 | George Eliot - 1909 - 476 Seiten
...leave him in motiveless levity. CHAPTER LXXX " Stern lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is...ancient Heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong. — WORDS WORTH: Ode to Ditty. WHEN Dorothea had seen Mr. Farebrother in the morning, she had promised... | |
 | Michael Caputo - 2000 - 248 Seiten
...-forth whose beauty is past change; Praise Him. STERN LAWGIVER! YET THOU DOST WEAR THE GODHEAD MOST BENIGNANT GRACE; NOR KNOW WE ANYTHING SO FAIR AS IS...TREADS; THOU DOST PRESERVE THE STARS FROM WRONG; AND THE ANCIENT HEAVENS, THROUGH THEE, ARE FRESH AND STRONG. TO HUMBLER FUNCTIONS, AWFUL POWER! I CALL THEE:... | |
 | Anthony R Brach - 2002 - 196 Seiten
...the Mighty Power of God (Praise for Creation and Providence) [1715]. Flowers laugh before thee upon their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads; Thou...ancient heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong. —William Wordsworth. Ode to Duty (l. 45-48). Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written... | |
 | George Eliot - 2006 - 294 Seiten
...leave him in motiveless levity. CHAPTER LXXX "Stern lawgiver! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is...ancient Heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong." "- WORDSWORTH: Ode to Duty." When Dorothea had seen Mr. Farebrother in the morning, she had promised... | |
 | Simon Jarvis - 2006 - 300 Seiten
...break down. It could be this kind of moment: Stern Lawgiver! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is...the most ancient Heavens through Thee are fresh and strong.'2 The connection between stars and duty had been made more famously, and in a rather different... | |
 | Douglas Hedley, Sarah Hutton - 2007 - 296 Seiten
...but can apostrophise Duty as the 'Stern Daughter of the Voice of God', exclaiming in Kantian spirit: Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And the most ancient heavens, through Thee are fresh and strong.45 44 Kant, Critique of Judgement, § 28 trans. JH Bernard (Hafner: New York, 1951), p. 101.... | |
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Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face : Flowers laugh before thee on their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong... 
