Elegant Extracts: A Copious Selection of Instructive, Moral, and Entertaining Passages, from the Most Eminent Poets. : Volume I[-VI] ...Kirk & Mercein, 22, Wall-Street., 1817 |
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... scene ; Points out the beauty of the govern'd plan , ' And vindicates the ways of God to man . ' Then sacred Muse , by the vast prospect fir'd , From Heav'n descended , as by Heav'n inspir'd , His all enlight'ning omnipresence own ...
... scene ; Points out the beauty of the govern'd plan , ' And vindicates the ways of God to man . ' Then sacred Muse , by the vast prospect fir'd , From Heav'n descended , as by Heav'n inspir'd , His all enlight'ning omnipresence own ...
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... scene , The mingling prospects , and the flow'ry green ; The mountain's brow , the long extended wood , Or the rude rock that threatens o'er the flood ; And say , are these the wild effects of chance ? Oh , strange effect of reas'ning ...
... scene , The mingling prospects , and the flow'ry green ; The mountain's brow , the long extended wood , Or the rude rock that threatens o'er the flood ; And say , are these the wild effects of chance ? Oh , strange effect of reas'ning ...
Side 21
... scene , though sense averts its eye , Nor stops the wondrous process to descry ; Yet juster thought the mystic change pursues , And with delight Almighty Wisdom views . The brute the vegetable world surveys , Sees life subsisting ev'n ...
... scene , though sense averts its eye , Nor stops the wondrous process to descry ; Yet juster thought the mystic change pursues , And with delight Almighty Wisdom views . The brute the vegetable world surveys , Sees life subsisting ev'n ...
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... scene ; Then , Autumn , with her yellow harvests crown'd , And trembling Winter close the annual round . The vegetable tribes observant trace , From the tall cedar to the creeping grass : The chain of animated beings scale , ; From the ...
... scene ; Then , Autumn , with her yellow harvests crown'd , And trembling Winter close the annual round . The vegetable tribes observant trace , From the tall cedar to the creeping grass : The chain of animated beings scale , ; From the ...
Side 25
... scenes as he ascends : So Providence the friendly height supplies , Where all the charms of Deity surprise ; Here Goodness , Power , and Wisdom , all unite , And dazzling glories whelm the ravish'd sight . Almighty Cause ! ' tis thy ...
... scenes as he ascends : So Providence the friendly height supplies , Where all the charms of Deity surprise ; Here Goodness , Power , and Wisdom , all unite , And dazzling glories whelm the ravish'd sight . Almighty Cause ! ' tis thy ...
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Elegant Extracts: Being a Copious Selection of Instructive Moral and ... Vicesimus Knox Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2019 |
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adore Almighty angels beam behold beneath bids birth bless bless'd bliss boundless breast breath bright brute celestial cloud dark death deep divine doth dread dust earth eternal ev'n ev'ry exalted fair fate fear fire fix'd flame glorious glory grave happy hast heart Heav'n heavenly hope human immortal Justice King light Lord lyre Manichæan mercy mind monsters drink mortal Muse nature Nature's ne'er night nought o'er Omnipotence pain peace poison'd pow'r praise pride rage reason reigns rise rising universe roll round ruling angels sacred sapience SATIRE OF JUVENAL scene seraph shade shalt shine sight silver plumes sing skies smiles Soame Jenyns song soul springs stream sweet tempest thee thine thou thought throne Thy hand toil tongue trembling truth universal store vex'd virtue voice whence wild wings Wisdom wise wretch
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Side 239 - tis madness to defer; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Side 41 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Side 252 - LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
Side 257 - Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.
Side 3 - Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Side 37 - Vast chain of being! which from God began Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from Infinite to thee, From thee to Nothing. On superior...
Side 258 - The march begins, in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes...
Side 143 - These, as they change, Almighty Father, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of thee.
Side 272 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Side 144 - tis nought to me, Since God is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full ; And where He vital breathes there must be joy.