 Thy sake"— 15 Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine: Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws Makes that and the action fine. 20 This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold; For that which God doth touch and...  Seventeenth-century Lyrics - Page 89edited by - 1927 - 412 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1892 - 302 pages
...becomes the highest service and will not fail of its reward. As quaint old George Herbert says:— •' A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine ;...room as for Thy laws Makes that and the action fine." Life for the most part is a matter of trivial details. The growth of character, like all other growth... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - Christian life - 1833 - 142 pages
...of our life, in that state of life to which God calls us, whether that duty be lofty or obscure. " A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine,...room as for Thy laws Makes that and the action fine." If our life be guided by these principles, it is impossible that we should live in vain. " If the home... | |
 | Richard Cattermole, Henry Stebbing - Christianity - 1835 - 402 pages
...heav'n espy All may of thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture, for thy sake, Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this...Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that, and th' action, fine. For that, which God doth touch and own, Cannot for less be told. A WREATH. A WREATHED... | |
 | Villeroi (fict. name.) - 1835 - 304 pages
...Teach me, my God and King, In all things Thee to see; And what I do in any thing, To do it as for Thee. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine: Who sweeps a room, as tor thy laws, Makes that and th' action fine. This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold; For... | |
 | George Herbert - Christian poetry, English - 1838 - 420 pages
...heaven espy. All may of thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture (for thy sake) Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this...room, as for thy laws, Makes that and the action fine. CLVII. A WREATH. A WREATHED garland of deserved praise, Of praise deserved, unto thee I give, I give... | |
 | George Herbert - Christian poetry, English - 1838 - 408 pages
...heaven espy. All may of thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture (for thy sake) Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this...room, as for thy laws, Makes that and the action fine. CLVII. A WREATH. A WREATHED garland of deserved praise, Of praise deserved, unto thee I give, I give... | |
 | George Herbert - Christian poetry, English - 1838 - 454 pages
...heaven espy. All may of thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture (for thy sake) Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this...room, as for thy laws, Makes that and the action fine. CLVII. A WREATH. A WREATHED garland of deserved praise, Of praise deserved, unto thee I give, I give... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1840 - 632 pages
...espy. All may of thee partake; Nothing can be so mean, Which, with this tincture, " For thy sate," Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this...Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that, and th' action, fine. HERBERT. ERCHOMENA, OR THINGS TO COME. LETTER THE THIRD. (To a Friend.) September... | |
 | 1840 - 694 pages
...heav'n espy. All may of thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture, for thy sake, Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this...Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws. Makes that, and th action, fine. KING'S COLLEGE. THE annual meeting of the proprietors of King's College was held in... | |
 | George Herbert - Christian poetry, English - 1842 - 400 pages
...heaven espy. All may of thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with his tincture, FOR THY SAKE, Will not grow bright and clean. A servant, with this....Who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, Makes that, and th' action, fine. This is the famous stone, That turneth all to gold; For that, which God doth touch... | |
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