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" My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. "
The Southern Review - Page 61
1871
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The Presbyterian review and religious journal, Volume 15

1842 - 954 pages
...Psalms he breathes forth his feelings under this friendless solitude, — " I am like a pelican in the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert; I watch and am as a sparrow aluue upon the house-top." We are told that he endured the contradiction of Miioers against himself,...
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The holy Bible, with a comm. arranged in lectures, by C. Girdlestone, Volume 3

Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 pages
...answer me speedily. 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. 4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass ; so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness...
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Officium Eucharisticum: A Preparatory Service to a Devout and Worthy ...

Edward Lake - Lord's Supper - 1843 - 200 pages
...consumed away like smoke : and my bones are burnt up as it were a firebrand. 4 My heart is smitten down, and withered like grass : so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 For the voice of my groaning : my bones will scarce cleave to my flesh. 6' I am become like a pelican...
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The Psalter, or Psalms of David; with chants arranged for the daily morning ...

Samuel Sebastian Wesley - 1843 - 290 pages
...a'way like smoke : and my bones are burnt' up as it' were a fire-brand. 4. My heart is smitten down, and' withered like grass : so that I for'get to' eat my bread. 5. For the' voice of my groaning : my bones will' scarce cleave' to my flesh. 6. I am become like a'...
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Epistolary Bodies: Gender and Genre in the Eighteenth-Century Republic of ...

Elizabeth Cook - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 252 pages
...me. He hath spread a net by the wayside. He hath set gins for me in the way wherein I walked. . . . I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I am like an...watch; and am as a sparrow alone upon the house-top. I have eaten ashes like bread; and mingled my drink with weeping. (1221) Lovelace responds with a mocking...
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Understanding the Dreams You Dream

Ira L. Milligan, Judy Milligan - Christian life - 1997 - 541 pages
...it with unleavened bread [sincerity and trudi] and bitter herbs [a repentant heart] (Numbers 9: 11). My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread (Psalm 102:4). The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon...
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Damascus Gate

Robert Stone - Fiction - 1998 - 528 pages
..."A prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the Lord." "I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like...watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the housetop." Lucas felt suitably afflicted and ready to pour out his complaint, had there been anyone around to...
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Two Husbands in Heaven: A Romantic Comedy

P. Paullette MacDougal - Drama - 1998 - 84 pages
...onto thee." That's Psalms. "My heart and my flesh cry out." Also Psalms... "My heart is smitten... Groaning, my bones cleave to my skin." "I am like a pelican in the wilderness, an owl in the desert. I am as a sparrow alone." ALONE! Alone! Alone! BJORN (beckoning)....
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Damascus Gate

Robert Stone - Fiction - 1999 - 534 pages
..."A prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the Lord." "I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like...watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the housetop." Lucas felt suitably afflicted and ready to pour out his complaint, had there been anyone around to...
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The Poets' Book of Psalms: The Complete Psalter as Rendered by Twenty-five ...

Laurance Wieder - Poetry - 1999 - 338 pages
...answer me speedily. 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. 4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness:...
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