 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 ... - Stran 37avtor: John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | John Bell - 1777 - 644 strani
...reason's glimm'ring ray J Was leut, 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 ; 10 So dies, and so dissolves in supernat'ral light. Some few, whose lamp shone brighter, have been... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 strani
...glimmering ray 1 Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, f But guide us upward to a better day. J 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... | |
 | John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 strani
...glimmering ray ) Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, /But guide us upward to a better day. 1 And as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright...Some few, whose lamp shone brighter, have been led Prom canse to canse, to Nature's secret head, And found that one first principle must be ; But what,... | |
 | 1809 - 402 strani
...glimm'riug ray 1 Was lent not to assure our doubtful way, V But guide us upward to n better day. J And as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright...at religion's sight ; So dies, and so dissolves in supcrnat'ral light. Some few, whose lamp shone brighter, have been led From cause to cause, to nature's... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 strani
...reason's glimm'nng rayn Mas lent not to assure our doubtful way, V But guide us upward to a belter day. j hto' Reason's wounds alone, si^ht ; So dies, and so dissolves in supernit'ral light. Snmet'ew.whoselampshonebrighttr.havcbeciilcd... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 strani
...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 pale grows Reason at Religion's sight; So dies, anil so dissolves in supernatural light. Some few, whose lamp shone brighter, have been led From cause... | |
 | 1820 - 774 strani
...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 our hemisphere, So pale grow's rea&on at religion's »ight, So dies, and so dissolves in supernatural light." IMlgiaLaiel.... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 410 strani
...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1819 - 644 strani
...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; ~lSo dies, and so dissolves in supernatural light. Some few, whoso lamp shone brighter, have been led... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 412 strani
...guide us upward to a better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear I When day's bright lord aseends our hemisphere; So pale grows Reason at Religion's sight ; So dies, and so dissolves in supernatural lighl. Some few, whose lamp shone brighter, have been Iee From eause to eause, to Nature's seeret head,... | |
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