 | New Church gen. confer - 1877 - 624 psl.
...respects " Earth has its price for what Earth gives us." How often is it true in our own experience that " Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold ; For...pay ; Bubbles we earn with a whole soul's tasking." Need it be wondered at, then, if at times there comes the feeling of disappointment, making earth's... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 psl.
...us ; The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in ; At the Devil's...we pay, Bubbles we earn with a whole soul's tasking : 'T is heaven alone that is given away, 'T is only God may be had for the asking; There is no price... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1853 - 274 psl.
...die in, / The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in ; I At the Devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold ; if} For a cap and bells our lives we pay, i * Bubbles we earn with a whole soul's tasking : I . 'T... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1857 - 334 psl.
...us ; The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in ; At the devil's...; For a cap and bells our lives we pay, Bubbles we buy with a whole soul's tasking : 'Tis heaven alone that is given away, 'Tis only God may be had for... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 psl.
...comes and shrives us, For a cap and bells our lives we pay, Bubbles we buy with a whole soul's tasking: We bargain for the graves we lie in; At the devil's...sold, Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold; 'Tis heaven alone that is given away, 'Tis only God may be had for the asking, No price is set on the... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 338 psl.
...Earth gives us ; For a cap and bells our lives we pay, Bubbles we buy with a whole soul's tasking : We bargain for the graves we lie in ; At the devil's...sold, Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold -, 'Tis heaven alone that is given away, 'Tis only God may be had for the asking, No price is set on... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1866 - 68 psl.
...gives us; The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in; At the Devil's...pay, Bubbles we earn with a whole soul's tasking: 'T is heaven alone that is given away, 'T is only God may be had for the asking ; There is no price... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1867 - 588 psl.
...us ; The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in ; At the devil's...gold; For a cap and bells our lives we pay, Bubbles we buy with a whole soul's tasking : "Pis heaven alone that is given away, 'Tis only God may be had for... | |
 | 1867 - 894 psl.
...taxed for a corner to die in ; The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives ns, We bargain for the the graves we lie in ; At the devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce of dross coste its ounce of gold ; For a cap and bells our lives we pay, Bubbles we earn with a whole soul i... | |
 | William Brighty Rands - 1869 - 352 psl.
...us ; The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in, The priest hath his fee who conies and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in ; At the devil's...ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold ; For a cap arid bells our lives we pay, Bubbles we earn with a whole soul's tasking : 'Tis heaven alone that is... | |
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Earth gets its price for what Earth gives us; The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us, We bargain for the graves we lie in; At the Devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce of dross costs its ounce... 
