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... History of English Literature - Page 41by Hippolyte Taine - 1900Full view - About this book
| Henry Kaye Bonney - 1815 - 422 pages
...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 " singing...wind, and his " motion made irregular and inconstant, de" scending more at every breath of the tern* " pest, than it could recover by the libration " and... | |
| Jeremy Taylor - Sermons, English - 1816 - 526 pages
..., attention, which presents our prayers in a right line i to God. For so have 1 seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing...wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descend ug more at every breath of the tempest, than it coi.id recover by the libration and frequent... | |
| Jeremy Taylor - Sermons, English - 1816 - 536 pages
...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, singing...with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motiori made irregular and inconstant, descend .iig more at every breath of the tempest, than it coijld... | |
| 1819 - 896 pages
...have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as be rises, and hoping to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds: but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sigbings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more at every... | |
| Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - Theology - 1822 - 626 pages
...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, singing...breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration and frequent weighing of his wings ; till the little creature was forced to sit down and... | |
| Edward Bickersteth - Prayer - 1822 - 330 pages
...bed of grass, soars upward, singing as he rises, but the poor bird is beaten back by the sudden blast of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular,...descending more, at every breath of the tempest, than it can recover bv the libration of its wings, till the little creature is forced to sit down, and pant,... | |
| Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - Theology - 1822 - 630 pages
...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, singing as he rises, and hopes to get J to heaven, and climb above the clouds; but the poor bird . was beaten back with the loud sighings... | |
| Edward Bickersteth - Prayer - 1822 - 312 pages
...rises, but the poor bird is beaten back by the sudilen blast of an eastern wind, and his motion nwle irregular, and inconstant, descending more, at every breath of the tempest, than it can recover by the libration of its wings, till the little creature is forced to sit down, and pant,... | |
| Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1826 - 632 pages
...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, singing...breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration and frequent weighing of his wings; till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant,... | |
| Jeremy Taylor - Clergy - 1826 - 628 pages
...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, singing...breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration and frequent weighing of his wings ; till the little creature was forced to sit down and... | |
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