 | James Montgomery - 1827 - 296 pages
...Deity thus deign'd, Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings here, To perfect his high praise : — the harp of heaven Had lack'd its least but not its meanest string, Had children not been taught to play upon it, And sing, from feelings all their own, what men Nor angels... | |
 | William Ellis - 1829 - 610 pages
...alleviation to the distressed feelings of such unhappy parents, but because it did not seem opposed, but rather favoured, by the word of God, agreeable...Had lack'd its least, but not its meanest string, Had children not been taught to play upon it, And sing, from feelings all their own, what men Nor angels... | |
 | William Ellis - 1829 - 606 pages
...alleviation to the distressed feelings of such unhappy parents, but because it did not seem opposed, but rather favoured, by the word of God, agreeable...the poet, in the belief that, • • The harp of hearen Had lack'd its least, but not its meanest string, Had children not been taught to play upon... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...condescending Deity thus deigned Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings here To perfect his high praise. The harp of Heaven Had lack'd its least, but not its meanest string Had children not been taught to play upon it, And sing from feelings all their own, what men Nor angels... | |
 | William Ellis - 1831 - 440 pages
...alleviation to the distressed feelings of such unhappy parents, but because it did not seem opposed, but rather favoured, by the word of God, agreeable...heaven Had lack'd its least, but not its meanest string Had children not been taught to play upon it, And sing, from feelings all their own, what men Nor angels... | |
 | William Ellis - 1832 - 434 pages
...alleviation to the distressed feelings of such unhappy parents, but because it did not seem opposed, but rather favoured, by the word of God, agreeable...heaven Had lack'd its least, but not its meanest string Had children not been taught to play upon it, And sing, from feelings all their own, what men Nor angels... | |
 | William Ellis - 1832 - 456 pages
...feelings of such unhappy parents, but because it did not seem opposed, but rather favoured, by the woid of God, agreeable to the benevolent character of the...poet, in the belief that, " The harp of heaven Had laek'd its least, but not its meanest string Hud children nut been taught to play upon it, And sing,... | |
 | William Ellis - 1833 - 380 pages
...in sparing such merciless creatures as they had been. They would also express their astonish* ment at the love of Christ in dying for them ; and the...Had lack'd its least, but not its meanest string, Had children not been taught to play upon it, And sing, from feelings all their own, what men Nor angels... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1841 - 400 pages
...Deity thus deign' d, Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings here, To perfect his high praise : — the harp of heaven Had lack'd its least but not its meanest string, Had children not been taught to play upon it, And sing, from feelings all their own, what men Nor angels... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1843 - 516 pages
...Deity thus deign'd, Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings here. To perfect his high praise : — the harp of Heaven Had lack'd its least but not its meanest string, Had children not been taught to play upon it, And sing, from feelings all their own, what men Nor angels... | |
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The harp of heaven Had lack'd its least, but not its meanest string Had children not been taught to play upon it, And sing, from feelings all their own, what men Nor angels can conceive of creatures, born Under the curse, yet from the curse redeem'd,... 
