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" Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience, sov'reign o'er... "
Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Rambler ... - Page 132
by Nathan Drake - 1809
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 46

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1832 - 644 pages
...passions, and a will resign'd ; For Love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For Patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For Faith, that, panting for...signal of retreat. These goods for man the laws of Heaven ordain, These goods He grants who grants the power to gain ; With these celestial Wisdom calms...
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The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson: Collated with the Best Editions

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 206 pages
...passions, and a will resign'd; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, that panting for...signal of retreat : These goods for man the laws of Heaven ordain, These goods HEgrants,who grants the power to gain; With these celestial Wisdom calms...
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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - English fiction - 1811 - 250 pages
...can fill ; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, that panting for a happier scat, Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat : These goods for man the laws of Heav'n ordain, The goods He grants, who grants the pow'r to gain ; With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind, And...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With Critical Observations on His Works

Robert Anderson - Authors, English - 1815 - 660 pages
...admirable conclusion of the satire is improved into an impressive lesson of piety and resignation. These goods for man the laws of heav'n ordain ; . These goods he grants, who grants the power to gain. With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find.''...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 506 pages
...skies aspires P, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For...ordain, These goods he grants, who grants the pow'r to With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find. f Yet with the...
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The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.: With an Account of the Author ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1816 - 154 pages
...resigned; For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted illj For faith, that panting for a happier seat, Counts...signal of retreat. These goods for man the laws of heaven ordain. These goods He grants, who grants the power t« gain; "With these, celestial Wisdom...
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Elegant Extracts: A Copious Selection of Instructive, Moral, and ...

English poetry - 1817 - 314 pages
...passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; for faith, that, panting for...These goods for man the laws of Heav'n ordain, These goodsHe grants,who grants thcpow'r to gain; With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind, And makes the...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 368 pages
...skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For...seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat: * Ver.S46— 366. VOL. I. L These goods for man the laws of Heaven oixfainj These goods he grants,...
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The Plain Englishman [ed. by C. Knight and E.H. Locker]., Volume 1

Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...which scarce collective man cau fill ; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, (hat panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind nature's...heav'n ordain, These goods he grants, who grants the power to gain ; With these celestial wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find."...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

Classical poetry - 1822 - 292 pages
...passions, and a will resign'd; For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that panting for a...signal of retreat: These goods for man the laws of Heaven ordain, These goods HE grants, who grants the power to gain; With these celestial Wisdom calms...
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