 | Frederick Denison Maurice - 1854 - 416 Seiten
...nature bows, and from which all her grace and beauty proceeds : — ' Flowers laugh before thee in their beds, And Fragrance in thy footing treads ;...ancient Heavens through thee are fresh and strong." And, doubtless, the more we studied the secrets of nature, and entered into her most intricate relations,... | |
 | John Harris - 1854 - 316 Seiten
...forced 1 Hence the apostrophe of the philosophic poet of nature in. his Ode to Duty: " Stern lawgiver ! .^Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And the...ancient heavens through the.e are fresh and strong." 2 Bishop Berkely's Sins, p. 120. 8 Newton 5 31st Query at the end of Optics. . him from tlie arbitrary... | |
 | 1884 - 874 Seiten
...of tho voice of God I " but in the same poem he acknowledges "But thou dost wear The God-head's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face." Duty is only a hard taskmistress until we know how to learn her lessons. We may say that Duty is her... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 Seiten
...name, I long for a repose that ever is the same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we anything so fair As...ancient heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong. To humbler functions, awful Power ! I call thee ; I myself commend Unto thy guidance, from this hour... | |
 | 1855 - 458 Seiten
...name, I long for a repose that ever is the same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we anything so fair As...ancient heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong. To humbler functions, awful Power . I call thee ; I myself commend ' Unto thy guidance, from this hour... | |
 | Clara Arnold - 1855 - 322 Seiten
...TAiE. STEBN Lawgiver! yet dost thou wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor knew we any thing so fair As is the smile upon thy face: Flowers laugh...ancient heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong. \VOBDSWORTH. "WHY do you dwell so much, dear mamma, upon the necessity of acting from a principle of... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 Seiten
...name, I long for a repose that ever is the same. Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we anything so fair As...ancient heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong. To humble functions, awful Power ! I call thee ; I myself commend Unto thy guidance, from this hour... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1856 - 590 Seiten
...gathered now like sleeping Jtewirs," In the following bold imagery he embodies the idea of Duty. " Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance...ancient heavens through thee are fresh and strong." But the poem in which this lofty feeling of intimate communion with nature is most unfolded as a Philosophy... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1856 - 556 Seiten
...idea of Duty. " Flowers laugh before thec on their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treads ; Ttou dost preserve the stars from wrong, And the most ancient heavens through thee are fresh and strong." But the poem in which this lofty feeling of intimate communion with nature is most unfolded as a Philosophy... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 460 Seiten
...and spirit, but by those •who feel the sublimity of these four lines in his " Ode to Duty," — " Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance...ancient heavens through thee are fresh and strong." Is thy life disturbed by guilty or sinful passions ? Have they gained a mastery of thee — and art... | |
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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... 
