 | James Comper Gray - 1877 - 402 페이지
...eagerness of the saint to enjoy the heavenly rest (Ps. Iv. 6), and thus escape the trials of life.» " So prayed the Psalmist to be free From mortal bonds...heart-breathed prayer of all. And we, when life's last sands are rove, With faltering foot and aching breast, Shall sigh for wings that waft the dove, To flee away... | |
 | 1877 - 604 페이지
...the mosses, until I lay looking upward through the foliage into the blue of the sky. And I said, ' Oh, that I had the wings of a dove, that I might fly away, and be at rest ! ' For but few days were left to us, and it seemed to me that I had accomplished... | |
 | Robert MacDonald - 1879 - 710 페이지
...through mere vexation and disquietude was entirely unworthy of him. Though it may not be wrong to say, " Oh that I had the wings of a dove, that I might flee away, and be at rest !" — for the desire is a verynatural one, and it is a relief at times to the weary spirit to give... | |
 | Society of Friends. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting - 1879 - 578 페이지
...suffering from oppression and difficulty of breathing, he raised his hands and feebly ejaculated, " Oh, that I had the wings of a dove, that I might fly away and be at rest," but quickly added, " Not my will but thine, O Father, be done." After desiring... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1871 - 618 페이지
...forgetfulness? And suddenly the words came to her heart, as though a voice had spoken them — " O, that I had the wings of a dove, that I might flee away, and be at rest!" Upward! — the dove flies upward! Whither? " It is not true — it is not true!" she said again, as... | |
 | Scottish pulpit - 1880 - 304 페이지
...trust, is in His holy temple, the Lord's throne is in the heavens." I will flee nowhere but there ! " O that I had the wings of a dove, that I might flee away there and be at rest ! " But, till I be taken to that rest, I can find safety no otherwise than by... | |
 | Jean Pierre Camus (bp. of Belley.) - 1880 - 380 페이지
...that conceptions will pour down from heaven as freely as the snowflakes which cover our mountains. Oh ! that I had the wings of a dove that I might seek this holy rest, and take breath awhile beneath the shadow of the cross. There I will wait ' until... | |
 | William Carleton - 1881 - 704 페이지
...Sinclair — why is that?" She then sighed deeply, and added in a tone of pathos almost irresistible — " Oh that I had the wings of a dove, that I might flee away and be at restShe had scarcely spoken, when, by a beautiful and affecting coincidence, Ariel entered the room,... | |
 | William Carleton - 1882 - 700 페이지
...Sinclair — why is that?" She then sighed deeply, and added in a tone of pathos almost irresistible — " Oh that I had the wings of a dove, that I might flee away and be at rest." She had scarcely spoken, when, by a beautiful and affecting coincidence, Ariel entered the room, and... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1882 - 442 페이지
...failure? Who, as he thus thinks of himself or of others, has not been moved to say, from time to time, " Oh that I had the wings of a dove, that I might flee far away and be at rest! " It is the feeling beautifully expressed by the greatest of our poets, when... | |
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Oh that I had the wings of a dove, that I might flee away and be at rest;" for I felt that there could be no rest for me in the midst of such outrages and pollutions. 
