 | Michael Caputo - 2000 - 248 Seiten
...Praise Him. STERN LAWGIVER! YET THOU DOST WEAR THE GODHEAD MOST BENIGNANT GRACE; NOR KNOW WE ANYTHING SO FAIR AS IS THE SMILE UPON THY FACE; FLOWERS LAUGH...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
...CHAPTER LXXX "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...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
...moment: 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...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... | |
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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; And... 
