 | Children - 1859 - 198 lehte
...looks on glass, On it may stay his eye : Or, if he pleases, through it pass, And then the heaven espy. All may of Thee partake. Nothing can be so mean, Which...Makes drudgery divine ; Who sweeps a room as for Thy cause Makes that and the action fine. This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold : For that... | |
 | Anna Bartlett Warner - 1859 - 652 lehte
...on glasse, On it may stay his eye; Or if he pleaseth, through it passe, And then the heaven espie. All may of thee partake: Nothing can be- so mean,...bright and clean. A servant with this clause Makes drudgerie divine: Who sweeps a room as for thy laws, Makes that and the action fine. This is the famous... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1859 - 504 lehte
...it much, most especially that chief of all puqoses, the pleasing of God. Ilence George Herbert— * A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine;...as for thy laws, Makes that and the action fine." We treat God with irreverence by banishing Him from our thoughts, not by referring to his will on slight... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1859 - 504 lehte
...it much, most especially that chief of all purposes, the pleasing of God. Hence George Herbert — " A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine ;...as for thy laws, Makes that and the action fine." We treat God with irreverence by banishing Him from our .thoughts, not by referring to his will on... | |
 | Elizabeth J. Smith - 1999 - 258 lehte
...looks on glass on it may stay his eye; or if he pleaseth, through it pass, and then the heaven espy. 3 All may of thee partake: nothing can be so mean, which with his tincture, "For thy sake," will not grow bright and clean. 4 A servant with this clause makes drudgery... | |
 | Cristina Malcolmson - 1999 - 324 lehte
...glasse, On it may stay his eye; 10 Or if he pleaseth, through it passe, And then the heav'n espie. All may of thee partake: Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture (for thy sake) 15 Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this clause Makes drudgerie... | |
 | Ellen F. Davis - 2000 - 324 lehte
...anything, to do it as for thee. All things may of thee partake; nothing can be so mean, which with diis tincture, "for thy sake," will not grow bright and...who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, makes that and die action fine. This is the famous stone that turneth all to gold; that which God doth touch and own... | |
 | Reijer Hooykaas - 2000 - 182 lehte
...Herbert, in his well-known poem Elixir, teaching that the clause 'For Thy sake', makes a servant's drudgery divine: 'Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws, makes that and the action fine'. The wedding service of the Netherlands' Reformed Churches speaks of the 'divine calling' of the husband.... | |
 | Lewis Turco - 2000 - 356 lehte
...looks on glass, On it may stay his eye; Or if he pleaseth, through it pass And then the heaven espy. All may of thee partake: Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture (for thy sake) Will not grow bright and clean. This is the famous stone That turneth all... | |
 | Michael Hattaway - 2002 - 800 lehte
...looks on glass, On it may stay his eye: Or if he pleaseth, through it pass. And then the heav'n espy. All may of thee partake: Nothing can be so mean. Which with his rincture (for thy sake) Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery... | |
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A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine; Who sweeps a room as for thy laws Makes that and the action fine. 
