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Lowell, Robert, 1816-1891 [1858], The new priest in Conception Bay [Volume 2] (Phillips, Sampson, and Company, Boston) [word count] [eaf638v2T]. To look up a word in a dictionary, select the word with your mouse and press 'd' on your keyboard.
HOW Mrs. Barrè passed the three days in the He followed the procession, and, staying without the The Minister was for sometime in the churchyard, and “She's at my aunt's,” said Miss Dare; and then
“TO GOD MOST HIGH. “O, my God, I have but Thee! Earthly friends are faint and few; To myself I am not true; Yet, my Lord, Thou lovest me. I am poor, and have no more; But Thy love is in my heart; Earth shall never tear apart That which is my hidden store. Many, many doubts and fears, I have many woes and cares; But Thou comest at unawares, And I see Thee through my tears. I would never be my own, Nor on friends my heart-strings twine; I do seek to be but Thine, And to love but Thee alone. Jesus! while Thy cross I see, Though my heart do bleed with wo, By those blessed streams I know Blood of Thine was shed for me. O, my Lord! Be Thou my guide; Let me hold Thee by the hand; Then, in drear and barren land, I will seek no friend beside.” Mr. Wellon held the paper long;—that was the last
“Yes!” said the Minister. Then, thoughtfully, to “Bent down, at first; but she'll stand up again bravely “This is no tragedy to her,” said the Minister. “No; it's a triumph, rather,” Miss Dare answered.
Lowell, Robert, 1816-1891 [1858], The new priest in Conception Bay [Volume 2] (Phillips, Sampson, and Company, Boston) [word count] [eaf638v2T]. |