Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure, whate'er He gives, He gives the best. Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned... Literary and Miscellaneous Memoirs - Page 139by Joseph Cradock - 1826Full view - About this book
| John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 442 pages
...specious pray'r, Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervors for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collective... | |
| English poetry - 1789 - 228 pages
...specious pray'r, Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Vet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervors for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign 'd ; For love, which scarce collective... | |
| John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 428 pages
...skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervors for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign 'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill ;^ a "6 For faith, that panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat :... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...specious pray'r ; Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure whate'er He gives He gives the best Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong...for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill, For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...specious pray'r; Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure whate'er He gives He gives the best Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong...for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill, For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...without he borrowed it, and died very poor in 1646." t' Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, t' And strong devotion to the skies aspires, " Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, t: Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; " For love, which scarce collective man can fill, " For... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...specious prayer ; Implore his aid, in his decision rest, Secure, whate-er he gives, he gives the best. , Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong...for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign-d; For Lotf, which scarce collective man can fill; For Patience, sov-rcign o'er transmuted ill;... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...specious pray'r. Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, four forth thy fervors for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 328 pages
...specious pray'r ; Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, And...which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's... | |
| John Aikin - Books and reading - 1806 - 346 pages
...modern writer was superior to that of the ancient. Nobler lines than the following were never composed : Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong...for a healthful mind, Obedient passions and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill, For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted... | |
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