 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
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pagina’s
...Snglith Literatwrt 21. Kindness. 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 nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours. It is a little thing to speak a phrase Of... | |
 | Eliza W. Smith - 1848 - 254 pagina’s
...scattered from many a heart ; and that which was least, being done in a heavenly spirit, becomes greatest. 'Tis a little thing To give a cup of water, yet its...of pleasure to the frame, More exquisite, than when nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours. It is a little thing to speak a phrase Of... | |
 | Eliza W. Smith - 1848 - 252 pagina’s
...from many a heart ; and that which was least, being done in a heavenly spirit, becomes greatest. 'Tla 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. It is a little thing to speak a phrase Of... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1848 - 684 pagina’s
...mind, and not altogether inappropriately, the beautiful thought in Tallourd'a tragedy of Ion : "It is a little thing To give a cup of water, yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'dlips, May send a shock of pleasure to the soul Wore exquisite than when n cetario... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1849 - 328 pagina’s
...elegant lawygr dilutes a common thought — can anything be more undramatic and school-boyish : — " 'Tis a little thing To give a cup of water : yet its...of pleasure to the frame, More exquisite than when nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours !" The finest specimen of bathos we have ever... | |
 | John Keese, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1849 - 350 pagina’s
...seldom occur — to do good in little things is in our daily power, for trifles make the sum of life. Tis a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its...of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happier hours. It is a little thing to speak a phrase Of... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1850 - 438 pagina’s
...sight as things of earth. Who passes there ? • •***• It is little : Have their own season. Tit 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. It Is a little thing to speak a phrase Of... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - 1849 - 230 pagina’s
...gold cannot purchase. What costs us little or nothing, may be much to him on whom it is bestowed. " Tis a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its...fevered lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame. It is a little thing to speak a phrase Of common comfort, which by daily use Has almost lost its sense,... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1849 - 326 pagina’s
...elegant lawyer dilutes a common thought — can anything be more undramatic and school-boyish : — " 'Tis a little thing To give a cup of water : yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained 1m fevered lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame, More exquisite than when nectarean juice... | |
 | 1849 - 452 pagina’s
...are, like sheep without a shepherd, the gospel is to them like the cool spring of the desert. / " 'Tie a little thing, To give a cup of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fever'd lips, May give л shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectnrian juice Renews... | |
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