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... The Patrician - 523. oldalSzerkesztette: - 1848Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| 1900 - 408 oldal
...216-222. " Father of Light and Life ! thou Good Supreme 1 O teach me what is good ! teach me thyself 1 Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low...virtue pure ; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss 1" B***. [1838, Partl.,tp. 34-39.] The royal manor of Richmond was anciently known by the name of Sheen,... | |
| James Thomson - 1900 - 72 oldal
...me what is Good ! teach me thy self I Save me from Folly, Vanity, and Vice, From every low Pursuit I and feed my soul, With knowledge, conscious Peace, and Virtue pure, Sacred, substantial, never fading Bliss ! These lines enable me to see his love of God and his earnest desire to be like... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1901 - 296 oldal
...prayer which I took from Thomson's " Poems," 0 viz. : "Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself ! Save me...virtue pure ; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss I " The precept of order requiring that every part of my businest should have its allotted time, one... | |
| Josephus Nelson Larned - 1901 - 518 oldal
...is pood ; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and fill my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss! " The precept of Order requiring that every part of my business should have its allotted time, one... | |
| Motilal M. Munshi - 1904 - 636 oldal
...far better good to find. — " AxwAR-i-SrHAiLi."* Father of light and life ! Thou Good Supreme ! 0 teach me what is good ! teach me thyself ! Save me...conscious peace, and virtue pure, Sacred, substantial, never fading bliss ! — THOMSON*. Oh let me, let me ever dwell Amidst the good, where'er it be, Whether... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1905 - 238 oldal
...what is good; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and fill my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss!" The precept of Order requiring that every part of my business should have its allotted time, one page... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1905 - 354 oldal
...is good ; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ; and fill my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure ; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss ! " The precept of Order requiring that every part of my business should have its allotted time, one... | |
| Jeannette Leonard Gilder - 1910 - 330 oldal
...what is good; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and fill my soul With knowledge, conscious peace and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss!" 1 entered upon the execution of this plan for selfexamination, and continued it with occasional intermissions... | |
| George Campbell Macaulay - 1908 - 280 oldal
...life and a fervent prayer for help and guidance :— " Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme ! 0 teach me what is good ! teach me Thyself ! Save me...virtue pure, Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss ! " The "keener tempests" of Winter are at hand. Thick clouds gather over the sky, " in whose capacious... | |
| James Thomson - 1908 - 408 oldal
...Father of light, and life! thou Good supremo! 82130199 200 O teach me what is good! teach me thy self! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low...virtue pure, Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss! 205 The keener Tempests come: and fuming dun 8^9 u»5 From all the livid east, or piercing north, Thick... | |
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