 Tis, by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise ; but, to converse with heaven, This is not easy : to relinquish all We have, or hope, of happiness and joy, And stand in freedom loosened from this world, I deem not arduous ; but must needs confess That...  The Quarterly Review - Страница 327под редакцията на - 1846Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Laurie Magnus, Cecil Headlam - 1903 - 390 страници
...moved, the only Giver of blessings. HW LONGFELLOW. (From the Swedish of Bishop Tegner.) SEPTEMBER 9. , " 'Tis, by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise,...but to converse with heaven — This is not easy." ' O MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1904 - 676 страници
...part of me that flags, Through sinful choice ; or dread necessity On human nature from above imposed. Tis, by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise ; but, to converse with heaven, This is not easy : to relinquish all We have, or hope, of happiness and joy, And stand in freedom loosened from this... | |
 | 1850 - 734 страници
...or troubled, when with us is prayer, And joy, and strength, and courage are with Thee! TRENCH. 'TiB by comparison an easy task Earth to despise; but to converse with heaven— This is not easy : — to relinquish all We have, or hope, of happiness and joy, Arid stand in freedom, loosen' J from... | |
 | Archibald Browning Drysdale Alexander - 1910 - 406 страници
...is a higher attainment of manhood, to make the love of God at once the motive and end of our life. "'Tis by comparison an easy task Earth to despise : but to converse with heaven That is not easy."1 In proportion as we rise to this ideal, every virtue, every duty, every action... | |
 | University of Wisconsin - 1922 - 300 страници
...part of me that flags. Through sinful choice; or dread necessity On human nature from above imposed. 'Tis, by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise;...but, to converse with heaven — This is not easy: — to relinquish all We have, or hope, of happiness and joy, And stand in freedom loosened from this... | |
 | william worsworth - 1923 - 498 страници
...part of me that flags, Through sinful choice; or dread necessity On human nature from above imposed. 'Tis, by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise;...but, to converse with heaven — This is not easy: — to relinquish all We have, or hope, of happiness and joy, And stand in freedom loosened from this... | |
 | David P. Haney - 2010 - 289 страници
...the incarnational link: engaging in a dialogue with the eternal from the perspective of the earthly: Tis, by comparison, an easy task Earth to despise;...but, to converse with heaven — This is not easy: — to relinquish all We have, or hope, of happiness and joy, And stand in freedom loosened from this... | |
 | 1850 - 800 страници
...Anxious or troubled, when with us is prayer, And joy, and strength, and courage are with Thee! TBKVCH. 'Tis by comparison an easy task Earth to despise; but to converse with heaven — This is not easy : — to relinquish all We have, or hope, of happiness and joy, And stand in freedom, loosen'd from... | |
| |
