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 resign'd;... Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry - Page 35by John Bell - 1789Full view - About this book
| James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...supplicating voice, But leave to Heaven the measure and the choice. Safe in His hand, whose eye discerns afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r; Implore...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... | |
| James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1799 - 640 pages
...supplicating voice, But leave to Heaven the measure and the choice. Safe in His hand, whose eye discerns afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r ; Implore...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... | |
| James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...supplicating voice, " But leave to Heaven the measure and the choice. " Safe in His hand, whose eye discerns afar " The secret ambush of a specious pray'r ; "...rest, " Secure whate'er he gives he gives the best. the sentiments of Scaliger and Aristotle, not bearing to hear it urged, that some things, are true... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...pow-r whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious prayer ; Implore his aid, in his decision rest, Secure, whate-er he gives, he gives the best....strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign-d; For Lotf, which scarce collective... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 pages
...supplicating voice, But leave to heaven the measure and the choice. Safe in his pow'r, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r. Implore...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
...supplicating voice, But leave to Heav'n the measure and the choice, Safe in his pow'r, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r ; Implore...strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned; For love, which scarce collective... | |
| 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 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... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 350 pages
...supplicating voice, But leave to Heav'n the measure and the choice. Safe in his pow'r, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r; Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, what'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion... | |
| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...Safe in His hand, whose eye discerns afar jEtot! " ^ ne secret ambush of a specious pray'r ; 40. " Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, " Secure whate'er...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... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 268 pages
...the measure and the choice; Safe in His pow'r, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a secret pray'r. Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the best*. I am, Sir, Yours respectfully, PEREGRINE PLACID. * Vanity of Human Wishes. N°89. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY... | |
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