 But evil on itself shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness, when at last, Gathered like scum, and settled to itself, It shall be in eternal restless change Self-fed and self-consumed. If this fail, The pillared firmament is rottenness, And earth's...  Ethics and Aesthetics of Modern Poetry - Page 7by James Brown Selkirk - 1878 - 237 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Masson - 1859 - 714 pages
...like scum and settled to itself. It shall be in eternal restless change Self-fed and self-consumed. If this fail, The pillared firmament is rottenness, And earth's base built on stubble." He is for rushing at once to the haunt of the magician and dragging him to death. The seeming Thyrsis... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Keightley - 1859 - 492 pages
...like seum, and settled to itself, It shall be in eternal restless ehange Self-fed, and self-eonsumed. If this fail, The pillared firmament is rottenness, And earth's base built on stubble. — But eome, let 's on. Against the opposing will and arm of Heaven 600 May never this just sword... | |
 | George Gilfillan - Bible - 1859 - 342 pages
...is ministering, comfort, peace, and hope — how living and life-giving to thousands ! — and if it fail — " The pillared firmament is rottenness, And earth's base built on stubble." We leave the machinery, the meaning and the manners of Solomon's Song, to Charles Taylor, Pye Smith,... | |
 | Erwin House - Sermons, American - 1860 - 500 pages
...and vital faith in Christ are our defense and our victory. I know of nothing else on which to depend. "If this fail, The pillared firmament is rottenness, And earth's base built on stubble." HOMILY LXVL. AN EVER-GROWING ARGUMENT FOR EVANGELISM, Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall... | |
 | Erwin House - Sermons, American - 1860 - 510 pages
...and vital faith in Christ are our defense and our victory. I know of nothing else on which to depend. "If this fail, The pillared firmament is rottenness, And earth's base built on stubble." HpMILY LXVI. AN EVER-GEOWING ARGUMENT FOR EVANGELISM. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall... | |
 | 1866 - 734 pages
...grace to resist the evil. Lay hold upon that promise and live ; for the just shall live by his faith. " If this fail, the pillared firmament is rottenness, and earth's base built on stubble." 3. A good life is one that by faith conquers every form of tyranny and oppression. Here, again, most... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1860 - 574 pages
...like scum, and settled to itself. It shall be in eternal restless change Self-fed, and self-consumed: if this fail, The pillared firmament is rottenness, And earth's base built on stubble.—But come, let's on. Against the opposing will and arm of Heaven May never this just sword... | |
 | John Brown - Bible - 1862 - 472 pages
...seeking refuge somewhere, "to lay hold of," and to hold fast, " the hope set before us." If this hope fail, the pillared firmament is rottenness, and earth's base built on stubble. The Apostle, having mentioned the hope of the Christian, gives a very interesting description of it... | |
 | William Greenough Thayer Shedd - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1862 - 348 pages
...and from the created universe, and have anything substantial left. — These must be. * * * * if Mew fail, The pillared firmament is rottenness And earth's base built on stubble. But not so with Beauty. The mind can abstract it from the nature of God, and if Truth and Goodness... | |
 | John Brown - 1862 - 472 pages
...seeking refuge somewhere, " to lay hold of," and to hold fast, " the hope set before us." If this hope fail, the pillared firmament is rottenness, and earth's base built on stubble. The Apostle, having mentioned the hope of the Christian, gives a very interesting description of it... | |
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