 PRUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o:er thee swell and throng ; They will condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. But he who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must be done, And faints...  The Chronicle - Page 9571867Full view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 lehte
...its shore, Share, in the bosom of our rest. God's knowledge, and are blessed. FLOWERS WITHOUT FRUIT. PRUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er...condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. Bnt he who leta his feelings run In soft luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must be done, And... | |
 | Lyra - 1836 - 264 lehte
...But, spoken twice, they mark instead A sin against the light. J. LXVII. DE£DS NOT WORDS. Prune them thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee swell...condense within thy soul. And change to purpose strong. But he, who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must be done, And... | |
 | 1837 - 282 lehte
...fear unite ; But, spoken twice, they mark instead A sin against the light. LXVII. DEEDS NOT WORDS. Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er...condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. But he, who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must be done, And... | |
 | Lyra - 1838 - 270 lehte
...fear unite ; But, spoken twice, they mark instead A sin against the light. LXVIH. DEEDS NOT WORDS. PRUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er...condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. But he, who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must be done, And... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1885 - 530 lehte
...find the most expressive word and form. His instinctive feeling anticipated Cardinal Newman's rule — Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er...condense within thy soul. And change to purpose strong. We find to a very high degree in the Psalter the strength and nobleness of regulated, rather than unrestrained,... | |
 | Elizabeth Missing Sewell - 1847 - 338 lehte
...small volume of poetry which lay beside him, " it expresses exactly what I mean : — " ' Prune them thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee swell...condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong.'" " But if a subject interests one greatly " began Margaret. " The more painful it will be to discuss... | |
 | Sydney Warburton - 1853 - 154 lehte
...leave this subject without quoting in conclusion the well-known lines from the Lyra Apostolica : — " Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er...and throng ; They will condense within thy soul, And turn to purpose strong." ' FIFTH WEEK IN LENT. THE EXERCISE OF SELF-DENIAL IN INTELLECTUAL PURSUITS.... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1854 - 400 lehte
...am not well enough to think yet. 0 Kate, this little sitting up has tired me very much,' CHAPTER XV. Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control, That o'er...and throng; They will condense within thy soul, And turn to purpose strong. LYO.A APOSTOLICA. IN the evening, came another letter from Malta, very short,... | |
 | Philip Smith Sparling - 1854 - 136 lehte
...fools to pass by without consideration." IZAAK WALTON. DEEDS, NOT WORDS. PRUNE thou thy words, thy thoughts control, That o'er thee swell and throng;...condense within thy soul And change to purpose strong. But he who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must be done, And... | |
 | Frederick William Faber - 1855 - 596 lehte
...within the soul. Better is it to follow the poet's advice: " Prune thou thy words, the thoughts controul That o'er thee swell and throng ; They will condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. But he, who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must be done, And... | |
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