 PRAYER. ALMIGHTY Father! let thy lowly child, Strong in his love of truth, be wisely bold, — A patriot bard, by sycophants reviled, , Let him live usefully, and not die old! Let poor men's children, pleased to read his lays, Love, for his sake, the...  The Athenaeum - Page 161832Full view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...bring the second ark! The Press Une Press! the Press! THE POETS PRAYER. ALMIGHTY Father! let thy lowly child, Strong in his love of truth, be wisely bold,...linger late To hear the bee his busy note prolong; There let him slumber, and in peace await The dawning morn, far from the sensual throng, Who scorn... | |
 | Ebenezer Elliott - 1833 - 286 pages
...body or soul Which the devil would blush to receive ! A POET'S PRAYER. ALMIGHTY Father! let thy lowly child, Strong in his love of truth, be wisely bold, — A patriot bard, by sycophants revil'd, Let him live usefully, and not die old ! Let poor men's children, pleas'd to read his lays,... | |
 | Ebenezer Elliott - Bread - 1833 - 290 pages
...body or soul Which the devil would blush to receive! A POET'S PRAYER. ALMIGHTY Father i let thy lowly child, Strong in his love of truth, be wisely bold,— A patriot bard, by sycophants revil'd, Let him live usefully, and not die old ! Let poor men's children, pleas'd to read his lays,... | |
 | Ebenezer Elliott - 1834 - 296 pages
...bard, by sycophants revil'd, Let him live usefully, and not die old ! Let poor men's children, pleas'd to read his lays, Love, for his sake, the scenes where...hath been; And when he ends his pilgrimage of days, Where daisies, blooming earliest, linger late To hear the bee his busy note prolong :— There let... | |
 | Ebenezer Elliott - 1834 - 300 pages
...body or soul Which the devil would blush to receive ! A POET'S PRAYER. ALMIGHTY Father ' let thy lowly child, Strong in his love of truth, be wisely bold, — A patriot bard, by sycophants revil'd, Let him live usefully, and not die old ! Let poor men's children, pleas'd to read his lays,... | |
 | THE EDINBURGH REVIEW - 1835 - 572 pages
...a virtuous parent, must heartily join in ' the Poet's ' prayer.' ' Almighty Father ! let thy lowly child, Strong in his love of truth, be wisely bold, — A patriot bard, by sycophants revil'd, Let him live usefully, and not die old ! Let poor men's children, pleas'd to read his lays,... | |
 | Ebenezer Elliott - English poetry - 1840 - 194 pages
...body or soul Which the devil would blush to receive ! A POET'S PRAYER. Almighty Father ! let thy lowly child, Strong in his love of truth, be wisely bold — A patriot bard, by sycophants revil'd, Let him live usefully, and not die old ! Let poor men's children, pleas'd to read his lays,... | |
 | English literature - 1847 - 482 pages
...light wind — and there was silence else, — I could not help thinking of the poet's prayer : — " Let him be buried where the grass is green, Where...linger late, To hear the bee his busy note prolong ; There let him slumber, and in peace await The dawning morn, far from the sensual throng, Who scorn... | |
 | John Watkins - Corn laws (Great Britain) - 1850 - 296 pages
...poet have been ? Let his own prayer inform us : — A POET'S PRAYER. " Almighty Father ! let thy lowly child, Strong in his love of truth, be wisely bold...days, Let him be buried where the grass is green. r Where daisies, blooming earliest, linger late, To hear the bee his busy note prolong, There let him... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 pages
...pace, And tremble, though I long to liA thy veil. A POET S PRAYER. Almighty Father ! let thy lowly child, Strong in his love of truth, be wisely bold...children, pleased to read his lays, Love, for his sake, rtxe scenes v»\\cte \«t VccC 1837.] JEFFREY. 531 And when he ends his pilgrimage of days, Let him... | |
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