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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... Nature's silence , midnight , thus inquire ' What am I ? and from whence ? -I nothing know But that I am ; and since I am , conclude Something eternal : had there e'er been nought , Nought still had been ; eternal there must be.- But ...
... Nature's silence , midnight , thus inquire ' What am I ? and from whence ? -I nothing know But that I am ; and since I am , conclude Something eternal : had there e'er been nought , Nought still had been ; eternal there must be.- But ...
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... Nature's womb , that in quaternion run Perpetual circle , multiform , and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise . Ye mists and exhalations , that now rise From hill or streaming ...
... Nature's womb , that in quaternion run Perpetual circle , multiform , and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise . Ye mists and exhalations , that now rise From hill or streaming ...
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... from whom existence came ; Till Heav'n and Nature in the concert join , And own the Author of their birth divine . His Eternity . WHENCE Sprung this glorious frame ? or ELEGANT EXTRACTS . BOOK I Perfections of the Deity Boyse.
... from whom existence came ; Till Heav'n and Nature in the concert join , And own the Author of their birth divine . His Eternity . WHENCE Sprung this glorious frame ? or ELEGANT EXTRACTS . BOOK I Perfections of the Deity Boyse.
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... nature pure , in place supremely free , And happy in essential unity ; Bless'd in himself , had from his forming hand No creature sprung to hail his wide command ; Bless'd , had the sacred fountain ne'er run o'er , A boundless sea of ...
... nature pure , in place supremely free , And happy in essential unity ; Bless'd in himself , had from his forming hand No creature sprung to hail his wide command ; Bless'd , had the sacred fountain ne'er run o'er , A boundless sea of ...
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... defin'd The mystic nature of th ' eternal Mind ? Or how shall thought the dazzling height explore , Where all that reason can - is to adore ? That God's an immaterial essence pure , Whom figure can't 12 BOOK I. ELEGANT EXTRACTS .
... defin'd The mystic nature of th ' eternal Mind ? Or how shall thought the dazzling height explore , Where all that reason can - is to adore ? That God's an immaterial essence pure , Whom figure can't 12 BOOK I. ELEGANT EXTRACTS .
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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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Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 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...
Страница 143 - These, as they change, Almighty Father, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of thee.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.