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 | John Bell - English poetry - 1777
...tp=a negat, o ntema dccere. DIM as the borrow 'd beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wand'ring, travellers, Is reason to the soul : and as on high Those rolling fires discover hut the sky, Not light us here ; so reason's glimm'ring ray J Was leut, not to assure our doubtful... | |
 | English poetry - 1801
...ipsa neSat, content* docere. DIM as the borrow'd beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wand'ring travellers, Is reason to the soul : and as on high...fires discover but the sky, Not light us here ; so reason's glimmering ray 1 Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, L But guide us upward to a better... | |
 | 1907
...machines, and the Churches may well appeal to human hearts and feelings : Dim as the borrowed light of moon and stars To lonely weary wandering travellers, Is reason to the soul. . . . Still, ' dim " as it may have been, it helped the old pagan philosophers to grope forward towards... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808
...be reasoned into truth. RELIGIO LAICI. Ornari res Ipsa iiegal, coutenla docere. DIM as the borrow'd beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering...fires discover but the sky, Not light us here; so reason's glimmering ray 1 Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, f But guide us upward to a better... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808
...strong, and generous thy design ; > And always to do well is only thine. 3 THO. CREECH. RELIGIO LAICI. DIM as the borrowed beams of moon and stars To lonely,...fires discover but the sky, Not light us here; so reason's glimmering ray Y Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, > But guide us upward to a better... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808
...Thy reason's strong, and generous thy design ; > And always to do well is only thine. ) RELIGIO LAICL DIM as the borrowed beams of moon and stars To lonely,...fires discover but the sky, Not light us here; so reason's glimmering ray V Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, > But guide us upward to a better... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808
...strong, and generous thy design ; ;. And always to do well is only thine. J J'lio. CKEECH. RELIGIO LAICI. DIM as the borrowed beams of moon and stars To lonely,...fires discover but the sky, Not light us here ; so reason's glimmering ray V Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, > But guide us upward to a better... | |
 | John Dryden, Thomas Park - 1808
...cunlenla docerc. DIM as the borrow'd beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering traveller^ Is reason to the soul : and as on high Those rolling...fires discover but the sky, Not light us here ; so reason's glimmering ray ) Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, /But guide us upward to a better... | |
 | 1809
...AN EPISTLE. DIM as tin- borrow'd beams of moon and stars To Icnely, weary, wand'ring travellers, li reason to the soul : and as on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Nor light us here; so reason's glimm'riug ray 1 Was lent not to assure our doubtful way, V But guide... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810
...cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth. RELIGIO LAICI. AN EPISTLE. DIM as the borrow'd beams of Moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering...fires discover but the sky, Not light us here ; so Reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day.... | |
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