 | William Roetzheim - Poetry - 2006 - 760 pages
...soul hath been alone on a wide wide sea: so lonely 'twas, that God himself scarce seemed there to be. O sweeter than the marriage-feast, 'tis sweeter far...well both man and bird and beast. He prayeth best, who loveth best all things both great and small; for the dear God who loveth us, he made and loveth... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - Literary Collections - 2006 - 512 pages
...soul hath been Alone on a wide wide sea: So lonely 'twas, that God himself Scarce seemed there to be. O sweeter than the marriage-feast, 'Tis sweeter far...babes, and loving friends And youths and maidens gay! And to teach, by his own example, love and reverence to all things that God made and loveth. He prayeth... | |
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O sweeter than the marriage-feast, 'Tis sweeter far to me, To walk together to the kirk With a goodly company! — To walk together to the kirk, And all together pray, While each to his great Father bends, Old men, and babes, and loving friends, And youths... 
