| Edmund Gosse - 1913 - 296 Seiten
...the one exquisite poem which was " the more than Abishag of his age " : His muse, bright angel of his verse, Gives balm for all the thorns that pierce,...than Michal of his bloom, The Abishag of his age. M POMPEY THE LITTLE POMPEY THE LITTLE THE HISTORY or POMPKY THE LITTLE ; or, the Life and Ad•ventures... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1913 - 632 Seiten
...counsel to his child. His muse, bright angel of his verse. Gives balm for all the thorns that prerctt, For all the pangs that rage ; Blest light, still gaining on the gloom, The more than Michal of his bloom, Th' Abishag of his age. He sung of God — the mighty source Of all things — the stupendous force... | |
| 1918 - 2062 Seiten
...exaltations caught, Unrivaled royalty of thought O'er meaner strains supreme. His muse, bright angel of his e we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a" that; Gie fools...and a' that, Their tinsel show, and a' that; The hon sang of God — the mighty source Of all things— the stupendous force On which all strength depends;... | |
| Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1918 - 1116 Seiten
...theme ; Notes from yon exaltations caught, Unrivall'd royalty of thought His muse, bright angel of his verse, Gives balm for all the thorns that pierce, For all the pangs that rage : B!est light still gaining on the gloom, The more than MichaJ of his bloom, Th' Abishag of his age.... | |
| Ernest Rhys - 1922 - 280 Seiten
...the one exquisite poem which was " the more than Abishag of his age": His muse, bright angel of his verse, Gives balm for all the thorns that pierce,...than Michal of his bloom, The Abishag of his age. A BELT OF ASTEROIDS BY EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN Now and then a name becomes durably known in literature... | |
| Thomas Earle Welby - 1925 - 254 Seiten
...Wise are his precepts, prayer, and praise, And counsel to his child. His muse, bright angel of his verse, Gives balm for all the thorns that pierce,...than Michal of his bloom, The Abishag of his age. He sang of God—the mighty source Of all things—the stupendous force From whose right arm, beneath... | |
| David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 Seiten
...ways, Wise are his precepts, prayer and praise, And counsel to his child. His muse, bright angel of his verse, Gives balm for all the thorns that pierce,...gaining on the gloom, The more than Michal of his bloom, Th' Abishag of his age. He sung of God — the mighty source Of all things — the stupendous force... | |
| Christopher Smart - 1763 - 44 Seiten
...his precepts, prayer and praife, And counfel to his child. XVII. His mufe, bright angel of his verfe, Gives balm for all the thorns that pierce, For all the pangs that rage ; Blefl light, ftill gaining on the gloom, The more than Michal of his bloom, Th' Abifhag of his age.... | |
| Edmund Gosse - 1927 - 412 Seiten
...how each was exemplified in the character and acts of King David : — His Muse, bright angel of his verse, Gives balm for all the thorns that pierce....than Michal of his bloom. The Abishag of his age. In these opening stanzas there lingers a little of the conventional eighteenth-century verbiage, but... | |
| Raymond-Jean Frontain, Jan Wojcik - 1980 - 236 Seiten
...description of the Psalms with a reference to their special healing power: His muse, bright angel of his verse. Gives balm for all the thorns that pierce,...the pangs that rage; Blest light, still gaining on that gloom, The more than Michal of his bloom, Th'Abishag of his age. 3 These lines, clearly, refer... | |
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