The Toiling of Felix: And Other Poems |
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... of pain and rage Brooding o'er the toiling age , As with rifts of light are stirred
By the music of the Word ; Gospel for the heavy - laden , answer to the labourer's
cry ; " Raise the stone , and thou shalt find Me ; cleave the wood , and there am 1.
... of pain and rage Brooding o'er the toiling age , As with rifts of light are stirred
By the music of the Word ; Gospel for the heavy - laden , answer to the labourer's
cry ; " Raise the stone , and thou shalt find Me ; cleave the wood , and there am 1.
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Read ! perchance the clue to guide thee tangled in the words may lie : “ Raise the
stone , and thou shalt find Me ; cleave the wood , and there am 1. " Can it be the
mighty Master spake such simple words as these ? Can it be that men must ...
Read ! perchance the clue to guide thee tangled in the words may lie : “ Raise the
stone , and thou shalt find Me ; cleave the wood , and there am 1. " Can it be the
mighty Master spake such simple words as these ? Can it be that men must ...
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Axe and auger , saw and chisel , wrought the will of man in wood : ' Mid the many
- handed labour Felix toiled , and found it good . Every day the blood ran fleeter
through his limbs and round his heart ; Every night his sleep was sweeter ...
Axe and auger , saw and chisel , wrought the will of man in wood : ' Mid the many
- handed labour Felix toiled , and found it good . Every day the blood ran fleeter
through his limbs and round his heart ; Every night his sleep was sweeter ...
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... and towers , Felix cried in exultation : “ All the mighty work is ours . Every
mason in the quarry , every builder on the shore , Every chopper in the palm -
grove , every raftsman at the oar “ Hewing wood and drawing water , splitting
stones and ...
... and towers , Felix cried in exultation : “ All the mighty work is ours . Every
mason in the quarry , every builder on the shore , Every chopper in the palm -
grove , every raftsman at the oar “ Hewing wood and drawing water , splitting
stones and ...
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Hewing wood and drawing water , splitting stones and cleaving sod - All the
dusty ranks of labour , in the regiment of God , “ March together toward His
triumph , do the task His hands prepare : Honest toil is holy service ; faithful work
is praise ...
Hewing wood and drawing water , splitting stones and cleaving sod - All the
dusty ranks of labour , in the regiment of God , “ March together toward His
triumph , do the task His hands prepare : Honest toil is holy service ; faithful work
is praise ...
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