 Oh say not, dream not, heavenly notes To childish ears are vain, That the young mind at random floats, And cannot reach the strain. Dim or unheard, the words may fall, And yet the heaven-taught mind May learn the sacred air, and all The harmony unwind.  The history of Mary Grove - Halaman 43oleh Julia Addison - 1854Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
 | John Keble - 1879 - 464 halaman
...Thine own adopting Father love, That like thine earliest dew Thy dying sweets may prove. Catee&tem. H, say not, dream not, heavenly notes To childish ears...learn the sacred air, and all The harmony unwind. Was not our Lord a little Child, Taught by degrees to pray, By father dear and mother mild Instructed... | |
 | Excelsior poetry book - 1880 - 234 halaman
...clothed in grace, That on high I may behold her Talking with ye face to face. —JC Princt. CATECHISM. OH, say not, dream not, heavenly notes To childish...learn the sacred air, and all The harmony unwind. Was not our Lord— a little child — Taught by degrees to pray ? By father dear and mother mild Instructed... | |
 | 1880 - 298 halaman
...motive to self-denying effort; and but for that motive, there i« reason to fear that so-called |H say not, dream not, heavenly notes To childish ears are vain : That the young mind at random eecular education would never have been thought of. Hence I conclude, our obligations to the Sunday-school... | |
 | Charles Bullock - 1880 - 156 halaman
.../->»- »ff»'*««ff mM»it ruMifaM floats, W ' EARLY PRAYBR. A CHAPTER FOR THE YOUNG. * * * * ff Oh, say not, dream not, heavenly notes To childish ears are vain : That -the young mind at random-floats, And cannot reach the strain : And if some notes be false and low, What are all prayers... | |
 | 1881 - 976 halaman
...grapple in a very effectual way with this too widely-spread idea, in the hymn commencing — "Oh I say not, dream not, heavenly [notes To childish ears...learn the sacred air, and all The harmony unwind." When our vain conceit of knowledge is done away; when we learn that the chosen realm for worship, its... | |
 | 1881 - 600 halaman
...prosody, so they can have and enjoy religion without knowing anything of the science of theology. *' Dim or unheard the words may fall, And yet the heaven-taught...learn the sacred air, and all The harmony unwind." the value of words and how to use them, and so children must be drilled in Christian knowledge and... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1881 - 76 halaman
...they have to sit by and imbibe what they can from the teachings of those a little their seniors : Dull or unheard the words may fall, And yet the heaven-taught...learn the sacred air, and all The harmony unwind. 2. Young Children. — In dealing with these little creatures, we have to take into account that they... | |
 | Ger (pseud.) - 1882 - 176 halaman
...sorry for her past naughtiness, and bring her speedily to apologise for it. CHAPTER XVIII. PENITENCE. 4 Oh, say not, dream not, heavenly notes To childish ears are vain I ' Christian Year, JHE next day was Sunday, but it was, in its true sense, no Sunday to any one ;... | |
 | Louisa M. Gray - 1883 - 320 halaman
...not always the same as forgetting it— or forgiving it either. (728) CHAPTER VIT ELLY IN TROUBLE. " Oh ! say not, dream not, heavenly notes To childish...mind at random floats, And cannot reach the strain." KEBLE. [.SABEL was awakened next morning by the breakfast-bell, and jumping up hastily, found herself... | |
 | John Keble - 1884 - 224 halaman
...INJURIES WITH PATIENCE. TO FORGIVE OFFENCES AND WRONGS. TO PRAT FOR OTHERS. TO INSTRUCT THE IGNORANT. OH ! say not, dream not, heavenly notes, To childish...learn the sacred air, and all The harmony unwind. Was not our Lord a little child, Taught by degrees to pray, By father dear and mother mild Instructed... | |
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