 | 1859 - 300 psl.
...thy Son's dear sake, Thy pure and perfect law again. CA BRIGGS. (179) Ipetbs, not <fi£ar&s. PRUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...And faints at every woe. Faith's meanest deed more favor bears Where hearts and wills are weighed, Than brightest transports, choicest prayers, Which... | |
 | 1859 - 300 psl.
...for thy Son's dear sake, Thy pure and perfect law again. CA BRIGGS. ti t cbs . not Sttl orbs . PRUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...soft, luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must he done, And faints at every woe. Faith's meanest deed more favor bears Where hearts and wills are... | |
 | Caroline Snowden Guild - 1859 - 336 psl.
...morn those angel faces smile Which I have loved long fince, and loft awhile. DEEDS NOT WORDS. PRUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...will condense within thy soul And change to purpose ftrong. But he, who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service muft be... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 psl.
...heaven a-vled, Where noo pain is a-known, an noo tears be a-shed. W. Barnes. CCXXVH. DEEDS NOT WORDS. RUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er...deed more favour bears, Where hearts and wills are weighed, Than brightest transports, choicest prayers, Which bloom their hour and fade. JH Newman. CCXXVIII.... | |
 | 1866 - 578 psl.
...when with us is prayer, And joy and strength and courage are with Thee ! — RC Trench. WORDS. PEUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...deed more favour bears, Where hearts and wills are weighed, Than brightest transports, choicest prayers, Which bloom their hour and fade. — Lyra Apostolica.... | |
 | R. C. J. - 1866 - 304 psl.
...reason give ; And in the light of truth thy Bondman let me live ! WORDSWORTH. DEEDS NOT WORDS. PRUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...soft luxurious flow; Shrinks when hard service must bj done, And faints at every woe. Faith's meanest deed more favour bears, Where hearts- and wills are... | |
 | 1867 - 262 psl.
...given to his active duties on the concentration of his language, his thoughts, and his purposes : Prune thou thy words ; the thoughts control That o'er thee...condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong.' It was in an analogous way that he condensed his poetical ideas into those " words of the wise " which... | |
 | John Henry Newman - 1868 - 362 psl.
...voice,—" St. Paul is at thy side." Off Sardinia. June 20, 1833. LXXXVIII. FLOWEES WITHOUT FKUIT. PBUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...faints at every woe. Faith's meanest deed more favour hears, Where hearts and wills are weigh'd, Than brightest transports, choicest prayers, Which bloom... | |
 | John Richard Vernon - 1869 - 384 psl.
...upwards with sweat and groaning? Here are some verses in harmony with this train of thought : " Prune thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee...deed more favour bears, Where hearts and wills are weighed, Than brightest transports, choicest prayers, Which bloom their hour and fade." But I recall... | |
 | John Hannah - 1869 - 78 psl.
...fall short of meaning. You will recollect the warning of a great writer, once our own : — " Prune thou thy words ; the thoughts control That o'er thee...condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong i." The first mark of evil mentioned in this chapter is, that they " say, and do not ;" another is,... | |
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PRUNE thou thy words, the thoughts control That o'er thee swell and throng ; They will condense within thy soul, And change to purpose strong. But he, who lets his feelings run In soft luxurious flow, Shrinks when hard service must be done, And faints... 
