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" 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 resign'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er... "
The Female Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Verse: Selected ... - Page 80
by Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 392 pages
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...refign'd ; For Love, which fcarce collective Man can fill -r For Patience Sov'reign o'er tranfmuted 111 ; For Faith, that panting for a happier Seat, Counts Death kind Nature's Signal of Retreat : Thefe Goods for Man the Laws of Heav'n ordain, Thefe Goods he grants, who grants the Pow'r to gain;...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 412 pages
...refign'd ; For Love, which fcarce collective Man can fill ; For Patience Sov'reign o'er tranfmuted 111 ; For Faith, that panting for a happier Seat, Counts Death kind Nature's Signal of Retreat : Thefe Goods for Man the Laws of Heav'n ordain, Thefe Goods he grants, who grants the Pow'r to gain;...
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Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry, Volumes 5-6

John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 442 pages
...Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, that panting...signal of retreat : These goods for man the laws of heaven ordain, These goods he grants, who grants the- p ow'r to gain ; With these celestial Wisdom...
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Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry, Volumes 5-6

John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 428 pages
...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...signal of retreat : These goods for man the laws of heaven ordain, These goods he grants, who grants the pow'r to gain ; With these celestial Wisdom calms...
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The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations ...

Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...passions, and a will resign-d; For Lotf, which scarce collective man can fill; For Patience, sov-rcign o'er transmuted ill; For Faith, that panting for a happier seat, Counts Death kind Nature-s signal for retreat. These goods for man the laws of Heav-n ordain, , ' These goods he grants...
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The Poetical Works ...: With the Life of the Author

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, that panting...signal of retreat : These goods for man the laws of heaven ordain, These goods he grants, who grants the pow'r to gain ; With these celestial wisdom calms...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 350 pages
...Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, that, panting...These goods he grants, who grants the pow'r to gain l With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind, A"d makes the happiness she does not find. • Ver. 346—...
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Letters to a Young Lady on a Course of English Poetry

John Aikin - Books and reading - 1806 - 346 pages
...passions and a will resign'd ; For love, 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 signal for retreat. Both these imitations have an excellence to an English reader not always found in compositions...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 328 pages
...passions, and a will resigned; For love, 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 signal oT retreat: These goods for man the laws of Heav'n ordain, These goods he grants, who grants the pow'r...
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Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1809 - 530 pages
...Obedient passions, and a will resign d, For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting...gain; With these celestial wisdom calms the mind, 'Arfd makes the' happiness she does not find. The month succeeding the publication of" The Vanity of...
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