once trod, HEAVEN lifts its everlasting portals high, And bids the pure in heart behold their GOD. THE PARISH PRIEST. A PARISH Priest was of the pilgrim train, An awful, reverend, and religious man;... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent, like thee ; Bid them in duty's sphere as meekly move ; And if as fair, from vanity as free ; As firm in friendship,...high, And bids " the pure in heart behold their God." ERASMUS DARWIN. 1732-1802. FROM "THE BOTANIC GARDEN." THUS when the Plague, upborne on Belgian air,... | |
 | John Chilcott - 1840 - 382 pages
...firm in friendship, and as fond in love — Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die, ('Twas e'en to thee) yet the dread path once trod, Heav'n lifts...high, And bids "the pure in heart behold their God." Just within the rails, by the door, on the right of the entrance, is a neat marble monument, to the... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - Methodist conferences - 1856 - 698 pages
..."Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing lo die, 'T was so to thee, yet thai dread path once trod, Heaven lifts its everlasting portals high. And bids the pure in heart behold their God." 5. Rev. LUTHER J. ETCHISON was born in Montgomery county, Md., May, 1822. He was converted to God on... | |
 | John Scandrett Harford - 1840 - 638 pages
...Tell them it is an awful thing to die ; ' Twas ev'n to him ; but, the dread path once trod, Heaven lifts its everlasting portals high, And bids the ' pure in heart ' behold their God." " What I was as an artist " (the sculptor Bacon desired might be graven on his tomb) " appeared to... | |
 | Joseph Timothy Haydn - 1841 - 586 pages
...them, though 'tis an awful thing to die, ('Twas e'en to thee)— yet the dread path once trod, lleav'n lifts its everlasting portals high, And bids the pure in heart behold their GOD." And again — " Rest, gentle shade! and wait thy Maker's will : Then rise unchanged, and be an angel... | |
 | 1841 - 306 pages
...them, though 'tis an awful thing to die, ('Twae even to thee) yet the dread path once trod, Heaven lifts its everlasting portals high, And bids the pure in heart behold their God.' Editorial. WHERE IS HOME? Where is home ? Oh, tell me where ?— Not in scenes of grief and care; Nut... | |
 | Elizabeth Frank - 1842 - 304 pages
...As firm in friendship, and as fond in love, Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die, (Twas e'en to thee,) yet, the dread path once trod, Heav'n lifts...; And bids " the pure in heart behold their God." 7. /» the church-yard of St. Lawrence, York, on four sons andtwo daughters of John and Ann Rigg, of... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - New York (State) - 1842 - 666 pages
...that tho' it is an awful thing to die,— 'Twas e'en in thee, — yet the dread path once trod, Heaven lifts its everlasting portals high, And bids the pure in heart behold their God." CAIRO, originally named Canton, was taken from Catskill, Coxsackie, and Freehold, (now Durham and Greenville,)... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - New York (State) - 1842 - 652 pages
...it is an awful thing to die, — 'Twas e'en in thee, — yet the dread path once trod, Heaven lifta its everlasting portals high, And bids the pure in heart behold their God." CAIRO, originally named Canton, was taken from Catskill, Coxsackie, and Freehold, (now Durham and Greenville,)... | |
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