No real happiness is found In trailing purple o'er the ground ; Or in a soul exalted high, To range the circuit of the sky, Converse with stars above, and know All nature in its forms below ; The rest it seeks, in seeking dies, And doubts at last, for... The Poetical Works of Thomas Parnell - Page 98de Thomas Parnell - 1833 - 185 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| Chaplet - 1805 - 238 pages
...stars ahove, and know All nature in its forms helow ; The rest it seeks, in seeking dies, And douhts at last for knowledge rise. Lovely, lasting peace,...itself, if thou art here, Is once again with Eden hlest, And man contains it in his hreast. 'Twas thus, as under shade I stood, I sung my wishes to the... | |
| 1806 - 408 pages
...exalted high, To range the circuit of the sky, Converse with stars above, and know Ail nature in its form below ; The rest it seeks, in seeking dies, And doubts...itself, if thou art here, Is once again with Eden bless'd, And man contains it in his breast. 'Twas thus, as under shade I stood. And sung my wishes... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 512 pages
...the ground : Or in a soul exalted high, To range the circuit of the sky, Converse with stars above, and know All nature in its forms below ; The rest...itself, if thou art here, Is once again with Eden bless'd, And man contains it in his breast.'— Twas thus, as under shade I stood, I sung my wishes... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 pages
...the ground; Or in a soul exalted high, To range the circuit of the sky, Converse with stars above, and know All nature in its forms below: The rest it...in his breast. 'Twas thus, as under shade I stood, I sung my wishes to the wood, And, lost in thought, no more pereeiv'd The branches whisper as they... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 612 pages
...the ground; Or in a soul exalted high, To range the circuit of the sky, Converse with stars above, and know All nature in its forms below: The rest it...in his breast. "Twas thus, as under shade I stood, I sung my wishes to the wood, And, lost in thought, no more perceiv'd The branches whisper as they... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 620 pages
...ground; Or in a soul exalted hitch, To range the circuit of the sky, Converse vith stars above, and knotr All nature in its forms below: The rest it seeks,...peace, appear! This world itself, if thou art here, Is onee again with Eden blest, And man contains it in his breast, 'Twas thus, as under sliade 1 stood,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 pages
...And doubts at lust, tor knowledge, rise. Lovely, lasting peace, appear! This world itself, if thon art here, Is once again with Eden blest, And man contains...in his breast. Twas thus, as under shade I stood, I Ming my wishes to the wood, And, lost in thought, no more perreiv'd The branches whisper as they... | |
| Walter Scott - 1810 - 308 pages
...the ground ; Or in a soul exalted high, To range the circuit of the sky, Converse with stars above, and know . All nature in its forms below ; The rest...in seeking dies, And doubts, at last, for knowledge riset Lovely, lasting peace, appear ! This world itself, if thou art here, Is once again with Eden... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 620 pages
...To range the circuit of the sky, Converse with stars above, and know All namre in its forms helow: The rest it seeks, in seeking dies, And doubts at...knowledge, rise. Lovely, lasting peace, appear! This world itsdlf, if thou art here, Is once pgaiii with Eden blrst, And man contains it in his breast. Twas thus,... | |
| 1814 - 310 pages
...exalted high, To range the circuit of the sky, Converse with stars above, and know All nature in its ferm below ; The rest it seeks, in seeking dies, And doubts...peace* appear ; This world itself, if thou art here, la once again with Eden bless'd, And man contains it in his breast. 'Twas thus, as under shade I stood,... | |
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