 For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made...  The American Quarterly Observer - Page 1461833Full view - About this book
 | Rev. Molesworth - 1837 - 424 lehte
...PRAYER. I HAVE seen a lark rising from its bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and in hopes to get to heaven and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighing of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more at every... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1837 - 334 lehte
...prayer, and therefore is contrary to that attention, which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, sipging as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds; but the poor bird was... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1839 - 404 lehte
...therefore is contrary to that attention, which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so B have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and...an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and unconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1839 - 374 lehte
...therefore is contrary to that attention, which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so B have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and...was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern whid, and his motion made irregular and unconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest,... | |
 | Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 lehte
...spring towards him. On Ac removal of the dead bird, the ken returned to the dove-cot. — JZSSE. I HATE seen a lark rising from his bed of grass and soaring upwards, singing as he rises and in hopes to get to Heaven and climb above the clouds; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud... | |
 | William Gresley - 1840 - 414 lehte
...beautiful similes perhaps found in any sermon is the following from Jeremy Taylor, in a sermon on Prayer. " So have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upward, singing as he rises, and hoping to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds ; but the poor... | |
 | Pictures - 1841 - 222 lehte
...therefore is contrary to that attention which presents our prayers in a right line to God. As 1 have seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring...an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and unconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest than it could recover by the vibration and... | |
 | 1858 - 498 lehte
...prayer, and therefore is contrary to that attention which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass...— but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighing of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descend more at every breath... | |
 | William Hone - 1841 - 840 lehte
...the birds are on the bushes. Knlyht'a Quarterly Magazine, " For 30 have I seen a lark rising from bis bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises,...above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back by the loud siglrings of an eastern wind, and his molion made irregular and inconstant, descending... | |
 | Sacred cabinet - 1841 - 222 lehte
...prayer, and therefore is contrary to that attention which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heavm, ai;d climb above the clouds; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an... | |
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