A midway station given For happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven. Can all that Optics teach, unfold Thy form to please me so, As when I dreamt of gems and gold Hid in thy radiant bow ? When Science from Creation's face Enchantment's veil... Annual Report of the Commissioners ... - Página 801901Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Stephen Henry Ward - 1849 - 248 páginas
...banqueting-hall of Odin. The rainbow with the ancient Scandinavians was the bridge of heaven, — ' ' A midway station given For happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heav'n." We, however, have resolved it into simple rays of light, and may perhaps sigh and feel with... | |
| 1850 - 300 páginas
...fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud philosophy To teach me what thou art. Still seem as to my childhood's sight, A midway station...optics teach unfold Thy form to please me so, As when I dream'd of gems and gold Hid in thy radiant bow ? When science from creation's face Enchantment's veil... | |
| 1850 - 340 páginas
...fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud philosophy To teach me what thou art. Still seem as to my childhood's sight, A midway station...optics teach unfold Thy form to please me so, As when 1 dream'd of gems and gold Hid in thy radiant bow ? When science from creation's face Enchantment's... | |
| English poetry - 1873 - 390 páginas
...fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art ; — Still seem, as to my childhood's sight, A midway station...when I dreamt of gems and gold Hid in thy radiant bow ? When science from Creation's face Enchantment's veil withdraws, What lovely visions yield their place... | |
| Religious tract society - 1873 - 216 páginas
...fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art ; Still seem, as to my childhood's sight, A midway station...I dreamt of gems and gold Hid in thy radiant bow? When Science from Creation's face Enchantment's . veil withdraws, What lovely visions yield their place... | |
| Casket - 1873 - 874 páginas
...ask not proud philosophy To teach me what thou art : — Still seem as to my childhood's sight, Л x Ԅ 0 ) Jm w<H Ì čuԑ D TvԽT "r `"c f 1yn... 8E H, ٵ ÆR: g D Lo 3 -P fTF ˘8 dream'd of gems and gold Hid in thy radiant bow? When Science from Creation's face Enchantment's veil... | |
| William Chauncey Fowler - 1873 - 814 páginas
...fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud philosophy To teach me what thou art. Still seem, as to my childhood's sight, A midway station given For happy spirits to alight, Between the earth and heaven. — CAMPBELL. SYNTHESIS. 1. Compose a line or more of Iambics. 2. Compose... | |
| Sacred harp - 1874 - 174 páginas
...fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud philosophy To teach me what thou art. Still seem as to my childhood's sight, A midway station...when I dreamt of gems and gold Hid in thy radiant bow ? When science from creation's face Enchantment's veil withdraws, What lovely visions yield their place... | |
| 1874 - 334 páginas
...fill'st the sky, When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud philosophy To teach me what thou art. Still seem, as to my childhood's sight, A mid-way...teach, unfold Thy form to please me so, As when I dreamed of gems and gold Hid in thy radiant brow ? How glorious is thy girdle cast O'er mountain, tower,... | |
| mrs. Granville Ryder - 1874 - 108 páginas
...night Placed at some vacant corner of the board, Learn every trick' 1. ' A great black bird.' 2. ' Can all that optics teach, unfold Thy form to please...I dreamt of gems, and gold Hid in thy radiant bow ?' 3. ' Here I come, Only to see thee once before I die, And say farewell, my brother.' 4. ' He sang... | |
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