 A ray of heavenly light, gilding all forms Terrestrial in the vast and the minute; The unambiguous footsteps of the God, Who gives its lustre to an insect's wing, And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds.  Poems - Page 144by William Cowper - 1806Full view - About this book
 | 1823
...overlook'd, " A ray of heav'nly light, gilding all forms " Terrestrial in the vast and the minute ; " Th' unambiguous footsteps of the God, " Who gives its...wing, " And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds. " S'o reads he nature, whom the lamp of truth " Illuminates. Thy k(mp. mysterious wordl "Which, whoso... | |
 | Education - 1823
...sufficient matter for admiring the wisdom, the power, and the beneficence of that infinite Being '• Who gives its lustre to an insect's wing, And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds." ZZ LECTURES ON CHEMISTRY LECTURE THE SECOND. HEAT. 'I'n E relatiou of bodies to heat has been said,... | |
 | John Griscom - Education - 1823 - 26 pages
...the vast and the minute j" and we trace more feelingly "The unambiguous footsteps of the God, "Which gives its lustre to an insect's wing, "And wheels His throne upon the rolling worlds." But without study, — without the serious application of our faculties to this immense volume of wisdom,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824
...all things what, with stupid gaze Of ignorance, till then she overlook'd, P A ray of heavenly light, gilding all forms Terrestrial in the vast and the...nightly with silent pomp, Sweet conference. Inquires what strains were they With which Heaven rang, when every star, in haste To gratulate the new-created... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 131 pages
...all things what, with stupid gaze Of ignorance, till then she overlooked, A ray of heavenly light, gilding all forms Terrestrial in the vast and the...rolling worlds. Much conversant with heaven, she often bold» • See Hume. With those fair ministers of light to man, That till the skies nightly with silent... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824
...all things what, with stupid gaze Of ignorance, till then she overlook 'd, A ray of heav'nly light, gilding all forms Terrestrial in the vast and the...throne upon the rolling worlds. Much conversant with Heav'n, she often holds With those fair ministers of light to man, That fill the skies nightly with... | |
 | Maria Hack - Society of Friends - 1824 - 322 pages
...trace the effects they witness to their original cause, they will discern with greater clearness, " The unambiguous footsteps of the God Who gives its...wing, And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds." As the powers of Harry's mind gradually unfolded, he became more of a companion to his mother, who... | |
 | British poets - 1824
...and virtue pure ; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss ! Ibid. In the vast, and the minute, we see The unambiguous footsteps of the God Who gives its...wing, And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds. Cowper's Task. What prodigies can power divine perform More grand, than it produces year by year, And... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1825 - 220 pages
...all things what, with stupid gaze Of ignorance, till then she overlook'd, A ray of heavenly light, gilding all forms Terrestrial in the vast and the...nightly with silent pomp, Sweet conference. Inquires what strains were they With which Heaven rang, when every star, in haste To gratulate the new-created... | |
 | Alfred Cecil Buckland - Conduct of life - 1825 - 218 pages
...great and eternal Maker of all worlds, in every object that demands and obtains his notice ; he sees " The unambiguous footsteps of the God, Who gives its...wing, And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds." And remember, my dear Charlotte, that the morning is better adapted than any other portion of the day,... | |
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