 My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires, My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights, and, when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am ; Be thine the glory,...  Poetical Works - Page 111by John Dryden - 1808Full view - About this book
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 842 pages
...fuch by nature ftill I .am ; Be thine the glory, and be mine the iliamc. Good life be now my talk : my doubts are done : What more could fright my faith, than three in one? Can I helievc eternal God could lie Difguis'd in mortal mold and infancy ? ~**That the great Maker of the... | |
 | English poetry - 1801 - 416 pages
...My manhood, long misled by wand'ring fires, Follow'd false lights, and, when their glimpsewasgpne. My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such...Three in One ? Can I believe eternal God could lie So Disguis'd in mortal mould and infancy, That the great maker of the world could die ? And, after... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 pages
...manhood long misled by wand'ring fires, " Follow'd false lights; and when their glimpse was gone, '•' My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. " Such...now my task: my doubts are done; : " What more could shock my faith than Three in One?" In drawing Dryden's character, Johnson has given, though I suppose... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 562 pages
...glimpse was gone, " My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. " Such was 1, such by nature still 1 am ; " Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame"....now my task : my doubts are done ; " What more could shock my faith than Three in One 1» In drawing Dryden's character, Johnson has given, though I suppose... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 474 pages
...manhood-, long misled by wandering fires, Followed false lights ; and, when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such...I am ; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame! * Unitarians. See Note VJ, Good life be now my task ; my doubts are done ; * What more could fright... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 480 pages
...manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Followed false lights ; and, when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such...I am ; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame! -*• • * » * Unitarians. See-Note VI. Good life be now my task ; my doubts are done ; * What more... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 564 pages
...manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Followed false lights ; and, when thejr glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am ; JJe thine the glory, and be mine the shame !" The " vain desires " of Dryden's " thoughtless youth"... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 472 pages
...manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Followed false lights ; and, when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such bj nature still 1 am ; Be thine the glory," and be mine the shame! * Unitarians. See Note VI. Good... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 654 pages
...manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights ; and, when their glimpse was gone, d company. If any durst his factious friends accuse, He pack'da jury of dissenting j Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame. Good lite be now my task : my doubts are done : What more... | |
 | John Dryden - 1811 - 616 pages
...I, fuch by nature ftill I am ; Be thine the glory, and be mine the fhame. Good life be now my tafk: my doubts are done : What more could fright my faith,...three in one ? Can I believe eternal God could lie SON Difguis'd in mortal mold and infancy ? V That the great Maker of the world could die ? ) T< 64.... | |
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