Eve ! But long as god-like wish, or hope divine, Informs my spirit, ne'er can I believe That this magnificence is wholly thine ! — From worlds not quickened by the sun A portion of the gift is won ; An intermingling of Heaven's pomp is spread On ground... Faust: A Tragedy - Page 200by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1847 - 338 pagesFull view - About this book
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...Herds range along the mountain side ; And glistening antlers are descried ; And gilded flocks appear. Thine is the tranquil hour, purpureal Eve ! But long...is spread On ground which British shepherds tread ! VOL. II. N III. And, if there be whom broken ties Afflict, or injuries assail, Yon hazy ridges to... | |
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...glistening antlers are descried; And gilded flocks appear. Thine is the tr.inquil hour, purpUrcal Eve! Hut long as god-like wish, or hope divine, Informs my spirit, ne'er can I believe That this mnpnificence is wholly thine* — From worlds not quickened by the sun A portion of the {;ift is von... | |
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...Herds range along the mountain side ; And glistening antlers are descried ; And gilded flocks appear. But long as god-like wish, or hope divine, Informs...is spread On ground which British shepherds tread 1 And, if there be whom broken ties Afflict, or injuries assail, Yon hazy ridges to their eyes, Present... | |
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...this world will rise in magnificence, in proportion as it borrows or reflects the light from that. From worlds not quickened by the sun, A portion of...is spread On ground which British shepherds tread ! All truth, to the humble mind, is poetry ; spiritual truth is eminently so. We long to witness a... | |
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...potency, Of beamy radiance that imbues Whate'cr it strikes with gemlikc hues. From worlds not quicken 41 by the sun A portion of the gift is won, An intermingling...shepherds tread. " And if there be whom broken ties Afilict. or injuries assail, Yon hazy ridgi-s, to their eyes Present a glorious scale, Climbing suffused... | |
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...glistening antlers are descried, And gilded flocks appear. Thine is the tranquil hour, purpureal ete ! But long as god-like wish or hope divine Informs my...this magnificence is wholly thine. From worlds not quicken'd by the sun, A portion of the gift is w on ; An intermingling of heaven's pomp is spread On... | |
| American literature - 1867 - 796 pages
..."Thine is the tranquil hour, purpureal Eve I But long aa godlike wish, or hope divine, Informs ray spirit, ne'er can I believe That this magnificence...is spread On ground which British shepherds tread 1" Even the careless curve of a frozen cloud across the blue, will calm some troubled thoughts, may... | |
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...this world will rise in magnificence, in proportion as it borrows or reflects the light from that. " From worlds not quickened by the sun A portion of...is spread On ground which British shepherds tread !" All truth to the humble mind, is poetry: spiritual truth is eminently so. We long to witness a better... | |
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