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" Support and ornament of Virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth: there stands The legate of the skies! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains... "
The poems of William Cowper, with notes from his own correspondence - Page 193
by William Cowper - 1824
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The Task: In Six Books

William Cowper - English poetry - 1836 - 206 pages
...guaid, Support, and ornament, of Virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth : there elands The legate of the skies !— His theme divine, His...panoply complete Of heav'nly temper, furnishes with arms Bright as his own, and trains, by every rule Of holy discipline, to glorious war The sacramental host...
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Life and works of William Cowper, Volume 5

William Cowper - 1836 - 446 pages
...We allude to such passages as the following — There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ? — His theme divine, His...complete Of heav'nly temper, furnishes with arms, Bright as his own, and trains, by ev'ry rule Of holy discipline, to glorious war, The sacramental host...
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Life and works of William Cowper, Volume 5

William Cowper - 1835 - 448 pages
...the following — There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies 1 — His theme divine, His office, sacred, his credentials...complete Of heav'nly temper, furnishes with arms, Bright as his own, and trains, by ev'ry rule Of holy discipline, to glorious war, The sacramental host...
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Life and works of William Cowper, Volume 6

William Cowper - 1836 - 518 pages
...guard, Support, and ornament of Virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His...stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wanderer, binds the broken heart, And, arm'd himself in panoply complete Of heavenly temper, furnishes...
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Translation from Madame de La Mothe-Guion. The task. Tirocinium. John Gilpin ...

William Cowper - 1836 - 404 pages
...guard, 335 Support, and ornament of virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth. There stands The legate of the skies ; his theme divine, His office...credentials clear. By him, the violated law speaks out 340 Its thunders, and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace. He stablishes...
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The Works of William Cowper, Esq., Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and ...

William Cowper - 1836 - 416 pages
...guard, 335 Support, and ornament of virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth. There stands The legate of the skies ; his theme divine, His office...credentials clear. By him, the violated law speaks out 340 Its thunders, and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace. He stablishes...
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Poems; to which is prefixed a memoir of the author by J. M'Diarmid

William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...guard, Support, and ornament of Virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His...panoply complete Of heav'nly temper, furnishes with arms Bright as his own, and trains, by ev'ry rule Of holy discipline, to glorious war, The sacramental host...
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The British Pulpit: Consisting of Discourses by the Most Eminent Living ...

Sermons, English - 1837 - 518 pages
...143 under the influence of charity Thornton. . 144 THERE stands the messenger of truth ! there stands The legate of the skies ! his theme divine, His office...as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace. Camper. The Pulpit, whether we view it with the eye of the Legislator watching for the welfare of the...
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The Book of Gems: Pomfret to Bloomfield

Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 362 pages
...guard, Support, and ornament, of virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His...as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace. I venerate the man, whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life Coincident,...
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The Religious Souvenir: A Christmas, New Year's and Birth Day Present

Gift books - 1837 - 336 pages
...rose of love in HEAVEN. E. THE LAST SUPPER. BY PHE There stands the messenger of truth: there etands The legate of the skies ! His theme divine, His office...as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace. COWFER. I WAS a traveller from the far south. I had left my home withered and scorched by the fervours...
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