 Whose fire was kindled at the prophets' lamp, The time of rest, the promised sabbath, comes. Six thousand years of sorrow have well nigh Fulfilled their tardy and disastrous course Over a sinful world; and what remains Of this tempestuous state of human...  The task, a poem, illustr. by B. Foster - Page 237by William Cowper - 1855Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...The time of, rest, the promis'd sabbath, comes. Six thousand years of sorrow have well-nigh Fulfill'd their tardy and disastrous course Over a sinful world;...dust that waits upon his sultry march, When sin hath mov'd him, and his wrath is hot, * . Shall visit earth in mercy ; shall descend, Propitious, in his... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...The time of rest, the promis'd sabbath, comes. Six thousand years of sorrow have well nigh Fulfill'd their tardy and disastrous course Over a sinful world...dust that waits upon his sultry march, When sin hath mov'd him, and his wrath is hot,. Shall visit earth in mercy ; shall descend, Propitious, in his chariot... | |
 | Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...comes. Six thousand years of sorrow have well-nigh Fulfill'd their tardy and disastrous course 735 Over a sinful world ; and what remains Of this tempestuous...: For He, whose car the winds are, and the clouds 740 The dust that waits upon his sultry march, , When sin hath mov'd him, and his wrath is hot, Shall... | |
 | 1801 - 432 pages
...The time of rest, the promis'd sabbath comes. Six thousand years of sorrow have well nigh, Fulfill'd their tardy and disastrous course Over a sinful world,...dust that waits upon his sultry march, When sin hath mov'd him, and his wrath is hot. Shall visit earth in mercy, shall descend Propitious in h'i chariot,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...time of rest, the promised sabbath, comea. Sis thousand -years of sorrow have qpU nigh . ; . Fulfilled their tardy and disastrous course Over a sinful world...to rest: For He, whose car the winds are, and the cloud* The dust, that waits upen his sultry march, When sin hath moved him, and his wrath is hot, Shall... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 338 pages
...The time of rest, the promis'd sahhath, comes. ' Six thousand years of sorrow have weUnigh Fulfill'd their tardy and disastrous course ,.., ,.| Over a...and what remains Of this tempestuous state of human thing* .„ (| .^ Is merely as the working of a sea Before a calm, that rocks itself to rest : For... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 404 pages
...The time of rest, the promis'd sabbath, comes. Six thousand years of sorrow have wellnigh Fulfill'd their tardy and disastrous course Over a sinful world...clouds The dust, that waits upon his sultry march, When sill hath moVd him, and his wrath is hot, Shall visit Earth in mercy ; shall descend Propitious in... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pages
...The time of rest, the promis'd sabbath, comes. Six thousand years of sorrow have wellnigh Fulfill'd their tardy and disastrous course Over a sinful world...clouds The dust, that waits upon his sultry march, 741 When sin hath mov'd him, and his wrath is hot, Shall visit Earth in mercy; shall descend Propitious... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...The time of rest, the promis'd sabbath, comes. Six thousand years of sorrow have well nigh Fulfill'd their tardy and disastrous course Over a sinful world...: For HE, whose car the winds are, and the clouds Th« dust that waits upon the sultry march, When sin hath mov'd him, and his wrath is hot, Shall visit... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...The time of rest, the promis'd sabbath, conies. Six thousand years of sorrow have well-nigh Fulfill'd their tardy and disastrous course Over a sinful world...dust that waits upon his sultry march, When sin hath mov'd him, and his wrath is hot, Shall visit earth in mercy ; shall descend, Propitious, in his chariot... | |
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