 WHEN I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning...  The Crane Reader - Page 1731902Full view - About this book
 | Andrews Norton - 1813 - 424 lehte
...my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chido; Doth God exact day-labor, light denied, I fondly ask: But patience to prevent That murmur soon replies, God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts; who best Bear his mild... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 lehte
...soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning, chide ; " Doth God exact day-labor, light denied ?" I fondly ask : But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God doth not need Either man's work, or his own gifts ; who best Bear... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 1044 lehte
...therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning, chide ; Doth God exact day-labour, CYRIAC SKINNER. Cyriac, this three-years-day these eyes, tho' clear, To outward view, of blemish or... | |
 | 1836 - 558 lehte
...therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning, chide ; Doth God exact day-labour, light denied ? I fondly ask : But patience, to prevent...rest; They also serve who only stand and wait. TO MR. LAWRENCE. ,AWBENCE, of virtuous father, virtuous son, Now that the fields are dank, and ways are... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1839 - 306 lehte
...soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he return and chide. "Doth God exact day-labor, light denied ? " I fondly ask: But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God doth not need Either man's work, or his own gifts; who best Bear his... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1839 - 322 lehte
...soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning, chide ; " Doth God exact day-labor, light denied ? " I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God doth not need Either man's work, or his own gifts ; who best Bears... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1839 - 304 lehte
...soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he return and chide. " Doth God exact day-labor, light denied ? " I fondly ask: but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, " God doth not need Either man's work, or his own gifts; who best Bear his... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 364 lehte
...therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning, chide ; " Doth God exact day-labour, light denied ?" I fondly ask : but Patience, to prevent...rest ; They also serve who only stand and wait." TO MR. LAWRENCE. LAWRENCE, of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that the fields are dank, and ways are... | |
 | 1897 - 918 lehte
...soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He, returning, chide. "Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?" I fondly ask. But patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, "God doth not need Either man's work, or his own gifts. Who best Bear His... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 432 lehte
...my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chide; Doth God exact day-labor, light denied, I fondly ask : But patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts; who best Bear his... | |
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