 WHEN I survey the bright Celestial sphere; So rich with jewels hung, that night Doth like an Ethiop bride appear: My soul her wings doth spread And heaven-ward flies, The Almighty's mysteries to read In the large volumes of the skies. For the bright firmament...  Garden Walks with the Poets - Página 991854Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 802 páginas
...Ccclestiall spheare : So rich with jewels nun;, that night Deth like an Ethiop bride appeaie : My soule her wings doth spread, And heaven-ward flies. The...large volumes of the skies. For the bright firmament Shootcs forth no flame So silent, but is eloquent In speaking the Creator's name. No unregarded star... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 440 páginas
...The Almighty's mysteries to read In the large volumes of the skies. For the bright firmament Shootes forth no flame So silent, but is eloquent In speaking the Creator's name. No unregarded star Contraets its light Into so small a eharaeter, Remov'd far from our humane sight : But if we stedfast... | |
 | 1854 - 1112 páginas
...; Loud as night's thunder Ascends the glad psalm. — QJP CELESTIAL OBJECTS. AUGUST, 1854. :1 W«EM I survey the bright Celestial sphere, So rich with...mysteries to read In the large volumes of the skies. CELESTIAL OJUKCTS. " For the bright firmament Shoots forth no flame, So client, but is eloquent In... | |
 | 1837 - 540 páginas
...Penseroso" section, we gather a poem often quoted from, but seldom seen : — THE MI\ Mir rt OF HABINGTON. " When I survey the bright Celestial sphere So rich...star Contracts its light Into so small a character Removed far from hnman sight, " But if we steadfast look, We shall discern In it, as in some holy book,... | |
 | 1832 - 406 páginas
...glass of grog for saving a boy's life ?" ' THE FIRMAMENT. | WILLIAM HABINGTON, born 1605, died 1654.] When I survey the bright Celestial Sphere: So rich...unregarded star Contracts its light Into so small a cnaracter, Remov'd far from our humane sight • But if we stedfast look, We shall discern In it, as... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 852 páginas
...piers, and the ocean engulfed numberless ships and sailors, with an immense amount of property. NIGHT. When I survey the bright Celestial sphere : So rich...night Doth like an Ethiop bride appear : My soul her wing doth spread. And heaven-ward fliee, The Almighty's mysteries to read In the large volume of the... | |
 | Chandler Robbins Gilman - 1836 - 296 páginas
...those faintly blushing rays were most beautiful. I thought of those sweet lines of old Habingdon : " When I survey the bright Celestial sphere, So rich...bride appear ; My soul her wings doth spread, And upward flies, Th' Almighty mysteries to read In the large volume of the skies." Then came recollections... | |
 | George Willson - 1840 - 298 páginas
...noisome grave. Like a disabled pitcher of no use. — Blair. LESSON LXXXI. The Firmament. — HABINOTON. WHEN I survey the bright Celestial sphere ; So rich...star Contracts its light Into so small a character Removed far from our human sight ; But, if we steadfast look We shall discern In it, as in some holy... | |
 | Gems - 1841 - 624 páginas
...For both dissolve to air, if Thou Thy influence but withdraw. NOX NOCTI INDICAT SCIENTIAM.— DAVID. WHEN I survey the bright Celestial sphere, So rich...soul her wings doth spread, And heavenward flies, Th' Almighty's mysteries to read In the large volume of the skies. For the bright firmament Shoots... | |
 | 1841 - 504 páginas
...the poor. GEMS FROM THE OLD ENGLISH POET3. NIGHT BHOWETH KNOWLEDGE. William Hablngdon (1806-16541. When I survey the bright Celestial sphere, So rich with jewels hung, that night Doth like an Ethlop bride appear i My aoul her wings doth spread. And heavenward flies, Tho Almighty's mysteries... | |
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