 For thee, O dear, dear Country, mine eyes their vigils keep ; For very love, beholding thy happy name, they weep. The mention of thy glory is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, and love, and life, and rest.  The Bibliophile Library of Literature, Art and Rare Manuscripts: History ... - Page 1617edited by - 1904Full view - About this book
 | New Church gen. confer - 1862 - 606 pages
...lasteth evermore ! " His yearning towards this heavenly home the poet thus tenderly expresses :*— " For thee, 0 dear, dear Country ! Mine eyes their vigils...Thy happy name, they weep. The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, And love, and life, and rest. 0 one, 0 onely mansion... | |
 | 1881 - 494 pages
...the holy city!" No one answered ; at last Magdalene sang gently, as if heedless of the others, " ' For thee, 0 dear dear country. Mine eyes their vigils...Thy happy name, they weep ; The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, And love, and life, and rest.' " " Don't leave... | |
 | 1851 - 636 pages
...Shall we behold for ever, And worship face to face. * * * To thee, O dear, dear country 1 Mine eyas their vigils keep ; For very love, beholding Thy happy name, they weep. The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, And love, and life, and rest. 344 O one, O oiiely... | |
 | Henry William Burrows - 1855 - 148 pages
...and Portion, In fulness of His grace, Shall we behold for ever, And worship face to face. To thee, O dear, dear country ! Mine eyes their vigils keep :...Thy happy name, they weep : The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, And love, and life, and rest. O one, O only mansion... | |
 | 1856 - 588 pages
...should at once dissipate all prejudice, fusing it into its own exquisite melody : — " To thce, O dear, dear country, Mine eyes their vigils keep :...Thy happy name, they weep : The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, And love, and life, and rest. O one, O only mansion,... | |
 | George Cosby White - 1856 - 174 pages
...having the glory of Goo : and her light was like a jasper stone, clear as crystal." 176. To thee, O dear, dear Country, Mine eyes their vigils keep: For very love, beholding Is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, Thy happy name, they weep : The mention of thy... | |
 | 1857 - 632 pages
...its metre. The following is a faint and feeble echo of a few lines of Bernard's long poem : — " To thee, 0 dear, dear country ! Mine eyes their vigils...Thy happy name, they weep ; The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, And love, and life, and rest. 0 one 1 0 only mansion... | |
 | 1857 - 592 pages
...its meter. The following is a faint and feeble echo of a few lines of Bernard's long poem: "To thec, 0 dear, dear country! Mine eyes their vigils keep...Thy happy name, they weep ; The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, And love and life and rest О one ! 0 only mansion!... | |
 | 1857 - 584 pages
...metre. The following is a faint and feeble echo of a few lines of Bernard's long poem : — " To thee, O dear, dear country ! Mine eyes their vigils keep ;...Thy happy name, they weep ; The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, And love, and life, and rest. O one ! 0 only mansion... | |
 | London St. Mary Magdalene, Munster sq - 1857 - 188 pages
...o'er, Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore. N 122. To thee, O dear, dear Country, Mine eyes their vigils keep, For...Thy happy name they -weep ; The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast, And medicine in sickness, And love, and life, and rest. O one, O only mansion... | |
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