| Robert Leighton (abp. of Glasgow.) - 1883 - 280 ページ
...Greville's "Prayer for Indifference" has this :— Nor ease nor peace that heart can know That, like the needle true, Turns at the touch of joy or woe, But, turning, trembles too. That delighteth in His commandments. Oh ! this is not only to do them, but to do them with delight... | |
| Caroline Emily Cameron - 1885 - 256 ページ
...IN A GRASS COUNTRY, CHAPTER I. A VAIN APPEAL. " Nor peace, nor ease the heart can know, Which like the needle true, Turns at the touch of joy or woe, But, turning, trembles too." MBS. < rllKVII.LE. DICK had presented himself duly in Ebury Street the morning after his dinner at... | |
| 1888 - 228 ページ
...her loveliness, as twilight sinks away. Ann Taylor. NOR peace nor ease the heart can know, Which like the needle true, Turns at the touch of Joy or Woe, But, turning trembles too. Mrs. Greville. THE MESSENGER BIRD. '"PHOU art come from the spirits' land, thou bird ! Thou art come... | |
| William Fraser Rae - 1888 - 316 ページ
...king of men.' CHAPTEE XXII. MISS SOLAR'S RETURN. ' No peace nor ease the heart can know, Which, like the needle true, Turns at the touch of joy or woe, But, turning, trembles too.' MRS. GrREVILLE. HOUGH a few weeks only had passed away since Mrs. Argoll parted from Miss Solar, yet... | |
| Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1889 - 406 ページ
...those gifts remove, That sighs for peace and ease I Nor peace, nor ease, the heart can know, That, like the needle true, Turns at the touch of joy or woe ; But, turning, trembles too. Far as distress the soul can wound, 'Tis pain in each degree : 'Tis bliss but to a certain bound ; — Beyond... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1889 - 592 ページ
...epigram with all the softness of a gentle truth :— Nor peace, nor case, the heart can know, That, like the needle true, Turns at the touch of joy or woe, But turning, trembles too. There is a good deal about Mrs. Greville in tho " Memoirs of Madame D'Arblay." She was married to a... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1889 - 586 ページ
...epigram with all the softness of a gentle truth : — Nor peace, nor ease, the heart can know, That, like the needle true, Turns at the touch of joy or woe, But turning, trembles too. There is a good deal about Mrs. Greville in tho " Memoirs of Madame D'Arblay." She was married to a... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1889 - 590 ページ
...with all the softness of a gentle truth : — Nor peace, nor ease, the heart can know, That, like tho needle true, Turns at the touch of joy or woe, But turning, trembles too. There is a good deal about Mrs. Greville in tho " Memoira of Madame D'Arblay." She was married to a... | |
| K. L. Armstrong - 1889 - 460 ページ
...far o'er sea or land we roam ?— Moore. No peace nor ease the heart can know Which, like the needje true. Turns at the touch of joy or woe, But, turning, trembles too. — Mrs. Greville, Truth crushed to earth shall rise again; The eternal years of God are hers; But... | |
| Richard S. Peale - 1890 - 548 ページ
...Shall I not take mine ease in mine inn? Skaksptrt. Nor peace nor ease the heart can know, Which, like the needle true, Turns at the touch of joy or woe, But, turning, trembles too. Jlfr>. Grnillt. Error. To err is human, to forgive dirine. Truth crushed to earth shall rise again... | |
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