Tis a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when Nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours. The Living Authors of England - 189. oldalszerző: Thomas Powell - 1849 - 316 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| 1856 - 452 oldal
...extremities of fortune, The hlessings which e'en the weak and poor can scatter, Have their own seasnn. 'Tis a little thing To give a cup of water : yet its draught Of cool refreshment drain'd hy fever'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More esquisite than when nectarean... | |
| Robert Conger Pell - 1857 - 444 oldal
...— It it little : To give a cap of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More...nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours. It is a little thing to speak a phrase Of common comfort, which, by daily use, Has almost lost its... | |
| Robert Conger Pell - 1857 - 436 oldal
...• It is little : To give a cup of water j yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More...nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours. It is a little thing to speak a phrase Of common comfort, which, "by daily use, Has almost lost its... | |
| 1857 - 398 oldal
...hearts of others and contribute to their comfort. " Tis a little thing To give a cup of water, yet iu draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips,...of pleasure to the frame, More exquisite than when nectarenn juice Renews the life of joy in happier hours/' How often have our hearts been touched, as... | |
| 1858 - 1094 oldal
...self-sacrifice which has begun to descend upon the sex. Oh, for a full measure of the baptism i u'Tis a little thing, To give a cup of water ; yet its draught...of pleasure to the frame, More exquisite than when nectarian juice Renews the life of joy in happier hours. It is a little thing to speak a phrase Of... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 oldal
...Thomas Kaon Talfourd. THE blessings which the weak and poor can scatter Have their own season. T is a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught...fevered lips. May give a shock of pleasure to the frame Moro exquisite than when nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours. It is a little thing... | |
| James Waddel Alexander - 1858 - 480 oldal
...consist in a series of familiar and oft-recurring acts, each apparently inconsiderable by itself. " 'Tis a little thing To give a cup of water; yet its...cool refreshment drained by fevered lips May give a stock of pleasure to the frame, More exquisite than when nectarean juice Kenews the life of joy in... | |
| 1858 - 424 oldal
..."Tla a little thing To give a cup of water ; jet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fever'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarcan juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours. It Is a little thing to speak a phrase Of... | |
| Robert Steel (D.D.) - 1858 - 484 oldal
...be one in us : THAT THE WORLD MAY KNOW THAT THOU HAST SENT ME." " It is a little thing To give a cap of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, May send a shock of pleasure to the soul More exquisite by far than when nectareous juice Renews the life... | |
| Jeremiah Chaplin - 1859 - 326 oldal
...not married together; or, suppose it were so, heaven will make a divorce. — Rutherford. CHARITY. 'Tis a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its...nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours. It is a little thing fo speak a phrase Of common comfort which by daily use Has almost lost its sense... | |
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