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 of gold ; For a cap and bells our lives we pay, Bubbles we buy with a whole soul's tasking... Unity Pulpit - Seite 11885Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| New Church gen. confer - 1877 - 624 Seiten
...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 a cap and bells our lives we pay ; Bubbles we earn with a whole soul's tasking." Need it be wondered at, then, if at times there comes the feeling... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...bargain for the graves we lie in ; At the devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold; For a cap and bells our lives we pay. Bubbles we buy with a whole soul's tasking: "IV- heaven alone that is given away, 'Tis only God may be had for the asking. No price is set on the... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1849 - 276 Seiten
...bargain for the graves we lie in ; At the Devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold ; For a cap and bells our lives 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... | |
| 1911 - 322 Seiten
...cringe and plot, We Sinai's clinch and know it not." "For a cap and bells our lives we pay, Bubbles wc buy with a whole soul's tasking. 'Tis Heaven alone...given away, 'Tis only God may be had for the asking." IS DENSITY EQUIVALENT TO STUPIDITY? One day a teacher asked her class to write an essay on London about... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 Seiten
...us ; The beggar is taxed for a corner to die in, The priest hath his fee who 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 booth are all things sold, Each ounce of dross... | |
| William Threlkeld Edwards - 1862 - 178 Seiten
...bargain for the graves we lie in. At the devil's booth are all things sold ; Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold ; For a cap and bells our lives we pay, Bubbles we earn with a whole soul's tasking ; 'Tis heaven alone that is given away ; 'Tis only God may be had... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 338 Seiten
...in, The priest hath his fee who comes and shrives us, Earth gets its price for what 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 booth are all things sold, Each ounce of dross... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1866 - 68 Seiten
...bargain for the graves we lie in; At the Devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold; For a cap and bells our lives 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... | |
| Henry Coppée - 1867 - 588 Seiten
...bargain for the graves we lie in ; At the devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of 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 the asking, No price is set on... | |
| Mrs. Henry Wood, Charles William Wood - 1867 - 500 Seiten
...bargain for the graves we He in ; At the devil's booth are all things sold, Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold ; For a cap and bells our lives we pay, Bubbles we earn with a whole soul's tasking ; 'Tis heaven alone that is given away, 'Tis only God may be had for... | |
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