 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, But guide us upward to a better day. And...  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
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 422 sidor
...steady light, Man, like his Maker, saw that all was right ; NOTES. Ver. 227. that this All begun,} " Some few, whose lamp shone brighter, have been led From cause to cause, to Nature's secret head ; And found that one first Principle must be : But what, or who, that Universal He ; Whether... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 424 sidor
...steady light, Man, like his Maker, saw that all was right ; NOTES. Ver. 227. that this All begun,] " Some few, whose lamp shone brighter, have been led From cause to cause, to Nature's secret head ; And found that one first Principle must be : But what, or who, that Universal He ; Whether... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 326 sidor
...Reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our donbtful way, But guide us upward to a better- 1lay. And as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright...So dies , and so dissolves in supernatural light. Ce? vers sont le début d'un pe^it poè1pe de quatre à cinq cents vers intitulé Religio Laïçi,... | |
 | Baron Byron - 1825 - 328 sidor
...Reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a bctter day. And as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright...Religion's sight So dies , and so dissolves in supernatural ligl1t. Ce? vers sont le début d'un petit poeme de quatre à cinq cents vers intitulé Religio Laïci,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 sidor
...guide us upward to a better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear, When day's bright lord aseends ?f?@ eause to eause, to nature's seeret head ; And found that one first prineiple must be : But what, or... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 674 sidor
...Reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright...hemisphere, So pale grows Reason at Religion's sight, So dies—and so dissolves—in supernatural light. DHYDEH, quoted in the Liberal. When I planned this... | |
 | John Aikin - 1826 - 840 sidor
...Reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright...brighter, have been led From cause to cause, to Nature's secret head ; And found, that one first principle must be : But what, or who, that universal He ; Whether... | |
 | General reader - 1827 - 246 sidor
...Was lent not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upwards to a better day, And as those mighty tapers disappear, When day's bright Lord ascends our...reason at religion's sight, So dies and so dissolves in supernat'ral light. Dryden. Prosperity too often has the same effect on a Christian, that a calm hath... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1828 - 512 sidor
...reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upwards to a better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright...So dies, and so dissolves, in supernatural light." DRYDKN — Quoted from The Liberal. Now, the passage here quoted was quoted by myself, one of those... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1828 - 500 sidor
...reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upwards to a better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright...So dies, and so dissolves, in supernatural light." DRYDKN—Quoted from The Liberal. Now, the passage here quoted was quoted by myself, one of those "... | |
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