And not by thunders strewed Was thy tempestuous road ; Nor indignation burnt before thee on thy way. But thee, a soft and naked child, Thy mother undefiled. In the rude manger laid to rest From off her virgin breast. The heavens were not commanded to... Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 1281820Full view - About this book
| George Colfax Baldwin - Bible - 1855 - 348 pages
...morning of its long and sorrowful night hath dawned. " Thou wast born of woman; thou didst come, 0 holiest ! to this world of sin and gloom, Not in thy dread omnipotent array ; And not by thunder strew'd Was thy tempestuous road — Nor indignation burned before thee on thy v<ij ; But thee... | |
| George Colfax Baldwin - Bible - 1856 - 368 pages
...morning of its long and sorrowful night hath dawned. " Thou wast born of woman; thou didst come, 0 holiest ! to this world of sin and gloom, Not in thy dread omnipotent array ; And not by thunder strew'd Was thy tempestuous road-— Nor indignation burned before thee on thy way ; But thee... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1857 - 800 pages
...From ttw Martyr of AnHoc*. THE NATIVITY. For thou wert horn of woman ; thon didst oome, O Holicst ! to this world of sin and gloom, Not in thy dread omnipotent array ; And not hy thunders strew'd Was thy tempestuous road; Nor indiguation hurnt hefore thee on thy way. But i hno,... | |
| Jesus Christ - 1858 - 200 pages
...He, And showeth favour unto men. George Wither. \ FOR Thou wcrt born of woman ! Thou didst come, O Holiest ! to this world of sin and gloom, Not in Thy dread omnipotent array ; And not by thunders strewed Was Thy tempestuous road ; Nor indignation burnt before Thee on Thy way. But Thee, a soft and... | |
| D R. M'Nab - 1860 - 296 pages
...and the fasces of the lictor, and the swords of thirty legions were humbled in the dust. MACAULAY. For Thou wert born of woman ! Thou didst come Oh Holiest...in thy dread omnipotent array, And not by thunders strew' d Was Thy tempestuous road, Nor indignation burnt before Thee on thy way — But Thee, a soft... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - American fiction - 1860 - 468 pages
...the deaths of all the others, himself! CHAPTER XXIV. For thoa wen born of woman ! Thou tliJst come. O Holiest! to this world of sin and gloom, Not in thy dread omnipotent array ; And not by thunders strewed Was thy tempestuous road, Nor indignation burnt before thee on' thy way But thee, a soft and... | |
| James Fenimore Cooper - 1860 - 510 pages
...the deaths of all the others, himself! CHAPTEE XXIV. For thou wett born of woman! Thou didst Qome, O Holiest! to this world of sin and gloom, Not in thy dread omnipotent array j And not by thunders strewed Was thy tempestuous road, Nor indignation burnt before thee on thy way... | |
| Half hours - 1863 - 408 pages
...! Thou knowest all things, and dost ever turn Thine eye of pity on our guilty nature. For Thou wort born of woman ! Thou didst come, Oh Holiest ! to this...in thy dread omnipotent array ; And not by thunders strewed Was thy tempestuous road. Nor indignation burnt before Thee on thy way. But Thee, a soft and... | |
| Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 pages
...Britannia rival Greece! J. WARTON 303 THE INCARNATION FOR Thou wert born of woman ! Thou didst come, O Holiest ! to this world of sin and gloom, not in Thy dread omnipotent array ; and not by thunders strewed was Thy tempestuous road ; nor indignation burnt before Thee on Thy way. But Thee, a soft and... | |
| Cecil Frances Alexander - Children's poetry, English - 1865 - 604 pages
...II THE INCARNATE WORD XXX THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST FOR Thou wert born of woman ! Thou didst come, O Holiest, to this world of sin and gloom, Not in Thy dread omnipotent array ; And not by thunders strewed Was Thy tempestuous road ; Nor indignation burned before Thee on Thy way. But Thee, a soft... | |
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