 Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford : But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Never sighed at the sound of a knell, Or...  Poems of William Cowper, Esq: With a New Memoir - 240 페이지저자: William Cowper - 1869 - 288 페이지전체보기 - 도서 정보
 | Bar Association of Arkansas - 1908 - 650 페이지
...Of this vast and almost unbroken solitude up to 1820, it might be said in the language of the poet : "The sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Never sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a Sabbath appeared." But on the 4th day of July of that... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1920 - 388 페이지
...I have done. It is from Cowper's Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk: — Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word...church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appeared. Ye winds, that have made me... | |
 | James William Jack - 1900 - 414 페이지
...in these dark and remote regions. The often quoted verse of Cowper applies with singular force — " The sound of the church-going bell, These valleys and rocks never heard, Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a Sabbath appeared." Wherever the Gospel goes,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1994 - 628 페이지
...and I have done. It is from Cowper's verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk: 'Religion! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word!...church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appeared. Ye winds, that have made me... | |
 | Emerson R. Marks - 1998 - 428 페이지
...himself never spoke of a "dining-room." In the two final lines of the closing sentence, where it appears. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Ne'er sighed at the sound of the knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appeared, he sees "an instance of... | |
 | Stephen Taylor - 1999 - 498 페이지
...written by Alexander Selkirk, during his solitary abode in the island of Juan Fernandez. 'Religion! what treasure untold/ Resides in that heavenly word!/...church-going bell/ These valleys and rocks never heard,/ Ne'er sigh'd at the sound of a knell/ Or smil'd when a sabbath appear'd.' Scripture readers were similar... | |
 | William Cowper - 2003 - 124 페이지
...and truth, Might learn from the wisdom of age, And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth. 24 Religion! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word!...afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These vallies and rocks never heard, Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smil'd when a sabbath appear'd.... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - 778 페이지
...truth, Might learn from the wisdom of age, SOLITUDE And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth. Religion! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word!...afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These vallies and rocks never heard, Ne'er sigh'd at the sound of a knell, Or smil'd when a sabbath appear'd.... | |
 | Conrad Brunström - 2004 - 220 페이지
...description of the fate of Alexander Selkirk: Religion! what treasure untold Resides in that heav'nly word! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that...afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These vallies and rocks never heard, Ne'er sigh'd at the sound of a knell, Or smil'd when a sabbath appear'd.... | |
 | Wordsworth, William - 2005 - 94 페이지
...Religión! what treasure untold, /Resides in that heavenly word!/More precious than silver and gold,/0r all that this earth can afford. /But the sound of...church-going bell/ These valleys and rocks never heard. /Ne'er sighed at the sound of a knell,/0r smiled when a sabbath appeared.//Ye winds, that have made... | |
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