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" THE Lord descended from above, And bowed the heavens most high; And underneath his feet he cast The darkness of the sky. 2 On cherub and on cherubim, Full royally, he rode ; And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad. "
Letters Concerning Poetical Translations, and Virgil's and Milton's Arts of ... - Page 54
by William Benson - 1739 - 83 pages
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Select Psalms and hymns, for the use of the parish church of Cardington

Hymns, English - 1786 - 146 pages
...heav'ns moft high ; And underneath his feet He caft The darknefs of the fky. On cherubs and on cherubim Full royally he rode ; And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad. Ancafter. • J. HE fpacious firmament on high, With all the wide expanfe of fky, And fpangled heav'ns,...
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Sketches from Nature: Taken, and Coloured, in a Journey to Margate ..., Volume 1

George Keate - Margate (England) - 1790 - 388 pages
...heavens high, And underneath His feet He cast The darkness of the sky. " On cherub and on cherubim Full royally He rode ; And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad." On sublime sounds we need not linger, further than to say that association has much to do with the...
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The Monthly magazine

Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...Lord descended from above, And bowed the Heavens high, And underneath his feet he cast The darkness of the sky. On cherubs and on cherubims Full royally...the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad." This passage, Kirke White adduces as " a brilliant, yet probably accidental exception to the general...
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Life and Works: A Collection of Pamphlets, Volume 2

Joanna Southcott - Prophecies - 1813 - 618 pages
...And underneath his feet he cait The darkness of the sky : On cherubs and on cherubims s Full royalty he rode, And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad, &c. &c. &c." Then was sung by the company the civ.th Psalm, a few verses of which I shall give. " O...
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Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs: Selected and Designed for the Use of the ...

George Richards - Hymns, English - 1802 - 370 pages
...underneath his feet he caft The darknefs of the fty. 2 On cherubs and on cherubims, Full royally ha rode : And. on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad. 3 To God', our Benefactor, bring The tribute of your praife : Too fmall for an almighty King ; But...
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The remains of Henry Kirke White [ed.] with an acount of his life ..., Volume 2

Henry Kirke White - 1807 - 320 pages
...descended from above, " And bowed the heavens high, " And underneath his feet he cast " The darkness of the sky. " On cherubs and on cherubims " Full royally...wings of mighty winds '« Came flying all abroad." Dryden honoured these verses with very high commendation, and, in the following lines of his Annus...
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The Remains of Henry Kirke White ; of Nottingham, Late of St. John's College ...

Henry Kirke White - 1807 - 318 pages
...descended from above, "And bowed the heavens high, " And underneath his feet he cast " The darkness of the sky. " On cherubs and on cherubims " Full royally...the wings of mighty winds " Came flying all abroad." Dryden honoured these verses with very high com. mendation, and, in the following lines of his Annus...
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A collection of hymns and psalms, for public and private worship, selected ...

Collection - 1807 - 650 pages
...heav'ns most high ; And underneath his feet he cast The darkness of the sky. 2 On cherub and on cherubim Full royally he rode ; And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad. 3 He sat serene upon the floods, Their fury to restrain; And he, as sov' reign Lord and King, For evermore...
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Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition, Addressed to His Son

George Gregory - Books and reading - 1809 - 384 pages
...translation by Sternhold and Hopkins, than of any poem in the English language On cherub and on seraphim Full royally he rode, And on the wings of mighty winds, Came flying all abroad. If I am any judge of the false sublime, I find it in the two first of these lines, where a truly grand...
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A Plea for Religion and the Sacred Writings: Addressed to the Disciples of ...

David Simpson - 1810 - 422 pages
...famous stanza of STEHNHOLD and HOPKINS in the 18th Psalm: — " On Cherubs and on Cherubinis Fully royally he rode ; And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad:" that he used to profess, he had rather have been the author of it, than to have enjoyed the kingdom...
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