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
| Sarah Carter Edgarton Mayo - American poetry - 1840 - 392 pages
...day's glowing luminary, or the eternal stars which bestud night's sparkling diadem. For it traces, • In the vast and the minute, The unambiguous footsteps...wing, And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds.' " " But tell me, gentle Rose," I continued, " art thou confident that thou art the production of mind,... | |
| Christian - English poetry - 1840 - 312 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...unambiguous footsteps of the God, Who gives its lustre to the insect's wing, And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds. Much conversant with Heaven, she... | |
| Gems - 1841 - 624 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...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... | |
| William Cowper - 1841 - 240 pages
...stupid gaze Of ignorance, till then she overlook'd, A ray of heavenly light, gilding all forms 810 Terrestrial in the vast and the minute ; The unambiguous...worlds. Much conversant with Heaven, she often holds 815 With those fair ministers of light to man, That fill the skies nightly with silent pomp, Sweet... | |
| 1851 - 592 pages
...authority over the wide empire of nature, who holds in his hand the sceptre of unbounded dominion, " Who gives its lustre to an insect's wing, And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds." It is thus fitted to make us feel, amid the magnitude and magnificence of the works of God, our own... | |
| William Cowper - English poetry - 1842 - 166 pages
...stupid gaze Of ignorance, till then she overlook'd, A ray of heavenly light, gilding all forms 810 Terrestrial in the vast and the minute ; The unambiguous...worlds. Much conversant with Heaven, she often holds 816 With those fair ministers of light to man, That fill the skies nightly with silent pomp, Sweet... | |
| William Cowper - 1842 - 162 pages
...stupid gaze Of ignorance, till then she ovorlook'd, A ray of heavenly light, gilding all forms 810 Terrestrial in the vast and the minute ; The unambiguous...worlds. Much conversant with Heaven, she often holds 815 With those fair ministers of light to man, That fill the skies nightly with silent pomp, Sweet... | |
| Hugh White - 1843 - 520 pages
...of glory, essentially divine ! How does the Christian delight, wherever he turns his eye, to trace " The unambiguous footsteps of the God, Who gives its...wing, And wheels His throne upon the rolling worlds." But not merely does the Creator's benignity call forth his gratitude, but all nature speaks to his... | |
| 1843 - 350 pages
...their harmony, their utility : who spake, and they were made, who commanded, and they stoodfast : " Who gives its lustre to an insect's wing, And wheels his throne upon the rolling worlds •.'" Shall man take delight in going back to former ages, and tracing the past history of his own... | |
| William Morrison Engles - English poetry - 1844 - 274 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...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... | |
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