Beyond the starry pole, Descries athwart the abyss of night The dawn of uncreated light Night is the time to pray : Our Saviour oft withdrew To desert mountains far away, So will his followers do ; Steal from the throng to haunts untrod, And hold communion... The Edinburgh Annual Register - Page 441edited by - 1824Full view - About this book
| Author of The young man's own book - American poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...see the spectre of despair Like Brutus 'midst his slumbering host Startled by Cesar's stalwart ghost. Night is the time to muse ; Then from the eye the...abyss of night The dawn of uncreated light. Night is our time to pray ; Our Saviour oft withdrcw To desert mountains far away, So will his followers do... | |
| African Americans - 1837 - 268 pages
...to his lonely tent. Lake Brutus midst his slumbering host, Startled by Caesar's stalwart ghost. 7. Night is the time to muse ; Then from the eye the...expanding views, Beyond the starry pole, Descries athwart tho abyss of night The dawn of uncreated light. 8. Night is the time to pray — Our Saviour oft withdrew... | |
| Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Readers - 1838 - 270 pages
...Come to our lonely tent; Like Brutus midst his slumbering host Startled by Caesar's stalworth ghost. Night is the time to muse; Then from the eye the soul...of uncreated light. Night is the time to pray; Our Savior oft withdrew TcTdesert mountains far away, So will his followers do; Steal from the throng to... | |
| Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...from the eye, the soul Takes flight, and, on the utmost brink Of yonder starry pole, Discerns beyond the abyss of night The dawn of uncreated light. Night...withdrew To desert mountains far away ; So will his follower do, Steal from the throng to haunts untrod, And commune there alone with God. Night is the... | |
| Rembrandt Peale - American literature - 1839 - 276 pages
...poets sang, or heroes wrought. * * * * * Night is the time to muse ; Then from the eye the soulTakes flight, and with expanding views Beyond the starry...athwart the abyss of night The dawn of uncreated light. J. Montgomery. THE GOOD SIDE. THERE is no object in nature and the world, without its good, useful,... | |
| George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...our lonely tent ; Like Brutus, midst his slumbering host, Startled by Caesar's stal worth guost. 7 Night is the time to muse : Then from the eye the soul Takes ilight, and, with expanding views, Beyond the starry pole, Descries athwart the abyss of night, The... | |
| Lyre - English poetry - 1841 - 374 pages
...Come to our lonely tent ; Like Brutus 'midst his slumbering host Startled by Csesar's stalwart ghost. Night is the time to muse ; Then from the eye the...of night The dawn of uncreated light. Night is the tune to pray ; Our Saviour oft withdrew To desert mountains far away, So will his followers do ; Steal... | |
| Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1843 - 516 pages
...from the eye, the soul Takes flight ; and on the utmost brink Of yonder starry pole, Discerns beyond the abyss of night The dawn of uncreated light. Night is the time to pmy : Our Savior oft withdrew To desert mountains far away ; So will his follower do, Steal from tho... | |
| George Willson - American literature - 1844 - 300 pages
...to our lonely tent ; Like Brutus, midst his slumberinp- host, Startled by Cesar's stalworthgiioft. 7 Night is the time to muse : Then from the eye the...athwart the abyss of night, The dawn of uncreated light, 8 Night, is the time to pray : Our Savior oft withdrew To desert mountains far away : So will his followers... | |
| Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...to our lonely tent ; Like Brutus, 'midst his slumbering host, Startled by Cœsar's stalwart ghost. y of the reputed authors. The success ol this compilation afterwards led viewi Beyond the starry pole, Descries athwart the abyss of night The dawn of uncreated light. Night... | |
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