 | Charles Henry Wharton, George Washington Doane - 1834 - 444 pages
...to dwell with Meshech, and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar! O that I had the wings of a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest!" Though integrity, uprightness and the fear of God should be even banished from the abodes of men—though... | |
 | George Pearson - Bible - 1835 - 482 pages
...horrible dread overwhelmed them," must these faithful men have taken up the affecting prayer of the Psalmist : " O that I had wings like a dove : for then would I flee away and be at rest. Lo, then would I get me away far off, and remain in the wilderness. I would make haste to escape, because... | |
 | John Cooke (headmaster of the grammar sch. of k. Edw. vi, Birmingham.) - 1835 - 510 pages
...until he can in the language of the holy Psalmist, breathe forth the genuine desires of his heart, " O that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away, and be at rest. As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth... | |
 | Episcopal Church - Hymns, English - 1835 - 636 pages
...Tearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed me. 6 And I said, O that I had wings like a dove ! for then would I flee away, and be at rest. 7 Lo, then would I get me away far off, and remain in the wilderness. 8 I would make haste to escape,... | |
 | Christian biography - 1835 - 434 pages
...How oflen does the heart's bitterness leao them to sigh, "I loathe it, I would not live alway"— " O ! that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away and be at rest; I would haste me from the stormy wind and tempest." What uneasinesses have others to excite them! How... | |
 | 1835 - 604 pages
...Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed me. 6 And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! for then would I flee away, and be at rest. 7 Lo, then would I get me away far off, and remain in the wilderness. 8 I would make haste to escape,... | |
 | 1835 - 962 pages
...with Mesech, and to have my habitation among the tents of Kedar;" or to breathe the Psalmist's wish, " O that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away, and he at rest." How often does the lover of peace sigh for some sequestered spot to which he might retire,... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional law - 1835 - 558 pages
...Psalmist, * The Right HooorabU George CaQniog'a Epitaph on In. eld««t aon. " Oh ! that I had wings like a dove ; for then would I flee away, and be at rest." * Such is the simple narrative of the life of Mr. Ashmun, and such the enviable felicity of his death.... | |
 | John William Fletcher - 1835 - 498 pages
...shall not the timely flight of more than one fowl, make you pray with David, Oh that I had the wings of a dove ! for then would I flee away and be at rest. Witli the wings of prajer and faith I would flee to him, who says, Come unto me all ye thai travail... | |
 | Caroline Bowles Southey - English poetry - 1836 - 378 pages
...of all sublunary things, but has at times aspirated with the royal Psalmist, " Oh that I had wings like a dove, for then would I flee away and be at...steps are ascending its dark, narrow stair ; and then, hark again ! from within, a low, dull, creaking sound ; and then one long, deep, startling toll —... | |
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O that I had wings like a dove : for then would I flee away, and be at rest. 
