 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...the sallies of youth. Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More preeious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford....church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Ne'er sigh'd at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appear'd. Ye winds that have made me... | |
 | John Angell James - 1859 - 196 pages
...place, And mercy, encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot. " Religion ! what treasure untold, Resides in that heavenly...silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford." And what an exquisite illustration of the power of religion to comfort, support, and animate the mind... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 260 pages
...from the wisdom of age, And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth VERSES BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK. 179 IV. Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly...church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Never sigh'd at the sound of a knell, Or smil'd when a sabbath appear'd. V. Ye winds that have made me your... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 456 pages
...religion and truth, Might learn from the wisdom of age, And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth. Religion 1 what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word...church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Never sigh'd at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a Sabbath appear'd. Ye winds, that have made me your... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 426 pages
...conclusion !" Surely the man who criticises the following stanza from Cowper's Alexander Selkirk, " Religion ! what treasure untold, Resides in that heavenly...silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford !" in the following severe terms — " These four lines are poorly expressed; some critics would call... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 414 pages
...conclusion !" Surely the man who criticises the following stanza from Cowper's Alexander Selkirk, " Religion! what treasure untold, Resides in that heavenly...silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford!" in the following severe terms—" These four lines are poorly expressed; some critics would call the... | |
 | Robert MOFFAT (Missionary.) - 1843 - 196 pages
...during his solitary abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez : — Religion, what treasures untold Reside in that heavenly word ; More precious than silver...never heard, Never sighed at the sound of a knell, Nor smiled when a Sabbath appeared. To the Christian Bechuanas this touching stanza reauires no commentator.... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...truth; Might learn from the wisdom of age, And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth. Religion!—what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word! More...church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard; Ne'er sigh'd at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a Sabbath appear'd. Ye winds, that have made me... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 688 pages
...quotation, and I have done. It is from Cowper's Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk : — ' Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly...the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rock« never heard, Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appeared. Ye winds,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...quotation, and I have done. It is from Cowper's Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk : — ' Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly...But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys und rocks never heard. Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appeared. Ye... | |
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Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after... 
