 Still seem as to my childhood's sight A midway station given For happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven. Can all that optics teach, unfold Thy form to please me so, As when I dreamt of gems and gold Hid in thy radiant bow ? When Science...  The British Critic: A New Review - 547. oldalSzerkesztette: - 1823Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Epes Sargent - 1862 - 350 oldal
...happy spirits to alight betwixt the earth and heaven. Can all that optics E1 teach unfold thy form to please me so As when I dreamt of gems and gold hid in thy rad^int bow ? And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams, but words of the Most High, Have told why first... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - 438 oldal
...For happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven. Can all that Optics teach, unfold Thy form to please me so, As when I dreamt of gems and gold...Enchantment's veil withdraws, What lovely visions yield their placo To cold material laws! And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams, But words of the Most High Have... | |
 | John Robertson (of Halstead.) - 1863 - 256 oldal
...governed, the better are we fitted to form an exalted conception of God's wisdom and power. The poet says, "When Science from creation's face Enchantment's veil...visions yield their place To cold material laws!" But such a sentiment is utterly inconsistent with the spirit of true religion. Science reveals the... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 oldal
...For happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven. Can all, that optics teach, unfold Thy form to please me so, As when I dreamt of gems and gold Hid in thy radiant bow 1 When Science from Creation's face Enchantment's veil withdraws, What lovely visions yield their place... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1864 - 328 oldal
...For happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven. Can all that optics teach, unfold Thy form to please me so, As when I dreamt of gems and gold...And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams, But words of tho Most High, When o'er the green undeluged earth Heaven's covenant thou didst shine, How came the... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 oldal
...fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud philosophy To teach me what thou art. When science from creation's face, Enchantment's veil...lovely visions yield their place To cold material laws. Nor ever shall the muse's eye, Unraptured greet thy beam : Theme of primeval prophecy, Be still the... | |
 | Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - 1864 - 516 oldal
...the hearer more readily to distinguish the latter from prose. It is marked thus (. .). EXAMPLES. 1. When Science from Creation's face . . Enchantment's...visions yield their place . . To cold, material laws I 8. Whence Adam soon repealed . . The doubts that in his heart arose ; and now . . Led on, yet sinless,... | |
 | Life-lights - 1864 - 348 oldal
...For happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven. Can all that optics teach, unfold Thy form to please me so, As when I dreamt of gems and gold Hid in thy radiant bow 1 When Science from Creation's face Enchantment's veil withdraws, What lovely visions yield their place... | |
 | Edward Whitfield - 1865 - 124 oldal
...glory and magnificence of his works, it is subdued by a greater awe. The poet thought differently: "When science from creation's face Enchantment's veil...lovely visions yield their place To cold material laws !" CAJU-BELL. Is not the poet in error ? We shall endeavour with an intelligent eye to behold such... | |
 | 1866 - 524 oldal
...For happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven. Can all that Optics teach, unfold Thy form to please me so, As when I dreamt of gems and gold...from Creation's face Enchantment's veil withdraws, And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams, But words of the Most High, Have told why first thy robe of beams... | |
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