Oh ! lives there, Heaven ! beneath thy dread expanse, One hopeless, dark idolater of Chance, Content to feed, with pleasures unrefined, The lukewarm passions of a lowly mind ; Who, mouldering earthward, 'reft of every trust, In joyless union wedded to... The Pleasures of Hope, with Other Poems - Seite 70von Thomas Campbell - 1817 - 136 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Thomas Campbell - 1803 - 162 Seiten
...the path by mortal never trod, Sprung to her source, the bosom of her God! Oh! lives there, Heav'ri! beneath thy dread expanse, One hopeless, dark Idolater of Chance, Content to feed, with pleasures unrefin'd, The lukewarm passions of a lowly mind; Who, mould'ring earthward, 'reft of every trust,... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1804 - 182 Seiten
...the path by mortal never trod, Sprung to her source, the bosom of her God ! Oh! lives there,Heav'n! beneath thy dread expanse. One hopeless, dark Idolater of Chance, Content to feed, with pleasures unrefin'd, The lukewarm passions of a lowly mind ; • Who, mould'ring earthward, 'reft of every trust,... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1804 - 144 Seiten
...path by mortal never trod, Sprung to her source, the bosom of her God ! Oh ! lives there, Heav'n ! beneath thy dread expanse, One hopeless, dark Idolater of Chance, Content to feed, with pleasure unrefin'd, The lukewarm passions of a lowly mind ; Who, mould'ring earthward, 'reft of every... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1806 - 220 Seiten
...God! Oh ! lives there, Heav'n ! beneath thy dread expanse, One hopeless, dark idolater of Chance, 296 Content to feed, with pleasures unrefined, The lukewarm passions of a lowly mind; Who, mould'ring earthward, 'reft of every trust, In joyless union wedded to the dust, 300 Could all his... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1811 - 214 Seiten
...Content to feed, with pleasures unrefin'd, The lukewarm passions of a lowly mind ; Who, mould'ring earthward, 'reft of every trust, In joyless union...— There live, alas ! of heaven-directed mien, Of cultur'd soul, and sapient eye serene, Who hail thee, man ! the pilgrim of a day, Spouse of the worm,... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1812 - 160 Seiten
...the path by mortal never trod, Sprung to her source, the bosom of her God ! Oh! lives there, heaven! beneath thy dread expanse, One hopeless, dark idolater of Chance, Content to feed, with pleasures unrefin'd, The lukewarm passions of a lowly mind ; Who, mould'ring earthward, 'reft of every trust,... | |
| General history - 1814 - 798 Seiten
...pathetically, and yet so indignantly describes in the beautiful lines, — f Oh ! lives there, heaven ! beneath thy dread expanse, One hopeless, dark idolater...dismiss, And call this barren world sufficient bliss ? He may not merit the " proud applause," the " pre-eminence in ill," of those " lights of the world,"... | |
| Robert Kerr - 1815 - 550 Seiten
...pathetically, and yet so indignantly describes in the beautiful lines, — Oh ! lives there, heaven ! beneath thy dread expanse, One hopeless, dark idolater...dismiss, And call this barren world sufficient bliss ? He may not merit the " proud applause," the " pre-eminence in ill," of those "lights of the world,"... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1821 - 254 Seiten
...Content to feed, with pleasures unrefinVl, The lukewarm passions of a lowly mind i Who, mould'ring earthward, reft of every trust, In joyless union wedded to the dust, 300 Could all his parting energy dismiss, And call this harren world sufficient hliss ?— There live,... | |
| Robert Kerr - 1824 - 528 Seiten
...pathetically, and yet so indignantly describes in the beautiful lines, — Oh ! lives there, heaven ! beneath thy dread expanse, One hopeless, dark idolater...dismiss, And call this barren world sufficient bliss ? He may not merit the " proud applause," the " pre-eminence in ill," of those "lights of the world,"... | |
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