| English literature - 1842 - 592 pages
...in Milton, whether borrowed or not : — ' Dark with excessive light Thy skirts appear ; Yet dazzle heaven, that brightest seraphim Approach not, but...verses of an obscure Italian poet, Girolamo Preti :— ' Tu, per soffrir della cui luce i rai Si fan dell' ale i serafini un velo.' Hut Mr Hallam has... | |
| John Dryden - 1808 - 382 pages
...public scale ? Bnt, gracious God ! how well dost thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ? Thy throne is darkness in the' abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. O teach me to believe thee thus conceal'd, And search no further than thyself... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 532 pages
...sentiment: " BUT, gracious GOD, how well dost thou provide " For erring judgements an unerring guide! " Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, " A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. " O ! teach me to believe thee thus conceal'd, " And search no farther than... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 562 pages
...sentiment : " BUT, gracious GOD, how well dost thou provide " For erring judgements an unerring guide ! " Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, " A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. " O ! teach me to believe thee thus conceal'd, " And search no farther than... | |
| John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 480 pages
...public scale? But, gracious God, how well dost thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide! Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. O teach me to believe thee, thus concealed, And search no farther than thyself... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 564 pages
...public scale ? But, gracious God, how well dost thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ! Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. O teach me to believe thee, thus concealed, And search no farther than thyself... | |
| John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808 - 374 pages
...public scale ? But, gracious God ! how well dost thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ? Thy throne is darkness in the' abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forhids the sight. O teach me to believe thee thus conceal'd, And search no farther than thyself... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 472 pages
...public scale? Hut, gracious God, how well dost thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide! Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. O teach me to believe thce, thus concealed, And search no farther than thyself... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 412 pages
...publie seale ? But, graeious God! how well dost thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide! Thy throne is darkness in the' abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forhids the sight. O teaeh me to believe thee thus eoneeal'd, And seareh no farther than thyself... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - 412 pages
...sentiment : "Bui, gracious GOD, how well dost thou provide For erring judgements an unerring guide ! Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. O ! teach me to believe thee thus conceal'd, And search no farther than thyself... | |
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