 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,...  The Christian Spectator - Page 2441821Full view - About this book
 | 1822 - 628 pages
...travellers, ' Is Reason to the soul : — und as on high. Those rolling fires discover but the shy, Not light us here ; so Reason's glimmering ray Was...better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear, When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere, So pale grows Reason at Religion's sight, So dies, — and... | |
 | Robert Charles Dallas - 1824 - 464 pages
...of truth : Dim as the borrow' d beams of moon and stars, To lonely, wandering, weary travellers, Is reason to the soul. — And as on high Those rolling...better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear, When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere ; So pale grows reason at religion's sight, So dies, — and... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...contenta docere. 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...better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere, So pale grows Reason at Religion's sight, So dies, and so... | |
 | Robert Charles Dallas, Alexander Robert Charles Dallas - Poets, English - 1824 - 468 pages
...of truth : Dim as the borrow'd beams of moon and stars, To lonely, wandering, weary travellers, Is reason to the soul. — And as on high Those rolling...better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear, When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere ; So pale grows reason at religion's sight, So dies, — and... | |
 | Robert Charles Dallas, Alexander Robert Charles Dallas - Poets, English - 1824 - 466 pages
...of truth : Dim as the borrow' d beams of moon and stars, To lonely, wandering, weary travellers, Is reason to the soul. — And as on high Those rolling...light us here ; so reason's glimmering ray Was lent, n6t to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...AN EPISTLE. Dim as the borrow'd beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering travellers, Is reason to t@ */ ; то reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better... | |
 | Thomas Hancock - Instinct - 1824 - 584 pages
...and as on high, These rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here: so Reason's glimm'ring ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day." Dryden. obscured atmosphere of the mind, and in greater or smaller measure distributed to mankind universally,... | |
 | Thomas Hancock - 1824 - 574 pages
...moon and stars, To lonely, weary, wand'ring travellers, Is Reason to the soul : and as on high, These rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here: so Reason's glinun'ring ray Was lent,1 not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day." Dryden.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...lonely, weary, wandering travellers, Is reason to the soul : and as on high, Those rolling fires diseover day's bright lord aseends our hemisphere ; So pale grows reason at religion's sight ; So dies, and... | |
 | Henry Phillips - Emblems - 1825 - 414 pages
...stars, To lonely, weary, wand'fing travellers, Is reason to the soul: and as on high, Those rowling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here; so...doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day." Dry den. The goat's rue, so entirely disregarded in this country, yet so highly estimated by the Italians,... | |
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