 | James Thomson - 1803 - 186 pages
...resolv'd, With uew.flusli'd hopes, to iiui the giddy round' Father of light and life ! thou Good Supreme f O teach me what is good! teach me Thyself! Save me...folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit! and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, suhstantial, never-fading hliss!... | |
 | James Thomson - 1803 - 268 pages
...past , And broken slum hers , rises still resolv'd , With new-flush 'd hopes , to run the giddy round Father of light and life ! thou GOOD SUPREME! O teach me what is good ! teach me THYSEU! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ! and feed my soul With knowledge... | |
 | James Thomson, John Aikin - 1804 - 232 pages
...past, And broken slumbers, rises still resolv'd, 215 With new-flush'd hopes, to run the giddy round. Father of Light and Life ! thou Good Supreme ! O teach...Folly, Vanity, and Vice, From every low pursuit ! and feed my soul 220 With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure ; Sacred, substantial, never-fading... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1805 - 908 pages
...visions past. And broken slumbers, rises, still resolv'd With new-flush'd hopes, to run your giddy round. Father of light and life ! thou- Good Supreme ! O...folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ! and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure, Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss... | |
 | James Thomson - 1806 - 242 pages
...past, And broken slumbers, rises still resolv'd, 215 With new-ilush'd hopes, to run the giddy round. FATHER of Light and Life, Thou Good Supreme! O teach...folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit! and feed my soul 220 With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading... | |
 | Select collection - Epitaphs - 1806 - 262 pages
...denoted the place of his interment, For the satisfaction of his admirers, In the year of our Lord, ] 792. Father of light and life ! thou good supreme ! O teach me what is good ! teaalvme'ikt/self! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From ev'ry low pursuit ! and feed my eoui... | |
 | John Bew - 1807 - 408 pages
...our Lord 1792." Underneath is this quotation from his " Winter:" Father of Light and Life, Thou God Supreme ! O, teach me what is good ! teach me Thyself!...folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ! and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure ; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...visions past, And broken slumbers, rises still resolv'd, With new-flush'd hopes, to run the giddy round. Father of light and life ! thou Good supreme ! O,...folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ! and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue puref Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss... | |
 | James Thomson, Thomas Park - 1808 - 444 pages
...And broken slumbers, rises still resolv'd,.. ; , . With new-fiush'd hopes, to ran the giddy round, Father of light and life! thou Good Supreme ' O teach...folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit! and feed my sonl With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure , Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss!... | |
 | Edward Pugh - 1808 - 572 pages
...satisfaction of his admirers, in the year of our Iw 3 1792." Underneath is this quotation from his Winter: Father of Light and Life, Thou Good Supreme! O, teach...folly, vanity, and vice. From every low pursuit! and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading, bliss.... | |
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Father of light and life ! thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ! teach me Thyself ! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit! and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading... 
