 | John Flavel - 1770 - 528 頁
...exafperated, grieved, and wounded, crying out, Oh, that I had a cottage in the wildernefs ! or, Oh, that l had the wings of a dove, that I might flee away, and be at reft. ' (3.) Laftly, The neceffity, and defirablenefs, of this union further appears with refpect unto... | |
 | Helen Maria Williams - 1795 - 292 頁
...led my wounded fpirit from the cruelty of man to the benignity of God — how often did I wifh " for the wings of a dove, that I might flee away and be at reft !" To be feated at the foot of thofe fheltering hills which embofomed fome mimic habitations,... | |
 | William Law - 1816 - 274 頁
...of it. Acad. Oh! sir, you have touched every string of my heart ; and I now wish, with the Psalmist, that " I had the wings of a dove, that I might flee away, and be at rest;" flee away from the spirit of this world, to be at rest in the sweet tranquillity of a life born again... | |
 | 1846 - 522 頁
...heart — " existence would then have been a burden, the grave my only hope ; my only prayer, to have ' the wings of a dove, that I might flee away and be at rest.' From a fearful calamity I have been delivered by two strangers. Fortune has placed one beyond the reach... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822 - 554 頁
...they can climb towards God, so your considerations be humble, fruitful, and practically mysterious. " Oh that I had the wings of a dove, that I might fly away and be at rest," said David. The wings of an eagle would have carried him higher, but yet... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822 - 544 頁
...they can climb towards God, so your considerations be humble, fruitful, and practically mysterious. " Oh that I had the wings of a dove, that I might fly away and be at rest," said David. The wings of an eagle would have carried him higher, but yet... | |
 | William Law - 1823 - 262 頁
...Acad. Oh Sir, you have touched e'very string of my heart, and 1 now wish with the psalmist, that IJiad the wings of a dove, that I might flee away, and be at rest, flee away from the spirit of this world, to be at rest in the sweet tranqu;Ulity of a life, born again... | |
 | David Brainerd, Jonathan Edwards - 1824 - 580 頁
...move with ease and speed at any time, for a short space, yet by and bye they drive heavily again. " Oh that I had the wings of a dove, that I might fly away" from sin and corruption, and be " at rest" in God ! Saturday, Dec. 3. Rode home to my house... | |
 | 1826 - 600 頁
...Saviour and Benefactor, have carried their ineffable consolations to my heart ; and I have longed for the wings of a dove, that I might flee away and be for ever at rest. The next hour, the scene has been wholly changed : I have seen the multitude kiss... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 228 頁
...shall be our's, amidst our vines once more ! " ' 188 THE WINGS OP THE DOVE. THE WINGS OF THE DOVE. 'Ob! that I had the wings of a Dove, that I might flee away and be at rest!" OH ! for thy wings, thou dove! Now sailing by with sunshine on thy breast ; That borne like thee above,... | |
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Oh that I had the wings of a dove, that I might flee away and be at rest;" for I felt that there could be no rest for me in the midst of such outrages and pollutions. 
