| John Harris - 1850 - 324 páginas
...Hence the apostrophe of the philosophic poet of nature in his Ode to Duty: " Stern lawgiver ! Thon dost preserve the stars from wrong ; And the most...ancient heavens through thee are fresh and strong." 2 Bishop Berkely's Siris, p. 120. 8 Newton ; 31st Query at the end of Optics. him from the arbitrary... | |
| 1851 - 702 páginas
...realized the poet's rapturous vision of her celestial compensations: — " Stern Lawgiver ! yet them dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace, Nor...we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face." It has been truly said that "men of intemperate minds cannot be free ; their passions forge their fetters... | |
| John Harris - 1851 - 368 páginas
...Hence the apostrophe of the philosophic poet of nature in his Ode to Duty : " Stern lawgiver ! Thon dost preserve the stars from wrong ; And the most...ancient heavens through thee are fresh and strong." * Bishop Berkely's Siris, p. 120. * Newton ; 31st Query at the end of Optics. * Professor Forbes on... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 páginas
...dost_wear The Godhead's most Awrfignaiyt grace ; . t Nor know we any thing scTfair ,, ./> • ' ^Aa ԟ =fD ! F d { \ 4 a 9 KZĨ O4RM } ˞V w #B / s T w ?9 # [ Ihy footing treads; Tnou dost preserve the Stars from_vyrong ; ' And the most ancient Heavens, through... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1851 - 750 páginas
...My hopes no more must change their name, I long for a repose that ever is the same. t See Nole. Stem Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we any thing so fair As is the smile upon thy face : Flowers laugh before thee on their beds; And Fragrance... | |
| John Wilson - 1852 - 336 páginas
...scope and spirit, but by those who feel the sublimity of these four lines in his " Ode to Duty" — " Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance...ancient heavens through thee are fresh and strong." Is thy life disturbed by guilty or sinful passions ? Have they gained a mastery of thee — and art... | |
| William Jerdan - 1852 - 438 páginas
...humble servant, "W. WORDSWORTH." Here follows a specimen of this gentleman's writing — " Great ' Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The godhead's most benignant...grace, Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile ' on George's face. " ' Flowers laugh before ' him ' on their beds, And fragrance in" his ' footing... | |
| 1852 - 536 páginas
...sensitive hankering to duty, Stern daughter of the voice of God ; who, in all her sternness, yet wears The Godhead's most benignant grace, Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon her face — qualities these, in Jane's character, which have an irresistible power of attraction,... | |
| 1852 - 516 páginas
...sensitive hankering to duty, Stern daughter of the voice of God ; who, in all her sternness, yet wears The Godhead's most benignant grace, Nor know we anything so fair . , , As is the smile upon her face — ,,i.. •'• .;] qualities these, in Jane's character, which have an irresistible power... | |
| William Jerdan - 1852 - 430 páginas
...Here follows a specimen of this gentleman's writing — " Great ' Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear Tlje godhead's most benignant grace, Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile ' on George's face. " ' Flowers laugh before ' him ' on their beds, And fragrance in ' his ' footing... | |
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