 Tis a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when Nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours.  Library of Southern Literature: Biography - Pagina 5567geredigeerd door - 1910Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1839 - 418 pagina’s
...mountain, we might often find in our beaten path, would we but stoop for it. "Tis a little thing To jjive a cup of water, yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, M-ty send a thrill of pleasure through the frame, More exquisite than when nectarian juice Renews the... | |
 | Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - 1839 - 420 pagina’s
...mountain, we might often find in our beaten path, would we but stoop for it. "Tis a littie thing To <rive a cup of water, yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, Miy ssnl a thrill of pleisure through the frame, More exquisite than when nectirian juice Renews the... | |
 | Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1840 - 366 pagina’s
...sharp extremities of fortune, The blessings which the weak and poor can scatter Have their own season. 'Tis a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever' d lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean... | |
 | 1841 - 300 pagina’s
...CHARITY. BY THOMAS M. TALFOCRD. The blessings which the weak and poor can scatter, Have their own season. 'Tis a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its...of pleasure to the frame More exquisite, than when nectarian juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours. It is a little thing to speak a phrase Of... | |
 | 1857 - 830 pagina’s
...but be very sweet to the soul of every one who reads them, has the poet sung, " "Tis a little thiog To give a cup of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment,...of pleasure to the frame, More exquisite than when nectarine jnioe Rewards the life of joy, in happiest hours. It is a little thing to speak a phrase... | |
 | 1853 - 666 pagina’s
...golden thread gives brilliance to a tissue. The drooping branch springs up again in pillared stems. ""Ha a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught,...of pleasure to the frame, More exquisite than when nectaroan juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours." The maiden, or the matron, therefore, in... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1858 - 666 pagina’s
...thread gives brilliance to a tissue. The drooping branch springs up again in pillared stems. " ' Tia a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught,...of pleasure to the frame, More exquisite than when nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours." The maiden, or the matron, therefore, in... | |
 | 1844 - 402 pagina’s
...dependence, and teaches us that in the practice of charity we are to seek the solace of our own distress. "Tis a little thing To give a cup of water, yet its draught Of cool refreshment drained by fever'd lips . May give a shock of pleasure to the Irame More exquisite than juice nectarean. It is... | |
 | 1844 - 452 pagina’s
...dependence, and teaches us that in the practice of charity we are to seek the solace of our own distress. "Tis a little thing To give a cup of water, yet its draught Оf cool refreshment drained by fever'd lipe May give a shock of pleasure to the (rame More exquisite... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pagina’s
...in heaven ! KINDNESS. TRE blessings which the weak and poor can scatter Have their own season. "!'i- a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean... | |
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