When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of Glory died,... My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Do you know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of the one whose knowledge is perfect, you whose garments are hot whe...n the earth is still because of the south wind? Can you, like him, spread out the skies, hard as a molten mirror?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Nor has his death the world deceiv'd Less than his wondrous life surpriz'd;... For if he like a madman liv'd At least he like a wise one dy'd.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Had it not been for you, I should have remained what I was when we first met, a prejudiced, narrow-minded being, with contracted s...ympathies and false knowledge, wasting my life on obsolete trifles, and utterly insensible to the privilege of living in this wondrous age of change and progress.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
As he walks away on his own two feet--the toddler's body-mind has reached its moment of perfection. The world is his and he the mi...ghty conqueror of all he beholds.... As long as mother sticks around in the wings, the mighty acrobat confidently performs his trick of twirling in circles, walking on tiptoe, jumping, climbing, staring, naming. He is joyous, filled with his grandeur and wondrous omnipotence.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Repeat thy song, till the familiar lines Are footpaths for the thought of Italy!... Thy flame is blown abroad from all the heights, Through all the nations, and a sound is heard, As of a mighty wind, and men devout, Strangers of Rome, and the new proselytes, In their own language hear thy wondrous word, And many are amazed and many doubt.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
How like a prodigal doth nature seem, When thou, for all thy gold, so common art!... Thou teachest me to deem More sacredly of every human heart, Since each reflects in joy its scanty gleam Of Heaven, and could some wondrous secret show, Did we but pay the love we owe, And with a child's undoubting wisdom look On all these living pages of God's book.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
What wondrous life in this I lead! Ripe apples drop about my head;... The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine; The nectarine and curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »