 | John Harris - 1851 - 368 pagine
...Hence the apostrophe of the philosophic poet of nature in his Ode to Duty : " Stern lawgiver ! Thon dost preserve the stars from wrong ; And the most...ancient heavens through thee are fresh and strong." * Bishop Berkely's Siris, p. 120. * Newton ; 31st Query at the end of Optics. * Professor Forbes on... | |
 | John Wilson - 1852 - 336 pagine
..." Ode to Duty" — " Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treads . Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong And the most...ancient heavens through thee are fresh and strong." Is thy life disturbed by guilty or sinful passions ? Have they gained a mastery of thee — and art... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1853 - 604 pagine
...smile upon thy face : Flowers laugh before thee on their beds ; And fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong ; And the...and strong. To humbler functions, awful Power ! I cull thee : I myself commend Unto thy guidance from this hour ; Oh ! let my weakness have an end !... | |
 | H. C. Foster - 1853 - 378 pagine
...smile upon thy face ; Flowers laugh before thee on their beds ; And Fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong ; And the...ancient heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong. Unto thy guidance, from this hour ; O, let my weakness have an end ! Give unto me, made lowly wise,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 776 pagine
...as subservient to one spirit, concludes In < address to the power of Duty in the followuig words : To humbler functions, awful Power ! I call thee :...wise The spirit of self-sacrifice ; The confidence of realm gne! MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. EPISTLE TO SIR GEORGE ROWLAND BEAUMONT, BART. FROM THE SOUTH-WEST COABT... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1854 - 388 pagine
...smile upon thy face ; Flowers laugh before thee on their beds ; And Fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong ; And the...I myself commend Unto thy guidance, from this hour ; O, let my weakness have an end ! Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice ; The... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 392 pagine
...smile upon thy face : Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong ; And the...I myself commend Unto thy guidance from this hour ; O, let my weakness have an end ! Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice ; The... | |
 | 1854 - 456 pagine
...smile upon thy face ; Flowers laugh before thee on their beds ; And Fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong ; And the...I myself commend Unto thy guidance, from this hour ; O, let my weakness have an end ! Give unto me, made lowly, wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice ; The... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1854 - 566 pagine
...existence as subservient to one spirit, concludes his address to the power of duty in the following words : To humbler functions, awful power ! I call thee :...end ! Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-saerifice ; The confidence of reason give, And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live !*... | |
 | John Harris - 1854 - 316 pagine
...forced 1 Hence the apostrophe of the philosophic poet of nature in. his Ode to Duty: " Stern lawgiver ! .^Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And the...ancient heavens through the.e are fresh and strong." 2 Bishop Berkely's Sins, p. 120. 8 Newton 5 31st Query at the end of Optics. . him from tlie arbitrary... | |
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Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face : Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong... 
