 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 Lands of Scott - Page 328de James Frothingham Hunnewell - 1871 - 508 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Jesuit executorship - 1853 - 372 pages
...tears were unavailing. NOTES. NOTE 1, PAGE 12. — ' That book was the Bible.' THE 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 ;... | |
 | C. Gough - 1853 - 414 pages
...great nation is a wise and understanding people." LINES ON THE BIBLE. BY SIR WALIER 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 ;... | |
 | 1853 - 518 pages
...awful volume lies, Tbc mystery of mysteries ; Happiest they of human race, To wbom IJteir God bas given grace, To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, to forcc the way; — And better had they ne'er been born Than read to doubt, or read to scorn. ?*—... | |
 | 1853 - 218 pages
...awful volume lies, The mystery of mysteries ; Happiest they of humau race, To whom their God has given grace, To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the lateh , to force the way ; — And better had they nc'er been born 'l'ii ui read to doubt, or read... | |
 | 1854 - 652 pages
...Lord Byron, on a blank leaf of his Bible, has given his opinion of that blessed volume : " Within this awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries ; Happiest they of human race, To whom their God lia« given grace To rend, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way... | |
 | 1854 - 268 pages
...not tread on those below ; Love those, they're worthy of thy love : WRITTEN IN 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... | |
 | Henry John Betts - 1854 - 102 pages
...there is no such thing as pain." THE BIBLE. 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; And better had they ne'er been born, Than read to doubt, or read to scorn. THE DUST... | |
 | 1854 - 440 pages
...virtues. Such a book ought to be read as if descended from heaven to the earth. Within that sacred volume lies The mystery of mysteries ! Happiest they of human race, To whom our God has given grace To read, to hope, to fear, to pray, To lift the latch and force the way ; And... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...the wayward bias bigots feel, From fancy's influence, and intemperate zeal. Cowper. Within this ample 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:... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 550 pages
...solemn, as drooping her head, and folding her arms on her bosom, she replied : 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 to scorn." " Give me the volume, Lady," said young Glendinning. "... | |
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