 | 1832 - 448 pagine
...productions, has the folllowing impressive stanzas : «• Ob ! if the Atheist's words were true, If thuse we seek to save, Sink — and in sinking from our...the dust it gave. A tract of black sepulchral gloom, Ono yawning, ever-opening tomb. •• Blest be that strain of high belief, More heaven-like, more... | |
 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1846 - 144 pagine
...from the atmosphere seventy-eight parts of carbonic acid. The favour of great men is worth little. Oh ! if the atheist's words were true ; If those we...beyond the grave ! If life thus closed — how dark how drear Would this bewildered earth appear, Scarce worth the dust it gave ! A tract of black sepulchral... | |
 | 1847 - 784 pagine
...the death of a gentleman, in whose counting-house he had passed the early years of his life : — " Oh, if the Atheist's words were true, If those we...worth the dust it gave ; A tract of black sepulchral gloomOne yawning, ever-opening tomb. " Blest be that strain of high beliefMore heaven-like, more sublime,... | |
 | 1744 - 726 pagine
...Saviour's grace. THE CHRISTIAN'S HOPE. OB! if the atheist's words are true, If^hose we seek to save Siuk, and in sinking from our view, Are lost beyond the...dark and drear Would this bewildered earth appear; Scuce worth the dust it gave. A tract of black sepulchral gloom, due yawning ever opening tomb. Blest... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 pagine
...begin to shine, Than trust to love so false as thine ! LXIII.— THE CHRISTIAN'S HOPE.— Pilrlonj OH ! if the atheist's words were true, If those we...in sinking from our view Are lost beyond the grave I If life thus closed, how dark and drear Would this bewildered earth appear — Scarce worth the dust... | |
 | James Burke - 1859 - 166 pagine
...forgiven ; And Mary went forth in the beauty of Heaven. Jmlottg. OH! IF THE ATHEIST'S WORDS WERE TRUE. OH ! if the 'atheist's words were true— If those...If life thus closed, how dark and drear Would this bewilder'd earth appear— Scarce worth the dust it gave : A tract of black, sepulchral gloom, One... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1879 - 556 pagine
...bower upon some icy lake, When thawing suns begin to shine, Than trust to love so false as thine ! OH ! if the atheist's words were true, If those we...ever-opening tomb ! Blest be that strain of high belief, More hoavenlike, more sublime, Which says, that souls who part in grief Part only for a time ! That, far... | |
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OH ! if the atheist's words were true, If those we seek to save Sink — and, in sinking from our view, Are lost beyond the grave ! If life thus closed, how dark and drear Would this bewildered earth appear — Scarce worth the dust it gave : A tract... 