 | Christian - 1840 - 312 pagini
...HUMILITY. THE bird that soars on highest wing Builds on the ground her lowly nest ; And she that doth most sweetly sing, Sings in the shade when all things rest...and nightingale we see What honour hath humility. When Mary chose "the better part," She meekly sat at Jesus' feet ; And Lydia's gently-open'd heart... | |
 | British birds - 1840 - 326 pagini
...on highest wing, Builds un the ground her lonely nest ; And she that doth most sweetly sing, binge in the shade, when all things rest: In lark and nightingale we see What honour hath humility. \Vhen Mary chose " the better part," She meekly sat at Jesu's feet ; And Lydia's gently opened heart... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1841 - 400 pagini
...HUMILITY. THE bird that soars on highest wing, Builds on the ground her lowly nest ; And she that doth most sweetly sing, Sings in the shade when all things rest...and nightingale we see What honour hath humility. When Mary chose the " better part," She meekly sat at Jesus' feet ; And Lydia's gently-open'd heart... | |
 | Robert Bailey Thomas - 1841 - 522 pagini
...Tn« bird that soars on highest wing, Builds on the ground her lowly nest ; And she that doth most sweetly sing, Sings in the shade when all things rest; In lark and nightingale we see What honor hath humility. the farmer, " not many! not many ! only we have ono in our town, the MYOU society... | |
 | Poetry - 1842 - 96 pagini
...gently-opened heart Was made for God's own temple meet; Fairest and best adorn'd is she, Whose clothing is humility. The saint that wears heaven's brightest...adoration bends; The weight of glory bows him down The most, when most his soul ascends; Nearest the throne itself must be The footstool of humility.... | |
 | 1851 - 620 pagini
...HUMILITY. The bird that soars on highest wing Builds on the ground her lowly nest; And she that doth most sweetly sing, Sings in the shade when all things rest;...adoration bends; The weight of glory bows him down The most, when most hia soul ascends : Nearest the throne itself must be The footstool of humility.... | |
 | 1850 - 638 pagini
...— The lark, that soars on highest wing, Builds on the ground her lowly nest, And she that doth most sweetly sing, Sings in the shade, when all things rest : In lark and nightingale we see What honor hath humility ; and again, to quote William Browne — Not from nobility doth virtue spring,... | |
 | 1845 - 632 pagini
...HUMILITY. THE bird that soar« on highest wing Builds on the ground her lowly nest ; And she that doth most sweetly sing, Sings in the shade when all things rest: In lark and nightingale we see M'hat honour hath humility. M4RHIAOES. MIXUD MAKIUAGES. For the Christian Wittiest. MUCH has been said,... | |
 | 636 pagini
...sings on highest wing Kuilds on the ground her lowly nest, And she that doth moit sweetly sing Kings in the shade when all things rest ; In lark and nightingale we wee What honour hath humility." A pious lady who had lost her husband was for a time inconsolable.... | |
 | 1845 - 494 pagini
...HUMILITY. THE bird that soars on highest wing Builds on the ground her lowly nest, And she that doth most sweetly sing, Sings in the shade when all things rest....adoration bends, The weight of glory bows him down The most when most his soul ascends : Nearest the throne itself must be The footstool of humility.... | |
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THE bird that soars on highest wing Builds on the ground her lowly nest ; And she that doth most sweetly sing, Sings in the shade when all things rest : — In lark and nightingale we see, What honour hath humility. When Mary chose the better part, She... 
