 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
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - Local history - 1910 - 454 pages
...inspired with a devout reverence towards the One who made it all. "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." By Clara B. Heath How easy it is to spoil a day! The thoughtless word of a cherished friend, The selfish... | |
 | Henry George Bohn, Anna Lydia Ward - Quotations - 1911 - 784 pages
...piety delight inspires. 1161 Young : Night Thoughts. Night viii. Line 720. A ray of heavenly light, gilding all forms Terrestrial, in the vast and the...wing, And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds. 1162 Cowper: Task. Bk. v. Line 809 DELAY — see Decision, Procrastination, Time. Delay leads impotent... | |
 | James Alexander Roy - Poets, English - 1914 - 196 pages
...in 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...wing, And wheels His throne upon the rolling worlds. So Cowper stands, backward looking and forward looking. delineations of the heart are from my own experiences... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - English poetry - 1915 - 956 pages
...all things what, with stupid gaze Of ignorance, till then she overlooked, 809 A ray of heavenly light ere trace The results of his past summer-prime, —...who in turn, fill the South and the North With the enquires what strains were they With which heaven rang, when every star, in haste To gratúlate the... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - English poetry - 1915 - 952 pages
...all things what, with stupid gaze Of ignorance, till then she overlooked, 8a> A ray of heavenly light ng did ride; And if aught else great Bards beside...aud solemn tunes have sung, Of turueys, and of trop histre to an insect's wing. And wheels His throne upon the rolling worlds. Much conversant with Heaven,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1854 - 580 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... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1888 - 1026 pages
...allen Dingen erblickt der Dichter die mächtige Hand des Schöpfers, überall sieht er the footeteps of the God Who gives its lustre to an insect's wing, And wheels His throne upon the rolling worlds. (V, 813.) Die Seele aller Wunder in der Natur ist Gott. Er hat die Ordnung des Jahres festgesetzt,... | |
 | William Cowper - Literary Collections - 2003 - 124 pages
...stupid gaze Of ignorance, till then she overlook'd — A ray of heav'nly light, gilding all forms 810 Terrestrial in the vast and the minute; The unambiguous...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... | |
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