In the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress, And when I my sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me! When I lie within my bed, Sick in heart, and sick in head, And with doubts discomforted, Sweet Spirit, comfort me! A collection of Psalms and hymns, original and selected, by W.W. Balfour - Page 163edited by - 1856Full view - About this book
| 1811 - 566 pages
...numbers' indeed, should not have been overlooked by the editor. 'HIS LITANY. 'To the Holy Spirit. ' In the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress, And when I my sins confess, Sweet s pi m, comfort me ' When I lie within my bed, Sick in bean, and sick in head, And with doubts discomforted,... | |
| Robert Herrick - 1823 - 346 pages
...temptations me oppresse, And when I my sins confesse, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When I lie within my bed, Sick in heart, and sick in head, And with doubts discomforted, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When the house doth sigh and weep, And the world is drown'd... | |
| Robert Herrick - 1825 - 348 pages
...temptations me oppresse, And when I my sins confesse, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When I lie within my bed, Sick in heart, and sick in head, And with doubts discomforted, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When the house doth sigh and weep, And the world is drown'd... | |
| Walter Burgh - Hymns, English - 1826 - 382 pages
...with despair or doubt ; Yet, before my glass is out, Sweet Spirit, comfort me. S. When I lie within my bed. Sick in heart and sick in head ; And with doubts discomfited ; Sweet Spirit, comfort me. 4. When the house doth sigh and weep, And the world is drown'd... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...their restless here-spent hours, Gave them heart's-ease turned to flowers. LITAKY TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. IN the hour of my distress When temptations me oppress,...sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When I lie within my bed, Sick at heart, and sick in head, And with doubts discomforted, Sweet Spirit, comfort... | |
| Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...world only by the desolations that marked their progress. LESSON LXXIII. To the Holy Spirit.—HERRICK. IN the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress,...sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When I lie within my bed, Sick in heart and sick in head, And with doubts discomforted, » Sweet Spirit, comfort... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - Poets, English - 1834 - 408 pages
...night when unable to sleep. Among them was the following exquisite " Litany to the Holy Spirit:" — In the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress,...sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me. When I lie within my bed, Sick at heart, and sick in head, And with doubts discomforted, Sweet Spirit, comfort... | |
| Giles Fletcher - English poetry - 1836 - 442 pages
...God ! me grant ; But that, or this, That hurtful is, $ Deny thy suppliant. LITANY TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. IN the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress,...sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me. When I lie within my bed, Sick in heart and sick in head, And with doubts disquieted, Sweet Spirit, comfort me.... | |
| 1836 - 282 pages
...all this to satisfy the ambition, or to fill the idea of an immortal soul. SWIST. HERRJCK'S LITANY*. IN the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress,...sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me ! When I lie within my bed, Sick in heart and sick in head, And with doubts discomforted, Sweet Spirit, comfort... | |
| Richard Cattermole - Christian poetry, English - 1836 - 436 pages
...! me grant ; But that, or this, That hurtful' is, ; Deny thy suppliant. LITANY TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. IN the hour of my distress, When temptations me oppress,...I my sins confess, Sweet Spirit, comfort me. When the house doth sigh and weep, And the world is drown'd in sleep, Yet mine eyes the watch do keep, Sweet... | |
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