NIGHT is the time for rest ; How sweet, when labours close, To gather round an aching breast The curtain of repose, Stretch the tired limbs, and lay the head Down on our own delightful bed... The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 4511823Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| Henry Stephens - 1844 - 748 pages
...truly appreciate the luxury of rest — a feeling truly described in these simple lines : — " Night is the time for rest. How sweet when labours close, To gather round the aching breast The curtain of repose — Stretch the tir'd limbs, and lay the head Upon one's own... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...choir ; and winds and waters flowed In consonance. Such were those prime of days. Thomson. NIGHT. NIGHT is the time for rest, How sweet! when labours close,...limbs and lay the head Upon our own delightful bed ! 1 The first dawn — a Latinism — like "prima luce" — signifying, the first part of the dawn... | |
| James Montgomery - 1845 - 522 pages
...thy praise, Shine on my path, in mercy shine, Prosper my work, and make it thine. 1818. NIGHT. NIGHT is the time for rest ; How sweet, when labours close,...repose, Stretch the tired limbs, and lay the head Down on our own delightful bed ! Night is the time for dreams ; The gay romance of life, When truth... | |
| 1845 - 260 pages
...wjceecded his brother Charles IX on the throne of France. go X THE MYSTERIES OF NIGHT. BY "HECATE." " Night is the time for dreams, The gay romance of life, When all that is, and all that seems, Blend in fantastic strife. Night is the time to muse, When from the... | |
| William Russell - 1846 - 420 pages
...tonea of tranquillity, wonder, joy, pizUios, regret, horror, sublimity, and devout emotion,] Night is the time for rest ; — How sweet, when labours...Stretch the tired limbs, and lay the head Upon our own accustomed bed. Night is the time for dreams ; — The gay romance of life, When truth that is, and... | |
| Mary Carpenter - 1847 - 320 pages
...NIGHT is the time for rest: How sweet, when labors close, To gather round an aching breast The curtains of repose, Stretch the tired limbs, and lay the head...Night is the time for dreams, The gay romance of life ; The truth that is, and truth that seems, Mix in fantastic strife : Ah ! visions less beguiling far... | |
| George Vandenhoff - 1847 - 400 pages
...sobbing to his aching breast. NIGHT,— MONTGOMERY. NIGHT is the time for rest: How sweet when labors close, To gather round an aching breast The curtain...limbs and lay the head Upon our own delightful bed I Night is the time for dreams : The gay romance of life, — When truth that is, and truth that seems,... | |
| Simple family prayers - 1847 - 168 pages
...Spread Thou thine empire through the world. "He maketh darkness, and it is night." Psalm civ. 20. Night is the time for rest ; How sweet, when labours close, To gather round an aching head The curtain of repose. Stretch the tired limbs, and lay the head Upon our own delightful bed.... | |
| Joseph Guy - 1849 - 118 pages
...lie upon the plain, And listen till I do beget That golden time again. NIGHT. JAMES MONTGOMERY. NIGHT is the time for rest; How sweet, when labours close,...Upon our own delightful bed. Night is the time for death, Prom sin and suffering cease ; Think of heaven's bliss, and give the sign To parting friends;—such... | |
| Sarah C. Carter - 1850 - 144 pages
...bounteous Giver." This is his present . flight " Night is the time for rest ; How sweet when labors close, To gather round an aching breast The curtain...limbs, and lay the head Upon our own delightful bed I Night is the time for dreams ; The gay romance of life, When truth that is and truth that seems Blend... | |
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