 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 388 pages
...view, Till every bound at length fhould dil'appear, z10 And infmite perfection clofe the fcenc. Catl now to mind what high capacious powers Lie folded up in man ; how far beyond The prail'e of mortals, may the eternal growth Of nnture to perfection half divine, 215 Expand the blooming... | |
 | Mark Akenside - 1744 - 124 pages
...her view, Till every bound at length fhould difappear, 22* And infinite perfection clofe the fcene. Call now to mind what high capacious powers Lie folded up in man i how far beyond The praife of mortals, may th' eternal growth Of nature to perfection half divine,... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 404 pages
...her view, Till every bound at length mould difappear, 230 And infinite perfeftion clofe the fcene. Call now to mind what high capacious powers Lie folded up in man ; how far beyond The praife of mortals, may the eternal growth Qf nature to perfeftion half divine, 22$ Expand the blooming... | |
 | Mark Akenside - English poetry - 1794 - 218 pages
...her view, Till every bound at length fhould difappear, 220 And infinite perfection clofe the fcene. Call now to mind what high capacious powers Lie folded up in man ; how far beyond The praife of mortals, may the eternal growth Of nature to perfeftion half divine 225 Expand the blooming... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...inhrge her view, Till every bound at length Ihould dilappcar, And infinite perfection c!ofe the (cene. Call now to mind what high capacious powers Lie folded up in man : how far beyond The praifc of mortals, may the eternal growth Of nature to perfeition half divine, Expand the blooming... | |
 | Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...in brief delight, Not in the fading echoes of renown 215 Power's purple robes, or pleasure's flow'ry lap The soul should find enjoyment ; but from these Turning disdainful to an equal good, Thro' all the ascent of things enlarge her view, Till every bound at length should disappear, 220 And... | |
 | Mark Akenside - 1804 - 206 pages
...Sov'ran Mak'.r said, Not in the fading echoes of renown, 215 Pow'rs purple robes, nor Pleasure's flow'ry lap, The soul should find enjoyment ; but from these Turning disdainful to an equal good, Thro' all th' ascent of things enlarge her view, Till ev'ry bound at length should disappear, 220 And... | |
 | Great Britain - Great Britain - 1806 - 286 pages
...nor in brief delight, Not in the fading echoes of Renown, Pow'r's purple robes, or Pleasure's flow'ry lap, The, soul should find enjoyment : but from these Turning disdainful to an equal good, Through all th' ascent of things enlarge her view, Till ev'ry bound at length should disappear. And infinite perfection... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...brief delight, Not in the fading echoes of renown, Pow'r's purple robes, nor pleasure's flow'ry Lip, The soul should find enjoyment : but from these Turning disdainful to an equal good, Thro' all th' ascent of things enlarge her view, Till every bound at length should disappear, And infinite... | |
 | Mark Akenside - 1807 - 254 pages
...not in humble nor in brief delight, Not in the fading echoes, of renown, jtf Power's purple robes, nor pleasure's flowery lap, The soul should find enjoyment:...view, Till every bound at length should disappear, 280 And infinite perfection close the scene. Call now to mind what high capacious powers Lie folded... | |
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Rest at the fated goal. For from the birth Of mortal man, the Sovereign Maker said, That not in humble nor in brief delight, Not in the fading echoes of renown, Power's purple robes, nor pleasure's flowery lap, The soul should find enjoyment : but from... 
