Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries! Happiest they of human race, To whom God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read, to doubt, or read... The Journey of Life - Page 138by Catherine Sinclair - 1847 - 339 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1820 - 888 pages
...solcinu, as, drooping her head, ana folding her arms on her bosom, she replied : " Within Hint awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries ! Happiest they of human race, To whom God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, 'I'n lift the latch, and force the way :... | |
| Walter Scott - 1820 - 290 pages
...solemn, as, drooping her head, and folding her arms on her bosom, she replied; " Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries ! Happiest they of human race, To whom God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way; And... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 544 pages
...solemn, as, drooping her head, and folding her arms on her bosom, she replied : " Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries ! Happiest they of human race, To whom God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way ; And... | |
| Walter Scott - 1824 - 408 pages
...solemn, as, drooping her head, and folding her arms on her bosom, she replied : " Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries ! Happiest they of human race, To whom God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way; And... | |
| English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...Written by Lord Byron, a few weeks before his Death, on the blank leaf of a Bible. Within this awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries ; Happiest they of human race To whom their God has given grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, to force the way ;... | |
| Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 pages
...a few icccks before his death, on tfie blank leaf of a Bible.i/H til s"J ' -'•* WITHIN this awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries ; Happiest they of human race To whom their God has given grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the lateh, to force the way ;... | |
| Walter Scott - 1830 - 382 pages
...solemn, as, drooping her head, and folding her arms on her bosom, she replied : " Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries ! Happiest they of human race, To whom God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way ; And... | |
| English literature - 1839 - 756 pages
...vice, and pain in virtue, is a novice in both. LINES ON THE BIBLE. BT 81B W. SCOTT. Within this awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries ; Happiest they of human race To whom their God has given grace, To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, to force the way... | |
| Working class - 1832 - 220 pages
...ever shall enjoy, Enraptur'd with the sight. Rumens. ON THE BFBLE. Attributed to Sir Waller Scott. Within this sacred volume lies The Mystery of Mysteries ; Happiest they of hnraan race, To whom God has given his grace To hope, to fear, to read, to pray, To lift the latch,... | |
| 1833 - 310 pages
...the church are coeval with each other. LINES ON THE BIBLE, BV Sill WALTER SCOTT. Within this awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries ; Happiest they of human race To whom their God has given grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pruy, To lift the latch, to force the way;... | |
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