 FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee.  Hymns for Church and Home - Page 321by George Burgess - 1860 - 291 pagesFull view - About this book
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...thof« who. follow thee. . • .. ( 3 There if thy Spirit touch the foul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love,, She communes with her God ! '/...,• 4 There like the nightingale fhe pours Her folitary lays; Nor afks a witaefs of her fong,... | |
 | Missions - 1801 - 530 pages
...shade, with prayer and pra'se agree; And seem, by thy sweet bounty, made for those who folio* thee. There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, and grace her mean abode, Oh ! with what peace, and joy, and love, she communes with her God! There, like the nightingale, she... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made...thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her GOD ! 4 There, like the nightingale,... | |
 | James Storer, James Sargant Storer, John Greig - Buckinghamshire (England) - 1803 - 102 pages
...devout effusions of piety are happily combined : 8 f. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray'r and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who worship Thee. There, if thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, ,» O with what joy, and... | |
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...LIBRARY A SV •!, LENOX AN n T.'Li. < PWJNDATjONli EL The calm retreat, the silent shade, With pray' г and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who worship Thee. There, if thy spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, О with what joy, and... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 362 pages
...made, For thole who follow thee. There if thy Spirit touch the foul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! There like the nightingale fhe pours Her folitary lays; Nor afks a witnefs of her fong, Nor thirfts... | |
 | Theology - 1803 - 512 pages
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 | Collection - 1807 - 650 pages
...retreat, the silent shadt, With pray'r and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For hhose who follow thee. 3 There, if thy spirit touch the...mean abode ; O with what peace, and joy, and love, SLe communes with her GOD 1 4 There, like the nightingale, she pours Her" solitary lays; Nor asks a... | |
 | Charles Buck - Christian ethics - 1808 - 332 pages
...fire, rejoices in the divine favour ; and thus retirement is sanctified by communion with him. » " The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and...by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee. J There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, O with what peace, and joy, and love,... | |
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...And feem by thy fweet bounty made For thofe who follow thee. 3 There, if thy Spirit touch the foul, And grace her mean abode ; O with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! 4 There, like the nightingale, me pours Her folitary lays ; Nor aiks a witnefs of her fong, Nor thirds... | |
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