There is a home for weary souls, By sin and sorrow driven ; When tossed on life's tempestuous shoals, Where storms arise, and ocean rolls. And all is drear but heaven... The Poet's Tribute: Poems - Page 289by William Bingham Tappan - 1840 - 325 pagesFull view - About this book
| Ethics - 1829 - 258 pages
...There is an hour of peaceful rest, To mourning wand'rers given ; There is a tear for souls distrest, A balm for every wounded breast — 'Tis found above— in heaven! There faith lifts up the tearful eye, And joys supreme are given : There rays divine disperse the gloom:... | |
| Lowell Mason - Bible - 1831 - 584 pages
...descend ; No longer from thy creature stay, My Author and my end. 8s & 6s. Lanesboro'. Conway. :> 1 THERE is an hour of peaceful rest, — To mourning wanderers given: > There is a tear for souls distressed, p A balm for every wounded breast— -c> 'Tis found alone — in heaven.... | |
| 1831 - 786 pages
...gentleman." "Never, sir! never!" roared out the other : " I defy ye, sir ! / defy ye !" THE HEAVENLY REST. There is an hour of peaceful rest. To mourning wanderers given ; There is a tear for souls distress'«!, A balm for every wounded breast — Tis found above— in heaven ! There... | |
| English poetry - 1831 - 272 pages
...trumpet sound, He burns with conquest to be crown 'd, And dares again the field. THERE IS AN HOUR. * THERE is an hour of peaceful rest To mourning wanderers given, , There is a tear for souls distrest, . A balm for every wounded breast- Tis found above, in Heaven. There is a... | |
| Village pastor - Consolation - 1832 - 226 pages
...THERE is an hour of peaceful rest To mourning wand'rers given ; There is a tear for souls distress'd A balm for every wounded breast ; 'Tis found above in heaven ! There is a soft, a downy bed, 'Tis fair as breath of even; A couch for weary mortals spread, Where they may rest the aching head,... | |
| Religious poetry, English - 1833 - 292 pages
...There is an hour of peaceful rest, To mourning wand'rers given; There is a tear for souls distrest, A balm for every wounded breast— 'Tis found above — in heaven ! There is a soft, a downy bed, 'Tis fair as breath of even ; A couch for weary mortals spread, Where they may rest the aching head,... | |
| Hymns, English - 1833 - 558 pages
...life's little span, In love to God, and love to man, On earth has tasted heaven. 3. The Heavenly Rest. 1 THERE is an hour of peaceful rest, To mourning wanderers given ; There is a joy for souls distress'd, A halm for every wounded hreast— 'Tis found ahove — in heaven. 2 There is a soft, a... | |
| Hymns, English - 1833 - 548 pages
...\r Mi from day to day By virtue's bright and steady ray ; Hath someth/tig felt or* heaven. 1 TÍTERE is an hour of peaceful rest, To mourning wanderers given ; There, is a joy for souls distresa'd, A balm for A very wounded breast— 'Tis found above — in heaven. 2 There is a soft,... | |
| Antislavery movements - 1833 - 370 pages
...they are, at this moment, tlie most splendid ornaments in the British Gallery." THE HEAVENLY REST. There is an hour of peaceful rest, To mourning wanderers given ; There is a tear for souls distressed, A balm for every wounded breast — 'Tis found above— ^in heaven. There... | |
| William Bingham Tappan - American poetry - 1834 - 378 pages
...rest ; To sleep again betake thee, Thy couch a mother's breast. THERE IS AN HOUR OF PEACEFUL BEST. THERE is an hour of peaceful rest, To mourning wanderers...heaven. There is a soft, a downy bed, Far from these shades of even ; A couch for weary mortals spread, Where they may rest the aching head, And find repose... | |
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