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" He who stills the raven's clam'rous nest, And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way his wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide ; But chiefly in their hearts with grace divine preside. "
A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature ... - Page 135
edited by - 1829
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Standard Classics with Biographical Sketches and Helpful Notes: Arranged and ...

English literature - 1910 - 408 pages
...homeward all take off their sev'ral way; 155 The youngling cottagers retire to rest: The parent-pair their secret homage pay, And proffer up to Heaven the warm request, That He, who stills the raven's clam'rous nest, And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, 1 60 Would, in the way his wisdom sees the...
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A Treasure Chest of Memories

Joe Mitchell Chapple - American literature - 1911 - 936 pages
...Then homeward all take off their sev'ral way. The youngling cottagers retire to rest; The parent-pair their secret homage pay. And proffer up to Heaven the warm request That He who stills the raven's clam'rous nest. And decks the lily fair in flowery pride. Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best....
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The Vista of English Verse

English poetry - 1911 - 784 pages
...Then homeward all take off their sev'ral way; The youngling cottagers retire to rest: The parent-pair their secret homage pay, And proffer up to Heaven the warm request, That He who stills the raven's clam'rous nest, And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best,...
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The Expositor's Dictionary of Poetical Quotations

James Moffatt - Bible - 1913 - 252 pages
...they grow. " Then homeward all take off their sev'ral way; The youngling cottagers retire to rest : The parent pair their secret homage pay, And proffer...Heaven the warm request, That He who stills the raven's clam'rous nest, And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best,...
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English history, poetry and prose. Western Europe

Delphian Society - 1913 - 566 pages
...homeward all take off their several way ; The youngling cottagers retire to rest : The parent-pair their secret homage pay, And proffer up to Heaven the warm request, That He, who stills th; raven's clamorous nest, And decks the lily fair in flowery pride, Would, in the way His wisdom...
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Gains to the Bible from Modern Criticism: And Other Essays

Unitarianism - 1913 - 330 pages
...advice of Jesus and observed the birds of the heavens and the flowers of the field, for he prays : — That he who stills the raven's clamorous nest, And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would in the way his wisdom sees the best. For them and for their little ones provide...
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Carlyle's Essay on Burns: With Selections from Burn's Poems

Thomas Carlyle - 1896 - 200 pages
...homeward all take off their several way; The youngling cottagers retire to rest : 155 The parent-pair their secret homage pay, And proffer up to Heaven...pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, 160 For them and for their little ones provide; But chiefly, in their hearts with grace divine preside....
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The Leading English Poets from Chaucer to Browning: Ed., with Introduction ...

Lucius Hudson Holt - English poetry - 1915 - 956 pages
...Then homeward all take off their sev'ral way; The youngling cottagers retire to rest: The parent-pair The foe ! They come ! they come ! ' XXVI And wild and high the ' Cameron's gathering ' rose ! The w clam'rous nest, And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best,...
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English Prose and Verse from Beowulf to Stevenson

Henry Spackman Pancoast - English literature - 1915 - 858 pages
...homeward all take off their sev'ral way; The youngling cottagers retire to rest: 155 The parent-pair tands confirmed in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never clam'rous nest, And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, ' Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best,...
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A Book of English Literature, Selected and Ed

Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - English literature - 1916 - 566 pages
...homeward all take off their sev'ral way; The youngling cottagers retire to rest; 155 The parent-pair their secret homage pay, And proffer up to Heaven the warm request, That He who stills the raven's clam'rous nest And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best,...
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