TREAD softly ! bow the head — In reverent silence bow! No passing bell doth toll; Yet an immortal soul Is passing now. Stranger, however great, With lowly reverence bow ! There's one in that poor shed — One by that paltry bed — Greater than thou.... Sketches and Recollections of Lynchburg - Page 77by Margaret Anthony Cabell - 1858 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1828 - 498 pages
...PAUPER'S DEATH-BED. •" Itia »own in dishonour, it is raised in glory." THEAD softly — bow the headIn reverent silence bow ; No passing bell doth toll, Yet an immortal soul Is passing now. Stranger ! however great, With lowly reverence bow ; There's one in that poor shed, One by that paltry... | |
| William Carus Wilson - Theology - 1840 - 644 pages
...be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned." THE PAUPER'S 3>EATH-BED. RY MRS. SOUTHET. Tread softly — bow the head — In reverent silence...bell doth toll, Yet an immortal soul Is passing now. Stranger! however great, With lowly reverence bow ; There's one in that poor shedOne by that paltry... | |
| Home missionary society - 1839 - 762 pages
...fulness of joy and pleasures for evermore. POETRY. THE POOR MAN'S DEATH-BED. (By Caroline Bowles.) Tread softly ! — bow the head — In reverent silence...bell doth toll, Yet an immortal soul Is passing now. Stranger ! how great soe'er, With lowly reverence bow ! There's one in that poor shed, One by that... | |
| Church history - 1836 - 378 pages
...And then His guardian care implore, Whom demons dread and men adore. CRARRE. THE PAUPER'S DEATH-BED. TREAD softly — bow the head — In reverent silence...bell doth toll, Yet an immortal soul Is passing now. Stranger ! however great, With lowly reverence bow ; There's one in that poor shed — • One by thnt... | |
| Caroline Anne Southey - 1836 - 306 pages
...hour Thatthey'veawakened with such wondrous power, Dreams of the days of old. THE PAUPER'S DEATH-BED. TREAD softly — bow the head — In reverent silence...bell doth toll, Yet an immortal soul Is passing now. Stranger ! however great, With lowly reverence bow ; There's one in that poor shed — One by that... | |
| 1836 - 574 pages
...Christ to be all in all to you. — if. ¿latan. THE POOR MAX'S DEATH-BED. BY CAROLINE BOWLES. TREAB softly! — bow the head — In reverent silence bow...bell doth toll, Yet an immortal soul Is passing now. Stranger ! how great soe'er, With lowly reverence bow ! There's one in that poor shed, One by that... | |
| Books - 1836 - 640 pages
...sterility of conception in our authoress. •ii THE PAUPER'S DEATH-BED. " Tread softly—bow the headIn reverent silence bow— No passing bell doth toll, Yet an immortal soul Is passing now. " Stranger! however great, Greater than thou. " Beneath that Beggar's roof, With lowly reverence bow... | |
| 1836 - 712 pages
...lowly reverence bow : There's one in that poor shed — . One by that paltry bed, Greater than thoti. Beneath that Beggar's roof, Lo ! Death doth keep his state : Enter — no crowds attend — Enter — no guards defend This palace gate. That pavement damp and cold No smiling... | |
| Mrs. M. A. Patrick - Consolation - 1837 - 214 pages
...Father calls— pale clay, farewell ! BY CAROLINE BOWLES. TREAD softly .' bow the head — In reverend silence bow ! No passing bell doth toll, Yet an immortal soul Is passing now. Stranger ! how great soe'er, With lowly reverence bow ! There's one in tKat poor shed, One by that... | |
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