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
| Oliver Goldsmith, Henry William Dulcken - 1865 - 410 pages
...below, Comforter of ev'ry woe, Heav'nly born, and bred on high, To crown the favourites of the sky ; Lovely, lasting Peace, appear ; This world itself,...with Eden blest, And man contains it in his breast. WOMAN SPEAKER. Our vows are hear'd ! long, long to mortal eyes, Her soul was fitting to its kindred... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 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 seeks, in seeking dies, And doubts at last lor knowledge rise. Lovely, lasting peace, appear ! This world itself, if thou art here, Is once again... | |
| Thomas Parnell - 1866 - 358 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 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 wav'd... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith, Edmund Forster Blanchard - 1867 - 200 pages
...below, Comforter of every woe, Heavenly born and bred on high, To crown the favourites of the sky ; Lovely lasting Peace, appear : This world itself,...with Eden blest, And man contains it in his breast. WOMAN SPEAKER. Our vows are heard ! Long, long to mortal eyes, Her soul was fitting to its kindred... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1868 - 276 pages
...below, Comforter of every woe, Heavenly born, and bred on high, To crown the favourites of the sky — Lovely, lasting peace appear ; This world itself, if thou art here, Is once again with Eden bless'd, And man contains it in his breast. WOMAN speaher. Our vows are heard! long, long to mortal... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 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 seeking dies, And doubts at last, for knowledge, rite. Lovely, lasting peace, appear; This world itself, if thou art here, Is once again with Eden blest,... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1870 - 456 pages
...below, Comforter of ev'ry wo, Heav'nly born, and bred on high, To crown the favourites of the sky; Lovely, lasting Peace, appear ! This world itself,...with Eden blest, And man contains it in his breast. WOMAN speaker. Our vows are heard ! long, long to mortal eyes, Her soul was fitting to its kindred... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1872 - 280 pages
...below, Comforter of every woe, Heavenly born, and bred on high, To crown the favourites of the sky — Lovely, lasting peace appear ; This world itself, if thou art here, Is once again with Eden bless'd, And man contains it in his breast. 164 WOMAN speaker. Our vows are heard ! long, long to mortal... | |
| English poetry - 1873 - 390 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 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... | |
| Casket - 1873 - 912 pages
...below, Comforter of every woe. Heavenly born and bred on higlu To crown the favourites of tbe sky; Lovely lasting Peace, appear, This world itself, if...once again with Eden blest. And man contains it in hi« breast. THE JESTER'S SERMON. [George Walter Thornbury, liom 182S. He was Minuted for the church,... | |
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