 I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord of all, And...  New Englander and Yale Review - Page 199edited by - 1870Full view - About this book
 | William Thomson - Sermons - 1861 - 456 pages
...science, we might well make the poet's words our own — " I falter where I firmly trod, And fall with all my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs, That slope through darkness up to God."' But it is the very " weight of cares " that oppresses us, that should lead us to a higher truth. And... | |
 | Ireland - 1861 - 878 pages
...herself suggests more analogies against than for; " So careful of the type she seeme, So careless of the single life. That I, considering everywhere, Her secret meaning in her deeds, And finding that ot fifty seeds, She often brings but one to bear." Nor is this all ; she is not careful even of the... | |
 | 1862 - 1006 pages
...weakness, where surely the Christian gifts of strength, and knowledge, and trust, are most needed. ' I falter where I firmly trod, And, falling with my...altar-stairs, That slope through darkness up to God ; 1 1 stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1862 - 698 pages
...at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams ? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life ; That I, considering everywhere Her secret...meaning in her deeds, And finding that of fifty seeds I falter wnere I firmly trod, And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs... | |
 | Religious poetry - 1863 - 220 pages
...at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams ? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life ; That I, considering everywhere Her secret...altar-stairs, That slope through darkness up to God, I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and call Evil shall end in Good.... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1863 - 516 pages
...at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams ? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life ; That I, considering everywhere Her secret...altar-stairs, That slope through darkness up to God ; 1 stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord... | |
 | Norman Macleod - Theology - 1863 - 338 pages
...infant crying in the night: An infant crying for the light: And with no language but a cry. * * * * " I falter where I firmly trod ; And falling with my weight of cares Upon the great world's altar stairs, That slope through darkness up to God, " I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope And... | |
 | Alexander Balloch Grosart - 1863 - 212 pages
...? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon God," (Isa. 1. 10.) . . . . " Fall with thy weight of cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God." * And yet again : " Come unto me, ALL ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest,"... | |
 | Eliza Woodson Burhans Farnham - Sex differences (Psychology) - 1864 - 484 pages
...infant crying in the night: An infant crying for the light : And with no language but a cry. ******* " I falter where I firmly trod, And falling with my...altar-stairs That slope through darkness up to God, " I stretch lame hands of faith and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and call To what I feel is Lord of... | |
 | George H. STRUTT - 1866 - 260 pages
...at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams ? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life : That I, considering everywhere Her secret...cares Upon the great world's altar-stairs That slope thro' darkness up to God ; I stretch lame hands of faith, and grope, And gather dust and chaff, and... | |
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