 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
 | 1885 - 884 lehte
...sin, is like that little lark., described in one of the greatest and most eloquent of our divines, rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards,...above the clouds ; " but the poor bird was beaten back by the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motions made irregular and inconstant, descending... | |
 | William Henry Crawshaw - 1907 - 542 lehte
...beauty of expression. The following is one of Taylor's most famous and most characteristic sentences : For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...inconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration and frequent weighing of his wings : till the little creature... | |
 | Elizabeth Lee - 1907 - 112 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,...singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and 10 climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern... | |
 | George Lansing Raymond, Post Wheeler - 1911 - 236 lehte
...son, my son Absalom! Would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son! " 2 Sam. xviii. 33. " For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and [he] hopes to get to heaven and climb above the clouds : but the poor bird was beaten back with the... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - 1912 - 788 lehte
...famed outsides of another's piety. J. TAYLOR. — Funeral Sermon on the Countess ofCarbery. THE LARK So have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...inconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the liberation and frequent weighing of his wings ; till the little creature... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1912 - 518 lehte
...therefore | is contrary j to that attention | which presents I our prayers | in a right | line | to God. | For so | have I seen | a lark | rising | from his bed | of grass, | soaring j upwards | and singing | as he rises | and hopes | to get | to Heaven | and climb | above... | |
 | Logan Pearsall Smith - 1920 - 264 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,...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 and... | |
 | Stephen Coleridge - 1922 - 138 lehte
...excellent ; it contains in it proportion and satisfaction, and rest and confidence." Again : — " So have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...inconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the liberation and frequent weighing of his wings ; till the little creature... | |
 | Stephen Coleridge - 1922 - 266 lehte
...things excellent; it contains in it proportion and satisfaction, and rest and confidence. " Again: — "So have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descend45 ing more at every breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the liberation and frequent... | |
 | Edward Albert - 1923 - 648 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,...inconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest than it could recover by the libration and frequent weighing of his wings, till the little cre.iture... | |
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