 Dim as the borrowed beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering travellers, Is reason to the soul; and, as on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here, so reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way,...  The Works of John Dryden,: Religio laici, or a Layman's Faith, an epistle ... - Sida 37efter John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Cynosure - 1837 - 272 sidor
...her gentle face without a mask, And never gaze on it with apathy. DIM as the borrow'd beams of morn and stars, To lonely, weary, wandering travellers, Is reason to the soul : and as on high These rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here ; so reason's glimmering ray Was lent,... | |
 | John Dryden - 1837 - 482 sidor
...is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth. RELIG10 LAICI. 0 DIM as the borrow'd beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering travellers, Is Reason to ihe soul ; and as on high, Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here ; so Reason's... | |
 | J. Slade - 1838 - 370 sidor
...taught them how to appreciate the inspired word, and to reckon upon death as a gain. Dryden truly says " Dim as the borrowed beams of moon and stars " To lonely,...Those rolling fires discover but the sky, " Not light as here ; so reason's glimmering ray, " Was lent — not to assure our doubtful way, " But guide us... | |
 | J. Slade - 1838 - 400 sidor
...appreciate the inspired word, and to reckon upon death as a gain. Dryden truly says " Dim as the borrow'd beams of moon and stars " To lonely, weary, wandering travellers " Is reason to the soul:—and as on high " Those rolling fires discover but the sky, " Not light as here ; so reason's... | |
 | John Slade (M.D.) - 1838 - 370 sidor
...appreciate the inspired word, and to reckon upon death as a gain. Dryden truly says " Dim as the borrow'd beams of moon and stars " To lonely, weary, wandering travellers " Is reason to the soul:—and as on high " Those rolling fires discover but the sky, " Not light as here ; so reason's... | |
 | Hobart Caunter - 1839 - 590 sidor
...mind have invested her. Her own light would be extremely feeble if none other were communicated— Dim as the borrowed beams of moon and stars To lonely,...on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Nor light us here; so reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 814 sidor
...capable of the same privilege of understanding by the eye what is spoken. Holder's Elements of Speech. Dim, as the borrowed beams of moon and stars To lonely,...wandering travellers, Is reason to the soul : and at on high, Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here ; so reason's glimmering ray... | |
 | Christian - 1840 - 318 sidor
...where day's last spark declines, Glory everlasting shines. REASON AND RELIGION. DIM as the borrow' d beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering...sky, Not light us here ; so Reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as those nightly... | |
 | Christian - 1840 - 312 sidor
...where day's last spark declines, Glory everlasting shines. REASON AND RELIGION. DIM as the borrow'd beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering...sky, Not light us here ; so Reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as those nightly... | |
 | Johnstone - 1840 - 386 sidor
...wrote them) the most just and becoming sentiments of religious reverence : — " Dim as the borrow'd beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering...sky, Not light us here ; so reason's glimmering ray Was lent us not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as those nightly... | |
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