The baptistery, or, The way of eternal life (1846)
Williams, Isaac, 1802-1865, Bolswert, Boëce van, ca. 1580-1633 · Oxford : J.H. Parker · leaf 274
o Heaven ; and the World[H] and the love of the World and of riches urgeth thee throughcrooked paths; and so burdeneth thee as to render thy step as slowas that of the tortoise. What therefore ? beyond all things let thereflection be ever brought before thy mind, for what end thou wastcreated [I],… … ®|je 23alan«s of fyz &anctuarg. This is the calm of the Autumnal Eve, 0 beautiful and blessed sightWhich lifts the soul to Heaven, and while I grieveDoth fill me with a holy still delight! O silence and repose,Which oer the passing year, ere yet it goes, A holy mantle throws !The Nightingale to…
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