 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,...  Bell's Edition - Page 107de John Bell - 1777Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 344 pages
...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. And as those nightly tapers disappeaiv .» SThen day's bright lord ascends our fiSStt5{»here ; So pale grows Reason at Religion's... | |
 | 1863 - 612 pages
...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...hemisphere, So pale grows Reason at religion's sight, So dies, and so dissolves, in supernatural light !" How many unreflecting Christians are ready to indorse... | |
 | 1861 - 356 pages
...high Those rolling fires discover but the sky. Not light us here; so reason's glimmering rayWas lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward...hemisphere, So pale grows reason at religion's sight. So dies and so dissolves in supernatural light. Thought DBTDEB. Precedes the will to think, and error... | |
 | Testimonies, Author of Sunday evenings at home - 1861 - 236 pages
...sky, Not light us here, so reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But to guide us upward to a better day. And as those nightly...hemisphere, So pale grows reason, at religion's sight, So dies, and so dissolves, in supernatural light." Symbolic Theology teaches the proper use of material... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...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...hemisphere ; So pale grows Reason at Religion's sight ; So dies, and so dissolves in supernatural light. Some few, whose lamp shone brighter, have been led... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...Those glimmering lights discover but the skyNot light us higher, so reason's feeble ray But guides us upward to a better day ; And as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright lord ascends the hemisphere, 80 pale grows reason in religion's light — Ho sinks and so dissolves in supernatural... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 738 pages
...Nor light us here; so Reason's glimm'ring ray Was lent, not to assure our doleful way, But guide ue upward to a better day. And as those nightly tapers...hemisphere; So pale grows Reason at Religion's sight, So dies, and so dissolves in supernatural light. 1 . Reli9io Laid, Hind and Panther. But, gracious... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 720 pages
...Nor light us here; so Reason's glimm'ring ray Was lent, not to assure our doleful way, But guide ue upward to a better day. And as those nightly tapers...hemisphere; So pale grows Reason at Religion's sight, So dies, and so dissolves in supernatural light. 1. Religio Laid, Hind and Panther. But, gracious God!... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 722 pages
...Was lent, not to assure our doleful way, But guide ue upward to a betler day. And as those niglitly tapers disappear When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere; So pale grows Ueason at Religion's sight, So dies, and so dissolves in supernaturai light. 1 . Religio Laici, Hind... | |
 | Cecil Frances Alexander - 1865 - 342 pages
...high, Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here ; so reason's glimmering rayWas lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward...hemisphere, So pale grows Reason at Religion's sight ; So dies, and so dissolves in supernatural light. John Dryden LIV-'THE GOSPELS And so the Word had... | |
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