 | New Church gen. confer - 1853 - 500 sider
...Yet, 'neath a curtain of translucent dew> Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus, with the host of heaven came, And lo ! creation widened...such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, O Sun 1 or who could find, Whilst fly, and leaf, and insect stood revealed, That to such countless orbs thou... | |
 | 1847 - 402 sider
...Yet, "'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came, And, lo! creation widened...That to such countless orbs thou mad'st us blind? Why do we, then, shun death with anxious strife ? If light can thus deceive, wherefore not life ? "... | |
 | 1828 - 404 sider
...creation widened on his view ! Who could have thought what darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, oh Sun ? Or who could find, Whilst fly, and leaf, and insect stood revealed, That to such endless orbs thou inad'st us blind ? Weak man ! Why to shun death, this anxious strife? If light can... | |
 | 1828 - 398 sider
...widened on his view ! Who could have thought what darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, oh Sun 1 Or who could find, Whilst fly, and leaf, and insect stood revealed, That to such endless orbs thou mad'st us blind ? Weak man ! Why to shun death, this anxious strife? If light can... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 sider
...Yet 'neath the curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came, And lo! creation widened...concealed Within thy beams, O Sun! or who could find, While fly, and leaf, and insect lay revealed, That to such countless orbs thou inadest us blind! Why... | |
 | 1835 - 736 sider
...came. And lo ! — Creation widened on his view ! Who could have thought what darkness lay conceal'd Within thy beams. O Sun ? or who could find Whilst fly, and leaf, and insect stood reveal'd That to such endless orbs thou mad'st us blind? Weak man, why to shun Death this anxious strife... | |
 | 1847 - 608 sider
...a cnrreni of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with me hosts of heaven came, And, lo! Creation widened in man's...thought such darkness lay concealed, Within thy beams, О sun ? or who could find, Whilst fly, and leaf, and insect stood revealed, That to such countless... | |
 | 1841 - 508 sider
...? Yet 'neath a Curtain of translucent Dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting Flame, Hesperus with the Host of Heaven came, And lo ! Creation widened...thought such Darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, oh Sun ! or who could find, Whilst Fly, and Leaf, and Insect stood revealed, That to such Countless... | |
 | 1861 - 716 sider
...dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus, with the host of heaven, came, And lo 1 creation widened in man's view. Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, 0 sun ? or who could find Whilst fly, and leaf, and insect stood revealed. That to such countless orbs... | |
 | 1853 - 672 sider
...? Yet 'ueath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rnys of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the Host of Heaven came, And lo ! Creation widened...revealed, That to such countless orbs thou mad'st us blind ? Why do we then shun Death with anxious strife? If Light can thus deceive, wherefore not Life ? /.... | |
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Night ! when our first parent knew Thee, from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame,... 
