A ray of heavenly light, gilding all forms Terrestrial in the vast and the minute; The unambiguous footsteps of the God, Who gives its lustre to an insect's wing, And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds. Poems - Strona 144autor: William Cowper - 1806Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| Thomas Robinson - 1876 - Liczba stron: 362
...numbers the stars numbers also the hairs of our head. Divinely enlightened reason sees everywhere " The unambiguous footsteps of the God Who gives its...wing, And wheels His throne upon the rolling worlds." Universal government no burden to an infinite God. An animaleule shares His attention with a sun, a... | |
| John Platts - 1876 - Liczba stron: 986
...RESPECTING INSECTS. — (Continued.) In the vast, and the minute, we sef Th' unamhiguous footsteps of a God, Who gives its lustre to an insect's wing, And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds. Cowper. THE APHIS. THIS is an insect which has engaged the attention of naturalists for various reasons:... | |
| Henry Noble Day - 1877 - Liczba stron: 564
...with stupid gaze Of ignorance, till then she overlooked, A ray of heavenly light, gilding all forms 8W Terrestrial in the vast and the minute ; The unambiguous...worlds. Much conversant with Heaven, she often holds *" To gratulate the new-created earth, *** Sent forth a voice, and all the sons of God Shouted for... | |
| John Ford - 1877 - Liczba stron: 270
...by all your party, — to see amidst all the beauties of wondrous scenery, " A ray of heavenly light gilding all forms Terrestrial in the vast and the...wing, And wheels His throne upon the rolling worlds." 8 mo. 9. — Formal opening of the school session this afternoon. The usual topics of address — truthfulness... | |
| Frederick Edward Hulme - 1877 - Liczba stron: 270
...twinkles in the sun, Prompts with remembrance of a present God. In the vast and the minute he sees The unambiguous footsteps of the God Who gives its...wing, And wheels His throne upon the rolling worlds. ' The works of Milton, Wordsworth, Hcrrick, Barton, and many others, afford numerous fine examples... | |
| Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - Liczba stron: 766
...Exceeds the narrow vision of his mind ? Thomson. In the vast, and the minute, we see The unambitious tram Couder. What prodigies can power Divine perform More grand than it produces year by year, And all in... | |
| John Campbell Shairp - 1877 - Liczba stron: 296
...his acknowledgment of Him whom he calls ' The only just Proprietor' of Nature. It is He who alike ' Gives its lustre to an insect's wing, And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds.' 0 When He has enlightened the eye and touched the mortal ear— ' In that blest moment, Nature throwing... | |
| James Ridgway (B.D.) - 1878 - Liczba stron: 214
...all things what, with stupid gaze Of ignorance, till then she overlooked, A ray of heavenly light, gilding all forms Terrestrial, in the vast and the...nightly with silent pomp, Sweet conference. Inquires what strains were they With which heaven rang, when every star, in haste To gratulate the new created... | |
| William Cowper - 1878 - Liczba stron: 290
...all things what, with stupid gaze Of ignorance, till then she overlook'd, A ray of heavenly light, gilding all forms Terrestrial in the vast and the...holds With those fair ministers of light to man, That nightly fill the skies with silent pomp, Sweet conference. Inquires what strains were they With which... | |
| William Cowper - 1878 - Liczba stron: 286
...all things what, with stupid gaze Of ignorance, till then she overlook'd, A ray of heavenly light, gilding all forms Terrestrial in the vast and the...holds With those fair ministers of light to man, That nightly fill the skies with silent pomp, Sweet conference. Inquires what strains were they With which... | |
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