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... The Life of Samuel Johnson - Página 160por James Boswell - 1880Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Juvenal - 1837 - 306 páginas
...eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r, Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, 355 Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet when...healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd; 360 For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill; For... | |
| 1840 - 368 páginas
...his pow'r, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r ; Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives...which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's... | |
| John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 546 páginas
...inquired of the poet, whether we shall upon no occasion implore the mercy of the skies? He replies: — Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong...for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign' d, For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted... | |
| John Wilson Croker - 1842 - 544 páginas
...inquired of the poet, whether we shall upon no occasion implore the mercy of the skies? He replies: — Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong...fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a witl resign' d, For love, which scarce collective man can Jitl; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted... | |
| Selected letters - 1842 - 318 páginas
...lines of Johnson may be applied to the communion : " But when the sense of sacred presence fires, A strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy...mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For faith,... | |
| Readings - 1843 - 466 páginas
...supplicating voice, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned; For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill;... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 páginas
...his power, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious prayer. Implore his aid, in his of life from resigned ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 páginas
...his power, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious prayer. Implore his aid, in his resigned ; For love, which scarce collective man can till ; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted... | |
| Charles Knight - 1844 - 246 páginas
...station ; those blessings which are thus beautifully described by our great moralist, Dr. Johnson : — " Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 páginas
...his power, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush3 of a specious prayer. Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives...for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned ; For love, which scarce collective man4 can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted... | |
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