 These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare...  The British poets, including translations - Page 219by British poets - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Decorative arts - 1823 - 466 pages
...with thee on my back, have I exclaimed, as the sun first peep'd forth in all his beauty : " These are thy glorious works, parent of good) Almighty, thine...frame, Thus wond'rous fair ! thyself how wond'rous then !" Here too are my rods and lines, my basket, landing-net, fishing-stool, and all the other paraphernalia... | |
 | 1822 - 666 pages
...comprehensive mind of a Newton or a Herschell, to convince us they were created by Omnipotence. " These are thy glorious works, Parent of Good! Almighty! —...Thus wondrous fair,— Thyself, how wondrous then !" Alike incomprehensible to our finite capacities, is the blazingmeteor, which excites apprehension... | |
 | John Milton - 1823 - 306 pages
...their lips, in prose or numerous verse, More tunable than needed lute or harp, To add more sweetuess ; and they thus began : These are thy glorious works,...universal frame, Thus wondrous fair ; thyself how wondrons then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...ambition call, From ancient story, learn to scorn them all. IV. — Mam and Eve's Morning Hymn. THESE are thy glorious works ! Parent of good ! Almighty ! thine...fair : Thyself how wond'rous, then, Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare... | |
 | A. Yosy - 1823 - 304 pages
...detained with them beyond the intended period of return to the paternal roof. CHAP. VII. " These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty : thine...fair — Thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable! Who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...Melancholy, give, And I with thee will choose to live. MILTON CHAP. XVIII. MORNING HYMN. THESE are thy glorious works, Parent of good ; Almighty ! thine...fair ! thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these Heav'ns, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowliest works : yet these... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - Theology - 1823 - 590 pages
...How naturally do our firsl Parents exclaim, in the language of the great English Poet, " These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine...wondrous fair ; thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable !" What an astonishing act must it have been to create a world, its furniture and its inhabitants,... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1823 - 406 pages
...equivalent either to a comma, colon, semicolon, or period, as the sense demands. EXAMPLE. These are thy glorious works, parent of good ! Almighty ! Thine...frame, Thus wondrous fair ! Thyself how wondrous then ! Milton. This is the most concise and comprehensive scheme of punctuation I could possibly collect... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...they to praise Tbe,r Maker, in fit strains pronounc'd or sung Unmed,tated, such prompt eloquence fVw'd h but feign'd, Pan or Sylvanus never slept, nor Nymph,...her nuptial bed, And heav'nly choirs the hymensean ! laspeakable, who sit'st above these Heavens TJ us mvisible, or dimly seen la these thy lowest works;... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...eloquence Flow'd from their lips, in prose or numerous verse ; More tunable than needed lute or harp 151 To add more sweetness; and they thus began : " These...fair ; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens 156 To us invisible, or dimly seen Jn these thy lowest works ; yet these... | |
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