How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear: It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear.
Should ne'er seduce his bosom to forego 620 Those sacred hours when, stealing from the noise Of care and envy, sweet remembrance soothes With Virtue's kindest looks his aching breast, And turns his tears to rapture.
To have so many comrades in my care, Some little soothes the griefs that so molest.
A stray bird accidentally commences his song earlier than usual, it soothes the heart like a distant consolation, and is accepted as a promise for the future.
That comes of the influence of the sun; it soothes and satisfies, and it makes contentment.
It soothes us, quietens us down, reduces our boiler and engine arrangements to low pressure, and voila!
What especially soothes and gladdens the philanthropist is the spectacle of the superior comfort and more elevated condition in the scale of existence, universally prevailing.
If a cruel fate remove me from the presence Of my loved one many leagues away, Then 'tis Hope alone that soothes my deep affliction, Promising a brighter, happier day.
It soothes me to lose myself among the crowds, and a sense of quiet pervades me at the thought that I am a stranger to every one about me.
I pass the towel over my face; it soothes me somewhat.
The room is bright and cheerful; the silence of the house soothes me.
In his attitude towards mankind he will not deny the claims of sympathy, but he will listen first to the voice of judgment: Away with charity that soothes a lie, And thrusts the truth with scorn and anger by.
Surely whatever soothes away the loneliness of the lonely may serve as a specific against the darker moods and a preventive of vice and even crime.
Tea exhilarates without intoxicating; rouses the mind to increased activity without reaction, while at the same time it soothes the body, dispels headache, and counteracts the effects of fermented liquors and narcotics.
The oil of the hops gives them aroma and the lupulin they contain soothes the nerves.
The moon seemed to look down benignly from a cloudless sky, and the town received this glance and lay peacefully there wrapped in sleep and veiled in moonbeams--the light that at oncesoothes and vaguely stirs the soul.
In private business his commands prevail, On public themes his reasoning turns the scale; Assenting silence soothes his happy ear, And, in or out, his party triumphs here.
While lost in pious revery, which soothes and lulls, one gazes with ecstasy on the fanciful details of the sculptures which vanish in the groined roof above, and on the quaint pipes of the organ with its hundred voices.
A lovely day ends in a fearful night, or, on the other hand, a radiant moon that illumines an infinite sky and soothes the soul, pales before an angry sun at whose light all nature quakes with dismay.
Alice Dares not remain to weep, But soothes the frightened Dora Into a sobbing sleep.
I hear thee murmur words of peace Through the dim midnight air, And a calm falls from the angel stars And soothes my great despair-- The Heavens themselves look brighter, love, Since thy sweet soul is there.
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