 | 1854 - 1112 pages
...made up, not so much of great deeds of philanthropy, as by the perennial acts of social life. " It is a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drain' d by fever' d lips, May send a shock of pleasure to the soul, More exquisite than when nectarious... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...KIXDXESSES. The blessings which the weak and poor can scatter Have their own season. 'Tis a little tiling To give a cup of water; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarian... | |
 | English literature - 1836 - 604 pages
...descriptive portion which follows is finely wrought : ' Ion. How fares my pensive sister? Clemanthe. — How should I fare but ill when the pale hand Draws...water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment drain'd by fevcr'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean juice Kenews... | |
 | Books - 1836 - 640 pages
...these sharp extremities of fortune. The blessings which the weak and poor can scatter, Have th-iir own season. *Tis a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught ( Of cool rcfrcblmicnt, drain'd by fever'd lips, ,« May give a shock of pleasure to the frame. More exquisite... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - Christian life - 1839 - 228 pages
...industry, that it may yield the greater profit. The truly good man is the man who does good. " In the sharp extremities of fortune, The blessings which...cup of water, yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean... | |
 | Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1840 - 366 pages
...guard its secret best By its own strength. Enter ION. ION. How fares my pensive sister ? CLEMANTHE. How should I fare but ill when the pale hand Draws...; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever' d lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean juice JKenews... | |
 | Child rearing - 1841 - 300 pages
...littleness of soul, The love he should have honored." FEMALE EDUCATION. 191 CHARITY. BY THOMAS M. TALFOCRD. The blessings which the weak and poor can scatter,...cup of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite, than when nectarian... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1857 - 830 pages
...but be very sweet to the soul of every one who reads them, has the poet sung, " "Tis a little thiog To give a cup of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame, More exquisite than when nectarine... | |
 | Criticism - 1853 - 666 pages
...golden thread gives brilliance to a tissue. The drooping branch springs up again in pillared stems. ""Ha a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught, Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame, More exquisite than when nectaroan... | |
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Tis a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when Nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours. 
