 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, O with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her...  Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review - Page 891832Full view - About this book
 | John Newton, William Cowper - Hymns - 1797 - 356 pages
...thof« who. follow thee. . • .. ( 3 There if thy Spirit touch the foul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love,, She communes with her God ! '/...,• 4 There like the nightingale fhe pours Her folitary lays; Nor afks a witaefs of her fong,... | |
 | Missions - 1801 - 530 pages
...made for those who folio* thee. There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, and grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love, she communes with...nightingale, she pours her solitary lays; Nor asks a witness of her song, nor thirsts for human praise. Author and Guardian of my life, sweet source of light divine,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...made For those who follow thee. .3 There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her GOD ! 4 There, like the nightingale, she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor... | |
 | James Storer, James Sargant Storer, John Greig - Buckinghamshire (England) - 1803 - 102 pages
...Thee. There, if thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, ,» O with what joy, and peace, and love, She communes with her God. There, like the...solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness to her song, Nor thirsts for human praise. Such was the growing friendship of these amiable characters, that they omitted... | |
 | James Storer, James Sargant Storer, John Greig - Buckinghamshire (England) - 1803 - 116 pages
...worship Thee. There, if thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, О with what joy, and peace, and love, She communes with her God. There, like the...solitary lays; Nor asks a witness to her song, Nor thirsts for human praise. Such was the growing friendship of these amiable characters, that they omitted... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 362 pages
...made, For thole who follow thee. There if thy Spirit touch the foul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! There like the nightingale fhe pours Her folitary lays; Nor afks a witnefs of her fong, Nor thirfts for human praife. Anthor and... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley, James Storer, William Cowper - Buckinghamshire (England) - 1804 - 96 pages
...abode, O with what joy, and peace, and love, She communes with her Cod. There, like the nightingale, the pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness to her song, Nor thirsts for human praise, Such was the growing friendship of these amiable characters, that they omitted... | |
 | Collection - 1807 - 650 pages
...praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For hhose who follow thee. 3 There, if thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode ; O with what peace, and joy, and love, SLe communes with her GOD 1 4 There, like the nightingale, she pours Her" solitary lays; Nor asks a... | |
 | Charles Buck - Christian ethics - 1808 - 332 pages
...praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. J There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, O with what peace,...nightingale, she pours Her solitary lays, Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise. Thus the Christian finds happiness in this heavenly exercise,... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1808 - 170 pages
...And feem by thy fweet bounty made For thofe who follow thee. 3 There, if thy Spirit touch the foul, And grace her mean abode ; O with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! 4 There, like the nightingale, me pours Her folitary lays ; Nor aiks a witnefs of her fong, Nor thirds... | |
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