 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
 | Henry Coppée - 1867 - 588 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...sight, So dies and so dissolves in supernatural light." To each one of us — to you, young men of the united kingdom more especially — belongs a portion... | |
 | Sunday readings - 1867 - 232 sidor
...Season'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." Dryden. LONDON: PRINTED -FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION. LONDONt The Collector of tlie following Verses has... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 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...So dies, and so dissolves, in supernatural light. DESCRIPTION OP A BOLD BAD MAN. OF these the false Achitophel was first; A name to all succeeding ages... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 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...So dies, and so dissolves, in supernatural light. DESCRIPTION OF A BOLD BAD MAN. OF these the false Achitophel was first ; A name to all succeeding ages... | |
 | John Dryden - 1867 - 556 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...hemisphere ; So pale grows Reason at Religion's sight ; I0 So dies, and so dissolves in supernatural light. Some few, whose lamp shone brighter, have been... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1867 - 586 sidor
...guide us upward to a better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright lord aseends our hemisphere, So pale grows reason at religion's...sight, So dies and so dissolves in supernatural light." To each one of us — to you, young men of the united kingdom more especially — belongs a portion... | |
 | John Dryden - 1868 - 576 sidor
...Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as those mghtly tapers disappear, When day's bright lord ascends our...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 ;... | |
 | Robert Frederick Brewer - 1869 - 88 sidor
...glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as these nightly tapers disappear, When day's bright lord ascends...So dies, and so dissolves, in supernatural light. Dryden. •5. Scan the following dissyllabic metres, stating in each case whether they are iambic or... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 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...— So dies, and so dissolves in supernatural light. THE POSITION OF MAN IN THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION. Thus man by his own strength to heaven would soar... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 sidor
...Reason's glimm'ring 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...sight, So dies, and so dissolves in supernatural light. ' * ' But, gracious God ! how well dost thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ! Thy throne... | |
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