 | John Dryden - 1760 - 448 pages
...fires difcover but the fky, Not light us here ; fo reafon's glimmering ray Was lent, not to aflure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as thofe nightly tapers difappear When day's bright lord afcends our hemifphere ; So pale grows reafon... | |
 | John Dryden - 1767 - 318 pages
...rolling fires difcover but the fky, Not light us here; fo reafon's glimmering ray Was lent, not to affure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as thofe nightly tapers difappear When day's bright lord afcends our hemifphere; So pale grows reafon... | |
 | John Bell - 1777 - 636 pages
...Those rolling fires discover hut the sky, Not light us here ; so reason's glimm'ring ray J Was leut, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward...hemisphere; So pale grows Reason at Religion's sight ; 10 So dies, and so dissolves in supernat'ral light. Some few, whose lamp shone brighter, have been... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 672 pages
...fires difcover but the fky, Not light us here ; fo reafon's glimmering ray Was lent, not to afture our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as thofe nightly tapers difappear When day's bright lord afcends our hemifphere; So pale grows reafon-at... | |
 | 1801 - 416 pages
...glimmering ray 1 Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, L But guide us upward to a better day. I And as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright...hemisphere, So pale grows Reason at Religion's sight, ro So dies, and so dissolves, in supernat'ral light. Some few, whose lamp shone brighter, have been... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pages
...glimmering ray 1 Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, f But guide us upward to a better day. J And as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright...brighter, have been led From cause to cause, to Nature's secret head, And found that one first principle must be ; But what, or who, that Universal HE ; Whether... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 472 pages
...Thy reason's strong, and generous thy design ; > And always to do well is only thine. ) RELIGIO LAICL DIM as the borrowed beams of moon and stars To lonely,...doubtful way, > But guide us upward to a better day. X And as those nightly tapers disappear, When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere; So pale grows... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 474 pages
...on high, Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here; so reason's glimmering ray Y Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, > But guide us upward to a better day. 3. And as those nightly tapers disappear, When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere; So pale grows... | |
 | John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 pages
...on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here ; so reason's glimmering ray ) Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, /But guide us upward to a better day. 1 And as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere ; So pale grows... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...glimm'riug ray 1 Was lent not to assure our doubtful way, V But guide us upward to n better day. J And as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright...at religion's sight ; So dies, and so dissolves in supcrnat'ral light. Some few, whose lamp shone brighter, have been led From cause to cause, to nature's... | |
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Dim as the borrow'd beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering travellers, Is reason to the soul: and as on high, Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here; so reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way,... 
