 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...  Lives of the novelists - Page 92by sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825Full view - About this book
 | Life-lights - 1864
...sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a peaceful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill j For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts... | |
 | Great Britain - 1865
...sensualist as surrounded by hiť 'joyless wines.' Near the close, the reader is thus addressed — ' Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned.' And Johnson hnd already learned that, in order to render tho passions obedient, no more... | |
 | Standard poetry book - 1866 - 274 pages
...gives the best. Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient...For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat: These goods... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866
...gives the best. 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 resigned ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted... | |
 | John Dryden - 1867 - 445 pages
...— 44 Yet when the scnsp of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skien aspires, Tour one but I can manage and o'ercome ; Award those arms I ask, by your de reslgn'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill, For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted... | |
 | ...the best. Yet when the Sense of sacred Presence fires, And strong Devotion to the Skies aspires, 10 Pour forth thy Fervours for a healthful Mind, Obedient...which scarce collective Man can fill; For Patience, Sov'reign o'er transmuted ill; For Faith, that panting for a happier Seat, 1 5 Counts Death kind Nature's... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1973 - 639 pages
...admirable conclusion of the satire is improved into an impressive lesson of piety and resignation. " Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient...passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collectire man can fill ; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, that, panting for... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1974 - 639 pages
...admirable conclusion of the satire is improved into an impressive lesson of piety and resignation. " Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient...passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collcctire man can fill ; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, that, panting for... | |
 | John Barton - Religion - 1984 - 256 pages
...Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to heav'n the measure and the choice. . . . Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient...which scarce collective man can fill; For patience sov'reign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that panting for a happier seat Counts death kind Nature's... | |
 | Kristina Straub - Literary Criticism
...Sacred Presence": 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; [VHW 357-60] This fervent search begins to resemble worship. Instead of seeking full comprehension,... | |
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