 Dim as the borrowed beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering travellers, 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,...  A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature ... - Page 403edited by - 1829Full view - About this book
 | William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1855 - 768 pages
...measure. Dim as' | the bor'|row'd beams' | of moon' | and stars To lone'ly, wea'ry, wan'd'ring travelers' Is Reason to the soul ! and as on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light, as here ; so Reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward... | |
 | John Dryden - 1855 - 350 pages
...as the borrowtQjfcms of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wnflering travellers, V Is reason to ±he 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 day.... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1855 - 852 pages
...men have devised for their own pleasing. Alas, that man should trust to reason's glimmering ray — " Dim as the borrowed beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering travelers!" To comprehend the idea of immortality, in its fullest extent, is beyond the capacity of... | |
 | John Dryden - 1856 - 592 pages
...man is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth. RELIGIO LAICI. Dm as the borrow'd beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering...Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light ua here ; BO Reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...volumes. Dryden was born in 1631, and died in 1700. ARGUMENT FOR REVEALED RELIGION. (From Religio Laid.) 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 Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day.... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 574 pages
...lines of this splendid work as a specimen of solemn and majestic composition : — 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 glimm'ring ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day.... | |
 | Alfred Nevin - Bible - 1858 - 360 pages
...Moses descried the promised inheritance, but, like him, "she must not come into the Holy Land." « " Dim as the borrowed beams of moon and stars To lonely,...on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Nor light us here ; so Reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1857 - 516 pages
...Heroic measure. " Dim as' / the bor'/row'd beams' / of moon' / and stars To lone'ly, wea'ry, wan'd'ring travellers' Is Reason to the soul! and as on high...Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light, as here; so Reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to... | |
 | Martyrs - 1858 - 306 pages
...by the most able divines, the opinions they had created vanished away like stars before the sun. " Dim as the borrowed beams of moon and stars, To lonely, weary, wandering travellers, Is reason to thf' soul , and as on high, Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Nor light us here ; so reason's... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1858 - 424 pages
...bor'|row'd beams' | of moon' | and stars To lone'ly, wea'ry, wan'd'ring trav'elers' Is Reason to the soul 1 and as on high Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light, as here; so Reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to... | |
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