 | John Milton - 1833 - 438 pages
...Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent; Tell me, how may I know him, how adore, From whom 1 have that thus I move and live, And feel that I am...happier than I know. — « While thus I call'd, and stray'd I knew not whither, From where I first drew air, and first beheld This happy light; when, answer... | |
 | Christian life - 1847 - 600 pages
...came I thus, how here ? Not of myself ; by some great maker then In goodness and in power preeminent ; Tell me how may I know him, how adore From whom I...and live, And feel that I am happier than I know. The birth-day lesson by degrees may grow into a little sermon, but a mother's still. " Remember now... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 516 pages
...came thus, how here.' Not of myself; by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent : Tell me, how may I know him, how adore ; From whom...I am happier than I know? While thus I call'd, and stray'd I knew not whither, From where I first drew air, and first beheld This happy light ; when answer... | |
 | John Milton, Edward Young, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, William Collins - English poetry - 1836 - 558 pages
...here? Not of myself; by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent: Tell me, how may 1 know him, how adore, From whom I have that thus I...feel that I am happier than I know.' While thus I called, and strayed, I knew not whither, From where I first drew air, and first beheld This happy light,... | |
 | John Milton - Fall of man - 1836 - 348 pages
...goodness and in power preeminent: Tell me how may I know him, how adore, 280 From whom I have that thus 1 move and live, And feel that I am happier than I know. While thus I call'd, and strayed I knew not whither, From where I first drew air, and first beheld This happy light; when answer... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 512 pages
...came thus, how here? Not of myself; by some great Maker then, la goodness and in power pre-eminent : Tell me, how may I know him, how adore ; From whom...I am happier than I know? While thus I call'd, and stray'd I knew not whither, From where I first drew air, and first beheld This happy light ; when answer... | |
 | William Brown GALLOWAY - 1837 - 570 pages
...I thus, how here ? Not of myself ; by some great Maker then In goodness and in power pre-eminent ; Tell me how may I know him, how adore, From whom I...and live, And feel that I am happier than I know. This beautiful passage is certainly highly poetical, nor are we to suppose that Adam at once found... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1837 - 352 pages
...here; Not of myself, by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent; Tell me how I may know him, how adore From whom I have that thus I move...I am happier than I know. While thus I call'd, and stray'd, I knew not whither, From where I first drew air, and first beheld This happy light, when answer... | |
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Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here? Not of myself; by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent: Tell me how may I know him, how adore, From whom I have that thus I move and live, And feel that I am happier than I know... 
