 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 566 strani
...sometimes a little prayer which I took from Thomson's Poems, viz. " Father of light and life, thou God supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me thyself!...folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ; and fill my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure ; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss... | |
 | John Hassell - 1818 - 422 strani
...1792." Underneath is this qnotation from his " Winter:" " Father of Light and Life, Thon God Snpreme ! O, teach me what is good ! Teach me Thyself ! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pnrsnit ! and feed my sonl With knowledge, conscions peace, and virtne pnre ; Sacred, snhstantial,... | |
 | John Prior Estlin - 1818 - 430 strani
...following prayer from Thomson is proper to be used when we first open* our eyes in the morning : " Father of light and life ! thou Good supreme ! O teach me what is good ! teach me thyself : S«ive me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ! and feed my soul With knowledge,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 558 strani
...little prayer, which I took from Thomson's Poems, viz. "Father of light and life, thou God supreme! 0 teach me what is good; teach me thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, end vice, From every low pursuit} and fill my soul With knowlege? conscious peace, and virtue pure;... | |
 | Samuel Leigh (publisher.) - 1818 - 506 strani
...Underneath is this quotation from his " Winter:" Father of Light and Life, Thou Good Snpreme ! O, tcacb me what is good ! teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, anil vice, From every low pursuit ! and feed my sonl With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 556 strani
...Poems, viz. "Father of light and life, thou God supreme! O teach nie irhat is good; teach me thyself.1 Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and fill my soul With knowlegf, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss!9'... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1819 - 186 strani
...supreme! O teach me what is good! Teach me thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From ev'ry low pursuit; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious...virtue pure, Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss ! Still in the right to stay: If am wrong, O teach my heart If I am right, thy grace impart, To find... | |
 | 1843 - 628 strani
...not quite seven inches long, by three wide,' inscribed with the well known lines from Thompson : — Father of light and life ; thou good supreme, O teach me what is good ; teach me thyself ! Keep me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit, and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1819 - 718 strani
...supreme ! O teach me what is good ! Teach me thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From ev'ry low pursuit ; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pare, Sacred, substantial, never fading bliss ! If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right... | |
 | Jesse Appleton - 1820 - 222 strani
...human affairs, but especially at the present interesting moment, prefer to Heaven the poet's prayer. " Father of light and life ! Thou Good Supreme ! O teach...conscious peace, and virtue pure ; Sacred, substantial, never fading bljss !" 99 ADDRESS, .DELIVERED AT THE COMMENCEMENT IN 1815. Young Gentlemen, In all those... | |
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Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading... 
